Title: Loveless
Author: Alice Oseman
Publication Date: November 2, 2021 (This edition)
Author: Alice Oseman
Publication Date: November 2, 2021 (This edition)
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Finish Date: August 6, 2021
Format: Physical
Rating: 5/5
Format: Physical
Rating: 5/5
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Favorite Quote/Scene:
The discussion around the 200 page mark
Review:
I’ve been trying to diversify my LGBTQ+ reading a bit more and I realized that I don’t often get to read books with asexual and aromantic characters. This book was on pretty much every list I looked at, so I was intrigued. I was very lucky to receive an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a fair review. Thank you, Scholastic!
Georgia is about to enter college and she has never had a crush on anyone, but she’s sure that one day that will change. She’s hoping that in college she can find romance. She meets her outgoing roommate Rooney who offers to help her with her goal. Things go sour when Georgia’s plan threatens to ruin her friendships. Will being introduced to the terms asexual and aromantic help her on her way?
This is another book where I can honestly say that my favorite thing are the characters. These characters are written quite realistically. They aren’t perfect nor are they complete mess-ups. They’re college students. They’re flawed and they make bad decisions. Sometimes they’re even slightly shitty people. Georgia screws up and makes bad decisions, but she doesn’t do it out of hate or anger. She does it because she’s a teenager trying to figure things out. She’s just scared and wants to be normal, but she doesn’t know what her normal is.
I really enjoyed the friendships in this book, especially the one that developed between Georgia and Rooney throughout the book. Pip and Jason are great, and I absolutely love their friendship with Georgia, there was just something about the friendship that developed between Georgia and Rooney. They went from roommates to very close friends who genuinely want to help each other through their struggles. I loved it.
This book had a lot of fun moments that I just really enjoyed. There were serious topics that were being discussed, but then there were less serious moments. Like them tagging Shakespeare’s plays as though they were fanfiction (which I never knew I needed for all his plays until this). The college marriage proposals. There’s enough fun in this book where nothing feels too heavy, and the heavy parts are lightened up.
I did have a note that I wanted to add to this book. There is a conversation that happens around the 200-page mark, at least in my copy, where they discuss the possibility of Georgia being asexual. This conversation had me asking questions and questioning my own sexuality. So, props to Oseman she made me realize something about myself. Always fun!
I really loved this book! I can definitely see myself re-reading it many times in the future. I thought it was great even if it wasn’t always realistic.
The discussion around the 200 page mark
Review:
I’ve been trying to diversify my LGBTQ+ reading a bit more and I realized that I don’t often get to read books with asexual and aromantic characters. This book was on pretty much every list I looked at, so I was intrigued. I was very lucky to receive an ARC from the publisher in exchange for a fair review. Thank you, Scholastic!
Georgia is about to enter college and she has never had a crush on anyone, but she’s sure that one day that will change. She’s hoping that in college she can find romance. She meets her outgoing roommate Rooney who offers to help her with her goal. Things go sour when Georgia’s plan threatens to ruin her friendships. Will being introduced to the terms asexual and aromantic help her on her way?
This is another book where I can honestly say that my favorite thing are the characters. These characters are written quite realistically. They aren’t perfect nor are they complete mess-ups. They’re college students. They’re flawed and they make bad decisions. Sometimes they’re even slightly shitty people. Georgia screws up and makes bad decisions, but she doesn’t do it out of hate or anger. She does it because she’s a teenager trying to figure things out. She’s just scared and wants to be normal, but she doesn’t know what her normal is.
I really enjoyed the friendships in this book, especially the one that developed between Georgia and Rooney throughout the book. Pip and Jason are great, and I absolutely love their friendship with Georgia, there was just something about the friendship that developed between Georgia and Rooney. They went from roommates to very close friends who genuinely want to help each other through their struggles. I loved it.
This book had a lot of fun moments that I just really enjoyed. There were serious topics that were being discussed, but then there were less serious moments. Like them tagging Shakespeare’s plays as though they were fanfiction (which I never knew I needed for all his plays until this). The college marriage proposals. There’s enough fun in this book where nothing feels too heavy, and the heavy parts are lightened up.
I did have a note that I wanted to add to this book. There is a conversation that happens around the 200-page mark, at least in my copy, where they discuss the possibility of Georgia being asexual. This conversation had me asking questions and questioning my own sexuality. So, props to Oseman she made me realize something about myself. Always fun!
I really loved this book! I can definitely see myself re-reading it many times in the future. I thought it was great even if it wasn’t always realistic.
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