Lost It

by Kristen Tracy

Paperback, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

222

Genres

Young Adult

Fiction

Collection

Your library

Publication

Simon Pulse (2007), 288 pages

Description

Tess Whistle is a high school junior with ridiculous problems. But her problems are not catastrophes, because she is about to discover that even though things might seem ridiculous to her, she is finding out exactly who it is that she wants to be.

User reviews

LibraryThing member hockeygalscores

I would like to say that this book is not moving. But there is a certain charm to Kristen Tracy's style. The way you feel you could really have a friend that wants to blow up a poodle. Most certainly a recommended read.

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LibraryThing member kbpup903

Tess Whistle has a lot on her plate. Her mom has gone off to some crazy camp, her dad plans on following her mom, her best friend plans on murdering a poodle, and her grandmother wants to buy her sexy underwear. What's a girl to do in that situation?

Well, Tess decides to do Ben in that situation.

When everything seems to be going wrong with her life, Ben seems to be the only constant, the only person who can make things seem right. Things are great with Ben up until they aren't.

Can Tess unravel all her lies and explain things to Ben before it's too late? Will her parents ever be the same again? Will her best friend stop trying to murder poor innocent animals?

I really expected to like Lost It when I bought it. Of course, the cover was the thing that drew me to it but the summary really got me hooked and the first couple chapters kept me hooked. After that things just kind of went downhill.

I have to say my least favorite thing about the book was Tess. She lied to make Ben like her and then she was so whiny. She complained about everything and she was always upset about something. I just felt like I couldn't relate to her and I couldn't really like her.

Also, I'm not gonna give it away but I will say this, the ending sucked. Everything was so unresolved and I just can't stand that in a book unless there is going to be a sequel and I'm pretty sure this one was supposed to be a stand alone book. I just felt really unsatisfied when I finally closed the book.

I'm not going to say the book sucked, though. It was hilarious at parts but there just wasn't enough funny stuff to make up for the annoying stuff. Overall, I have to say that this isn't something I would recommend unless you are just really bored.

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LibraryThing member StaceyMacWrites

Lost It is the coming-of-age story of Tess Whistle an innocent and very quirky teenager. With a fear of wild animals (things she can't control,) parents who I have no words for, a Grandma who doesn't fit the knitting-Betty Crocker mold, and a boyfriend who at the beginning who seems to fall in love

with her quirks, Tessa wasn't an easy character to read. With a rather annoying personality, innocence based on ignorance I just didn't believe, and a voice I didn't enjoy following I wasn't surprised at her match of a poodle-exploding BFF and very surprised by her cute-butt-having boyfriend.

While the title provided us with numerous definitions for this books I felt it was anti-climatic and that it left too many loose ends. This story went beyond using your own imagination to make up the rest of the story- in my opinion it was left unfinished and the first thing after reading the last sentence I did was get online to check for a sequel.

The writing was mediocre, which I can over look because I love simple writing, but with a voice like Tess' it just wasn't enough to glue the book together. I did laugh out loud several times during this book which helped boost its rating, but those moments simply couldn't overcome what this book lacked. Like many others, I wanted to love this book and I expected more from it, but it just didn't do it for me.

Don't let my negatives make up your mind yet on whether or not to read this book just yet. Kristen Tracy provided us with a quick read which truly lives up to it's title in more then one way and a cover to match- which is one of those 'I totally get it' moments. Kristen Tracy provided us with a light hearted and at times hilarious story that won't be easily forgotten with the amount of quirks that you'll find throughout. Honestly, I think there is a little bit of Tess' awkwardness in all of us that will take us back to a time that was once forgotten.

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LibraryThing member paulskiy2k

Interesting book. Great read. If you are chilling at the beach or by a pool. Easy read entertaining characters that you can relate too.

LibraryThing member lynnm

I gave this book the old college try. I read about five chapters before I determined it wasn't for me. I couldn't relate to the main character - nothing about her appealed to me in any way. It wasn't that she was a bad character, she simply wasn't intriguing in any way. I began to skim ahead, and

from what I gathered I quickly came to the conclusion that this book was just a bit too quirky for my tastes. It goes on the DNF pile. No harm, no foul.

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LibraryThing member amz310783

I didn't enjoy this as much I thought I would, none of the characters seemed at all real to me.

LibraryThing member chaoticbooklover

I really can't remember why I picked this book up in the first place. The main character is really juvenile for a 15 tear old and her friend isn't much better. The parents seem careless and abandon their daughter very soon in the story. Tess falls in love with Ben way too easily and seems to have

no qualms handing over her v-card even though she had previously said she wanted to wait for a ring/marriage. The story seemed rushed and unrealistic to me. The writing was decent, I just think the author could have done so much more with the story.

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