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book_catepillar's review against another edition
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Alcohol
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. đź’›
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)emily_mh's review against another edition
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? No
5.0
I think when a book means so much to you it’s hard to give it an adequate review. Like Mr Knightley said, “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” This book stared into my very soul and made me understand myself in a whole new way, and it gave me so much hope for my future. I laughed and cried and was rendered speechless. I felt like I WAS Georgia.
Rep: aroace MC, lesbian British-Colombian SC, nonbinary asexual gay South Asian SC, pansexual SC, ace SC, bisexual aromantic Black minor character
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Ableism, Vomit, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Bullying
Major: 3 HP refs, amatonormativity and allonormativitytherewillbenewsuns's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia and Acephobia/Arophobia
oddlyghoul's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexual content, and Bullying
theaceofpages's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
4.5
"I was really quite lonely, and I wanted to be loved. Was that such a bad thing? To want an intimate connection with another human? I didn’t know."
This was a bit of a tough book to rate. I can tell why some people hate it, but I loved it.
So. First from a technical aspect. I can tell why some people don't like this book. The writing is a little frustrating at times. And the pacing was a little annoying. It started off kind of slow and repetitive. Until she realised she was ace. Then it picked up! I liked the pacing in the middle of the book but then the end felt rushed. And the ending was not the greatest?I'm happy Georgia found happiness but it felt too neat, but at the same time incomplete? I don't know if that makes any sense.
The representation however? So good! And I think that this is exactly why the book is so popular. That confusion and desperation to feel like you belong. That's you're normal. A lot of her feelings and emotions are definitely high school me. Although I went the opposite route and told myself that I didn't want a relationship because I needed to work on myself as it's not fair for someone to have to deal with the wreck I was. But that the right person would come along eventually and if it happened, it happened. So I never really went through that "oh my goodness I need to find someone" experience. Despite that, I still related to her. And both those experiences simply stem from a lack of representation. I'm glad people can at least find things online and in books now, even if it's still not taught in schools. But yes. Seeing someone who's emotions are the same as mine in a deep level for the first time is great, even if they manifest themselves differently! But I do also think that this is where a lot of the hate comes in from ace readers. One of the biggest complaints about the book I've seen is that it doesn't represent their experiences. I'm pretty sure it was clear that there are multiple experiences through other characters, especially Sunil's explanations! And they are also not aro and Jess is aro but not ace, so there's that. I've also seen that some people are unhappy with how other identities are represented. I mean, I kind of get it, but all the characters are well-developed. We also need to remember that the book focuses on an aroace person - and a lot of us have a lot of confusion about why romantic and sexual love are placed on such a pedestal and are such a focus for some people. That being said, I loved the focus on friendship. It's so often underplayed and represented as lesser, even though it can be just as if not more powerful than romantic love.
This was a bit of a tough book to rate. I can tell why some people hate it, but I loved it.
So. First from a technical aspect. I can tell why some people don't like this book. The writing is a little frustrating at times. And the pacing was a little annoying. It started off kind of slow and repetitive. Until she realised she was ace. Then it picked up! I liked the pacing in the middle of the book but then the end felt rushed. And the ending was not the greatest?
The representation however? So good! And I think that this is exactly why the book is so popular. That confusion and desperation to feel like you belong. That's you're normal. A lot of her feelings and emotions are definitely high school me. Although I went the opposite route and told myself that I didn't want a relationship because I needed to work on myself as it's not fair for someone to have to deal with the wreck I was. But that the right person would come along eventually and if it happened, it happened. So I never really went through that "oh my goodness I need to find someone" experience. Despite that, I still related to her. And both those experiences simply stem from a lack of representation. I'm glad people can at least find things online and in books now, even if it's still not taught in schools. But yes. Seeing someone who's emotions are the same as mine in a deep level for the first time is great, even if they manifest themselves differently! But I do also think that this is where a lot of the hate comes in from ace readers. One of the biggest complaints about the book I've seen is that it doesn't represent their experiences. I'm pretty sure it was clear that there are multiple experiences through other characters, especially Sunil's explanations! And they are also not aro and Jess is aro but not ace, so there's that. I've also seen that some people are unhappy with how other identities are represented. I mean, I kind of get it, but all the characters are well-developed. We also need to remember that the book focuses on an aroace person - and a lot of us have a lot of confusion about why romantic and sexual love are placed on such a pedestal and are such a focus for some people. That being said, I loved the focus on friendship. It's so often underplayed and represented as lesser, even though it can be just as if not more powerful than romantic love.
