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Loveless by Alice Oseman

523 reviews

thorney's review

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

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sophieamreacher's review

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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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cogowno's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.5

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anjh's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

this book was very good. very well written. i related a lot to Georgia’s descriptions of asexuality but also very much appreciated the aro rep too. i think Alice Oseman’s writing really conveyed the feeling of the process of figuring out your LGBTQIA+ identity through confusion, self hatred, denial and sadness. 
i also really loved how the book showed that love isn’t just a romantic thing, but can also absolutely and very much be a platonic thing which is just as strong and just as meaningful, if not more so. it also showed the importance of friendships and how romance can get in the way of these. 
this book was also v gay which i appreciated, very much recommended for anyone questioning/figuring out their identity or already identifying as queer (tho please read the content warnings as always!!)
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gardens_and_dragons's review against another edition

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funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Loved the discussions of discovering self via college, especially the main character being aro/ace. I think it’s def an important book for teens to read. I think it was enjoyable and also informative, but I also found some of the misunderstandings in the book frustrating 
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kiryomi's review

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emotional hopeful 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

Confused kids in college dorms, disillusionment, Pride Society, Scooby Doo, and multiple sexuality crises. That’s the essence of this book. Some may assume it is about a girl who believes she is loveless until she gets swept off her feet by her perfect lover and escapes into a fairytale romance. That’s not what this is. This is the emotional story of a girl who is loveless and learns to be okay with it.

Romantic love is idealized and prioritized in our modern day world. People tell you there is someone out there for everyone, that you need to settle down and eventually find the one. Soulmates, star-crossed lovers, the one, the terminology changes but the idea remains the same. Georgia Warr, at eighteen, hasn’t had her first kiss or gone on a date or had sex. She’s determined to find the divine romance she reads about in fanfiction. Until she doesn’t. She has a friend help her scope out possible partners, but none of them appeal to her. Surrounded by her lovesick queer friends, she is the odd one out. She feels lost.

This book is very important. Aromanticism and asexuality are topics that are not discussed nearly enough; this story is voicing things that must be said and representing the community. 
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olive_ia's review

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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tabear's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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nexusthegreat's review

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It was too much fluff for me and I wish we could go through the self-discovery journey along with her instead of being told she was Aromantic on the back of the book :/. There just isn’t enough external/internal conflict for my taste. I wanted this to tug at me heart more, but it was a lot of fluff.
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whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted 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

Probably being a bit lenient with the 5 stars but I don’t care because I really enjoyed this book and the fact I felt seen and all that jazz.
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