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jazzminda's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
5.0
This book had me in tears. The insightful and thoughtful description of different sexualities is so caring and you can tell Alice Oseman writes LGBTQIA+ characters with a heart full of love. As someone who now identifies as queer, this book was amazing for making me feel seen and comforted me in that how I feel is perfectly ok and not weird which was a huge, warm hug I didn’t expect a YA book to give me. This book also helped me to realise that I didn’t need to put myself into a box to feel comfortable and confident in my sexuality. The characters, the setting, it all worked in a way any good YA book would, but it was the heart warming and validating writing style that made me feel like this book was written for me. This was so so beautiful.
tessa1216's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
deetabz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Toxic relationship and Sexual content
dsauriol1991's review against another edition
4.0
Here we follow Georgia on her journey to realizing she's aroace during her first year of university. This is a love story just not in the way you expect. It's a story of loving yourself and a story of how platonic love is just as important as romantic love! Also it's written by Alice Oseman so there was no question I was going to love this!
cosmo_junk's review against another edition
5.0
the. best. queer. ya. novel. ever.
this book has everything: lesbian rep, gay rep, pansexual rep, nonbinary rep, and most importantly aroace rep!!! not to mention the racial diversity as well.
i'm not aroace (i think), and as the first book with an aroace mc that i've read, loveless was excellent. there were a lot of pop culture references, which threw me off for a bit, but now i find it kind of endearing, bc they're actually realistic. the plot is not trauma porn-y, overly angsty, or exaggerated, and i can totally see a young questioning aroace person reading this and seeing themself in georgia (the mc). plus, it highlights the actual good part of being aroace, such as making deep connections with ppl on a not-casually-platonic nor romantic level (ie queerplatonic) that some allos might not be able to do.
the only part that icked me a little bit was that georgia only refers to sunil, a nonbinary character who goes by he/they, using he/him pronouns. it might be his preference, idk, but i'd have liked to see someone use alternating pronouns for him, since alternating pronouns isn't done much in books. but that's just a minor nitpick.
i highly suggest everyone go read this book. it's so fucking good.
this book has everything: lesbian rep, gay rep, pansexual rep, nonbinary rep, and most importantly aroace rep!!! not to mention the racial diversity as well.
i'm not aroace (i think), and as the first book with an aroace mc that i've read, loveless was excellent. there were a lot of pop culture references, which threw me off for a bit, but now i find it kind of endearing, bc they're actually realistic. the plot is not trauma porn-y, overly angsty, or exaggerated, and i can totally see a young questioning aroace person reading this and seeing themself in georgia (the mc). plus, it highlights the actual good part of being aroace, such as making deep connections with ppl on a not-casually-platonic nor romantic level (ie queerplatonic) that some allos might not be able to do.
the only part that icked me a little bit was that georgia only refers to sunil, a nonbinary character who goes by he/they, using he/him pronouns. it might be his preference, idk, but i'd have liked to see someone use alternating pronouns for him, since alternating pronouns isn't done much in books. but that's just a minor nitpick.
i highly suggest everyone go read this book. it's so fucking good.
ana_hope06's review against another edition
5.0
I adored this book. I was rooting for Georgia the entire time, hoping she would find herself and learn to love what she found. I am an absolute sucker for found family and boy does this book hit all the marks. I truly felt for Georgia the entire time. The writing truly made you feel her frustration and absolute devastation when she figures out she will never experience the love she dreamed about. However, it also made you feel the absolute joy she finds when she realizes that a “love story” doesn’t just mean romance, it means friends too. The last two parts of this book really got me, I started tearing up at the beautiful gestures of friendship and love. This book is one of the few I’ve read where it is directly touched on that FRIENDSHIP is the main story. Sure, Pip and Rooney have their romance which I adore (enemies to lovers hello?? I love) but at its core this book is about platonic love. And it’s beautiful. I loved Rooney and Georgia’s friendship and the fact that they are polar opposites but are the two characters who I think are the closest in this book is so remarkable. You can tell this book has so much love poured into it because it just feels like a giant hug when you read it. I love Alice Oseman so much, and I can’t wait to see what she does next! :)
elizabethnicole's review against another edition
5.0
I don't give books five stars very often and this is one that totally deserves it. Oh my God. while I had some minor issues with it, the story itself is so profound and told so profoundly that I can overlook the small issues I had with it and I loved it a lot.
merireadstuff's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much, it brought new characters in my heart that I will cherish for a long time. I laughed and cried with them and that’s something that is always guaranteed when reading Alice Oseman, but that I felt even more with this new story.
Her characters are so human, they make mistakes and they learn, and you hate them and love them at the same time.
I could especially relate to some things Rooney experienced even though my life style is totally different lmao
In conclusion I don’t know how to review books but pls read this one it’s amazing and totally worth it.
Her characters are so human, they make mistakes and they learn, and you hate them and love them at the same time.
I could especially relate to some things Rooney experienced even though my life style is totally different lmao
In conclusion I don’t know how to review books but pls read this one it’s amazing and totally worth it.
readwithkiekie's review against another edition
5.0
It’s 2am and I’m completely enamoured with this book. Alice Oseman really moved me with this story. Writing a book about an Aro-Ace main character is a bold move, it’s a term that very much exists, that’s also completely overlooked, even by a large part of the LGBTQ+ community.
I’m not Aro-Ace, so I’m unable to comment on how well Georgia’s journey was presented, however, I will say that there’s more than one was to be Aro-Ace, just like there’s more than one way to be Queer, to be Transgender, to be Non-binary. No two people share the same journey. Our journeys are our own. They’re special and unique and make us who we are. So if you’re feeling like this story didn’t represent your own journey of being Aro-Ace then that’s completely valid, however, you also have to realise that Georgia’s journey could be someone else’s experience. That’s the true beauty of being our true selves.
I’m really happy that Alice wrote about the hate that comes from a marginalised part of our very own community. I’ve noticed so much internalised homophobia and transphobia from Cis gay men and women who think it’s their narrative or no ones. We praise about acceptance when really the LGBTQ+ community has so much work to do. Lloyd’s values are sadly a strong part of so many people and it needs to be stamped out.
In short, what I'm saying is that Alice Oseman has written an incredible novel that deserves to be read by everyone. I experienced so many emotions while reading and it left me feeling incredibly emotional.
I’m not Aro-Ace, so I’m unable to comment on how well Georgia’s journey was presented, however, I will say that there’s more than one was to be Aro-Ace, just like there’s more than one way to be Queer, to be Transgender, to be Non-binary. No two people share the same journey. Our journeys are our own. They’re special and unique and make us who we are. So if you’re feeling like this story didn’t represent your own journey of being Aro-Ace then that’s completely valid, however, you also have to realise that Georgia’s journey could be someone else’s experience. That’s the true beauty of being our true selves.
I’m really happy that Alice wrote about the hate that comes from a marginalised part of our very own community. I’ve noticed so much internalised homophobia and transphobia from Cis gay men and women who think it’s their narrative or no ones. We praise about acceptance when really the LGBTQ+ community has so much work to do. Lloyd’s values are sadly a strong part of so many people and it needs to be stamped out.
In short, what I'm saying is that Alice Oseman has written an incredible novel that deserves to be read by everyone. I experienced so many emotions while reading and it left me feeling incredibly emotional.
myplatonicabsolute's review against another edition
4.0
warning based off of experience: Do not read the Wank Fantasy part in the car next to your mother