I feel like Georgia is the type of person who would actually look up what asexual means so I feel like her discovery was a bit drawn out. I would have loved it if she had found the term, panicked, and then tried to convince herself that nope, she can have those things! She got got on my nerves a bit at times, but it's okay. Her cousin seems cool. I liked that that was a way to show how verbally aggressive parents can be. Although, again, why does no one in this book seem to do any research? I love Sunil! Can we please have more about them? I just resonated so deeply with a lot of what they said. I just want to be their best friend and give them a big hug. I definitely preferred them to Georgia. I'd LOVE a book about them. And how they learned to accept themselves. And about how they help others accept themselves too. It's sad that everyone uses he/him pronouns though (although they are okay with either)
Be aware that this book contains a lot of internalised aphobia (as well as some external aphobia, including from parents and LGBT spaces) and can be rather painful to read at times. I had to take breaks to process at times.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Bullying, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Toxic friendship, and Outing
Minor: Homophobia
arlingtonchamberofgay's review
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Homophobia
Minor: Transphobia
eloise__'s review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol and Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, and Homophobia
rangerwing75's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
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AHDUDJENE
GOD I HAVE FEELJNFS ON THIA BOOK
I SEE SO MUCH OF MYSEF IN GEORGIA LIKE JESUS CHRIST SHES JUST LIKE ME FR
MINUS THE NOT BEING OKAY WITH BEING AROACE AT FIRST BECAUSE I WAS FOR SOME REASON SO HELLA FINE EITH IT
BUT OH MY GOD
AHHHHHH
Edit: I would like to update my thoughts now that I’ve had some time away from this book.
SPOILERS I LITERALLY CAN’T TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERLY WITHOUT SPOILERS I’M SORRY
At the time of reading originally, I was so excited over finally having a piece of asexual literature that I was very much viewing it through rose tinted glasses and, thinking on it now, there’s a lot of stuff that I don’t like.
Georgia is not relatable to me at all. How I thought so the first time around I don’t know. We have some things in common, but we’re very different.
For example, I would never try to force myself into dating someone for the sake of trying to not be single.
This is my biggest problem with Georgia. She asked Jason out and Jason said yes. Why would he have said yes if all he’d felt for her was friendship?
Maybe it was a one off.
Nope.
If he’s agreeing to more dates maybe, just maybe, it’s a sign he has feelings for Georgia. Just a thought. And the fact she chose her friend who had just come out of a toxic relationship, purely because of Rooney’s baseless claims he’s definitely in love with Georgia makes the whole thing ridiculous.
This story runs purely on miscommunication.
The only characters who never really annoyed me were Sunil and Jess and that’s because they were minor enough to not get too tangled in the chaos of the main four.
This book is chaos and not in the good way. There’s better ace literature out there now that I’m happy to go read instead.
AHDUDJENE
GOD I HAVE FEELJNFS ON THIA BOOK
I SEE SO MUCH OF MYSEF IN GEORGIA LIKE JESUS CHRIST SHES JUST LIKE ME FR
MINUS THE NOT BEING OKAY WITH BEING AROACE AT FIRST BECAUSE I WAS FOR SOME REASON SO HELLA FINE EITH IT
BUT OH MY GOD
AHHHHHH
Edit: I would like to update my thoughts now that I’ve had some time away from this book.
SPOILERS I LITERALLY CAN’T TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERLY WITHOUT SPOILERS I’M SORRY
At the time of reading originally, I was so excited over finally having a piece of asexual literature that I was very much viewing it through rose tinted glasses and, thinking on it now, there’s a lot of stuff that I don’t like.
Georgia is not relatable to me at all. How I thought so the first time around I don’t know. We have some things in common, but we’re very different.
For example, I would never try to force myself into dating someone for the sake of trying to not be single.
This is my biggest problem with Georgia. She asked Jason out and Jason said yes. Why would he have said yes if all he’d felt for her was friendship?
Maybe it was a one off.
Nope.
If he’s agreeing to more dates maybe, just maybe, it’s a sign he has feelings for Georgia. Just a thought. And the fact she chose her friend who had just come out of a toxic relationship, purely because of Rooney’s baseless claims he’s definitely in love with Georgia makes the whole thing ridiculous.
This story runs purely on miscommunication.
The only characters who never really annoyed me were Sunil and Jess and that’s because they were minor enough to not get too tangled in the chaos of the main four.
This book is chaos and not in the good way. There’s better ace literature out there now that I’m happy to go read instead.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Cursing
Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
Self harm as in Rooney is a very self destructive person because she spends so long hating herselflucy42's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Alcohol
Minor: Transphobia