17.7k reviews for:

Loveless

Alice Oseman

4.26 AVERAGE

taylormadebooks's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny 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

readingwithrae's review against another edition

5.0

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

this020nook's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

literaryibis's review against another edition

4.0

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I’ll say it: Nothing is more relatable as an ace person than reading the panicked section where Georgia has an existential crisis (and moment of horror) upon discovering her friends actively fantasize about sleeping with other people. My college self had the same epiphany and I’ve been forever changed. (Kidding. But not really. It was a big shock. Insert that clip of the fish shouting “YOU WHAT” from the April Fools SpongeBob episode—you know what I’m talking about.)

Funny, heartfelt, and educational, Loveless feels like such a nice love letter to asexuality. It talks about the anger, confusion, and heartbreak of discovering you’re different in a way that other people can’t always understand. But it also talks about how deeply ace and aro people love, despite it not being in the conventional way. Insatiable admiration for fictional romance, deep love for friends, passion for hobbies and experiences—this book erases the sometimes assumed stigma that ace and aro folks just don’t feel affection (or just haven’t found the right person to open them up). Oseman really nicely weaves in the broadness of the spectrum—being ace but not aro, aro but not ace, and being both—which is so important for a book that may be some readers’ first look at this often-obscured identity.

More like this, please!

lovexav's review against another edition

3.75

informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jade_u_nobs's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

mollyehrnsch's review against another edition

4.0

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This book has a lot of information and details that discerning people may or may not find relatable. So far all of Oseman’s books have been like this and I absolutely love their openness and approachability. I would highly recommend, though I did give it 4 stars just for how melancholy it’s been making me feel.

alexafale's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

literlili's review against another edition

4.0

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I honestly loved this book. Georgia is a amazing character and it’s AMAZING aroace rep. It was a bit boring and hard to get threw so it took me nearly 4 months to get threw it

missmackenzie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated