Reviews with content warning for Domestic abuse - Loveless

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sophieamreacher's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Sweet, a little cringey, very YA but I enjoyed it, I wish I had read this when I was younger.

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maple_dove's review

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emotional hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book is so good.

Loveless follows Georgia Warr (She/Her), a first-year in college with two best friends. She yearns for a romantic relationship like the movies. However, she will find that that is not what she really wants.

What I liked/loved:

The aroace rep. I like that Georgia is an aroace character which doesn't hate the idea of romantic or sexual relationships (initially). Not everyone aroace person is repulsed by the idea of romance or sex and with the heteronormativity many of us live in, even aroace people can get confused on what we actually want.
The non-romantic, but full-of-love relationships. Love is often characterized as something solely romantic. This book challenges that falsehood, and I'm all for it.
Discussion about LGBTQ issues. Always.
Character arcs where it reveals people are not always as they seem. People often have more depth than we can perceive first glance.
Georgia Warr. She's quiet and awesome. A great combination, no matter what society says. 💛

What I Didn't Like

There was nothing I could particularly point as "flaws." Loveless is amazing. The characters feel so realistic and real.

Favorite Quotes:

In the end, that was the problem with romance. It was so easy to romanticize romance because it was everywhere. It was in music and on TV and in filtered Instragram photos. It was in the air, crisp and alive with fresh possibility. It was in falling leaves, crumbling wooden doorways, scuffed cobblestones and fields of dandelions. It was in the touch of hands, scrawled letters, crumpled sheets, and the golden hour. A soft yawn, early morning laughter, shoes lined up together by the door. Eyes across the dance floor.

"Anyway, you're only eighteen, you've got so much time--" I started to say, but didn't know how to continue.
[...]
It was something that adults said all the time. You'll change your mind when you're older. You never know what might happen. You'll feel differently one day. As if we teenagers knew so little about yourselves that we could wake up one day a completely different person. As if the person we are right now doesn't matter at all.
The whole idea that people always grew up, fell in love, and got married was a complete lie.

Friends are automatically classed as "less important" than romantic partners. I'd never questioned that. It was just the way the world was. I guess if always felt that friendship just couldn't compete with what a partner offered, and that I never really experience real love until I found romance.
But if that had been true, I probably wouldn't have felt like this.
[...]
I had been so desperate for my idea of true love that I couldn't even see it when it was right in front of my face.

"Actually," I said, trying as hard as I could to keep the irritation out of my voice, "I'm not really interested in getting a boyfriend."
"Oh, well," she said, patting my leg again, "plenty of time, my love. Plenty of time."
But my time is now, I wanted to scream. My life is happening right now.

"You're OK with--with just being friends?" I asked.
He smiled and took my hand again. "'Just friends' makes it sound like being friends is worse. I think this is better, personally, considering how terrible that kiss was."
I squeezed his hand. "I agree."

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space12133's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book ripped my heart out, blended it up, threw it in a mold, and froze it back together. It stole my soul and has refused to give it back. I can never go back to before I read this book and I regret none of it.

Alice Oseman has continued to level up her writing style and perfect it in such a way that she broaches sensitive topics in a respectful and vague(ish) manner while still tearing your heart into pieces. I can no longer think of ferns without nearly bursting into tears.

Georgia's journey into self-identity has wonderfully and definitely not painfully at all mirrored my own in a way that left me making sure my windows were locked. Her friendships and the state of them at the climax made me sob in a way I haven't since I lost my own support system years ago.

This book mirrored my deepest fears and trauma so bad that I would get panic attacks while reading it, while also being so incredibly good and validating that I was incapable of putting it down.

Rooney's backstory haunts me to this day despite it being months since I finished the book. Thinking of her, Pip, or Roderick constantly make me tear up even though it's fiction. It mirrors reality so well that I often forget that she's simply a character and not a reflection of my fears and trauma thrown on a page that I wrote while struggling to sleep.

I was constantly waiting for the end. I wanted to see Pip and Rooney get together, Roderick get better, Rooney being okay. I wanted to see the twist and the moment where everything went back to normal. That moment came far too soon. It made me cry for ten minutes straight while listening to Conan Gray. It wasn't sad, but hopeful. Things weren't normal but they were good.

This is a book that everyone should read if they feel comfortable doing so. It constantly made me think back on me and what I was doing. I cried not because of the events but because of what they represented. It was relatable in a way that Alice has become far too adept at.

I love this book, and I hope you do too.

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emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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aimhkaitlin's review

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challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Is it really a good book if it doesn't give you a sexuality crisis? No. I can safely this is a very good book. I felt seen and accepted by the words of this story. Beautiful.

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a_rock_to_live_under's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i had a hard time finishing this book, but i ended up enjoying the book :)

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fanboyriot's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Definitely one of my new favorites. This book was amazing. It was so relatable and I was not expecting that. All the characters were detailed and lovely to read about. Following not only Georgia but her friends finding themselves was something I didn’t even know I needed to read.

As someone who thrives off of fanfiction, I loved all the comments about fanfics so much.

The humor was great and the more serious moments were done really well. I just really loved this book. The friendships were beautiful. It really showed you didn’t need a romantic, you could have platonic relationships and that is that.

Strongly suggest this for anyone who wants a lighthearted read with a happy ending, someone who might be in or questioning the ace community, people who want a realistic and relatable read that has amazing platonic relationships.

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