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Loveless by Alice Oseman

3 reviews

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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emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-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

Another brilliant book from Alice Oseman. Moving away from the highschool setting, we now get a look in to uni life which was nice as it is something that isn't often explored but is such a specific and important time. It is also a good setting for coming of age/lgbtq coming out stories as there is a sudden sense of freedom and exposure to all sorts of new people and experiences. This book takes advantage of those to tell its story in a way a highschool setting couldn't. It was very informative about the aroace experience so is good if that is something you don't know much about. If you are aro or ace it will probably be very relatable (I'm not aroace so I can't say for sure) and is good representation for an often overlooked group. It was more fun and lighthearted than some of Alice's other work which was a nice change.
But as a book I felt it dragged a little, and the whole plot is based around those incredibly annoying miscommunications that have you screaming "JUST TELL HER!!!" at the page. This whole book could have been solved sooo much earlier if
Georgia had just told Pip that Rooney had feelings for her or vice versa instead of letting them get mad at upset with each other. Georgia knew Rooney liked Pip from about half way through and yet they don't finally confess to each other until right at the end. It was infuriating!
I also wasn't a fan of the chapters having names instead of numbers. It just seemed a little pointless and I much prefer the way it has been done in Alice's other books.
Overall it was a good book but it just didn't have the same spark for me as some of Alice's other work. 
Also as a 3rd year university student myself, how Sunil found the time for Pride Soc, Orchestra and Shakespeare is beyond me. I can barely handle my regular coursework let alone all that!
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