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fkshg8465's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
Parts of this did bore me, but I give it a high ranking because A) parts were great, and B) it’s the first book I’ve ever read about asexually and aromanticism. Children and adults need more access to books like this so that we can be more understanding of each other and ourselves. This book did a great job of taking me on the journey of trying to understand what an asexual or an aromantic might go through in a heteronormative world. We come in all shapes, sizes, colors, genders, hearts, and brains, and all of it, all of us are normal. Bravo to the writer and the publisher!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
maple_dove's review
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:
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."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual content and Bullying
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Ableism
Ableism (fetishization of mental illness)(minor)behindherpages's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse
cdoubet's review
emotional
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity
bookishlybecca's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Vomit
Minor: Infidelity
ashleycmms's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit and Infidelity
vaalescapism's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
LO AMÉ. Fue muy informativo sobre el espectro asexual - aromántico. Y amé a todxs lxs personajes. Es una historia de descubrimiento personal, de descubrimiento del mundo y de cierta forma, de found family. De verdad quisiera una secuela solo describiendo las cosas mundanas del día a día de la vida de lxs personajes juntxs. Quiero algo tan bello y único y hermoso como lo que tienen ellxs. <33 ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Gaslighting, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
anthea_june's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
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