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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
I was going to do a full review for this, and maybe I will if I get round to annotating and tabbing the rest of the book, but for now this will have to do.
This was just not that enjoyable for me to read.
I'm not aromantic asexual. But I am somewhere on the asexual spectrum, and this just made me extremely uncomfortable to read. I mean, I'm really glad that so many people have seen themselves in this and feel represented. But for me personally, this just was not an enjoyable reading experience. Everything that Georgia does to have the 'real university experience' is so far from anything I would have done.
And I've been in her shoes. I went through school not having kissed anyone. I went through university doing the same. I thought I was broken. I thought that no one would ever love me and I'd die alone and I didn't know about asexuality because this was the early 2000s and I had never heard of that before. It took me until my thirties to realise there was a word for what I was.
I would never have experimented on friends. Ever. And while the idea of sex didn't disgust me, it never really appealed to me either. I can kind of understand Georgia's reactions, but the fact that she was so self-involved to believe that no one else ever had thoughts about sex and they had to be joking just made me stare at the page in disbelief.
And the treatment of Rooney was...not great. There are other reviews from other own voices reviewers about the way pansexuals were treated in this book and I would recommend you go and check those out before picking this book up.
I'm not sure I can give this three stars. Objectively, the writing wasn't terrible, and the plot was okay. But I don't have much positive to say about it right now, so I think it will be a two stars. My review and rating may change in the future.
This was just not that enjoyable for me to read.
I'm not aromantic asexual. But I am somewhere on the asexual spectrum, and this just made me extremely uncomfortable to read. I mean, I'm really glad that so many people have seen themselves in this and feel represented. But for me personally, this just was not an enjoyable reading experience. Everything that Georgia does to have the 'real university experience' is so far from anything I would have done.
And I've been in her shoes. I went through school not having kissed anyone. I went through university doing the same. I thought I was broken. I thought that no one would ever love me and I'd die alone and I didn't know about asexuality because this was the early 2000s and I had never heard of that before. It took me until my thirties to realise there was a word for what I was.
I would never have experimented on friends. Ever. And while the idea of sex didn't disgust me, it never really appealed to me either. I can kind of understand Georgia's reactions, but the fact that she was so self-involved to believe that no one else ever had thoughts about sex and they had to be joking just made me stare at the page in disbelief.
And the treatment of Rooney was...not great. There are other reviews from other own voices reviewers about the way pansexuals were treated in this book and I would recommend you go and check those out before picking this book up.
I'm not sure I can give this three stars. Objectively, the writing wasn't terrible, and the plot was okay. But I don't have much positive to say about it right now, so I think it will be a two stars. My review and rating may change in the future.
This book was amazing to another level. It came across different topics and situations, that I think was solved pretty damn good. It wasn't easy for Georgia, the main character, to solve but she kept pushing through. I'm so happy she figured out sexuality, especially after the troubles and her insecurities about herself and how she felt. The whole book was written very well, understandable and well phrased. Everything about this book was just so beautiful. I think I even cried sometime towards the end, because Georgia kept having troubles saving her friendships but she managed to save them, and I'm so happy. Definitely recommend reading this book if daily life struggles and figuring out yourself is one of your go-to reading topics :)
“Śmierci, śmierci przybądź do mnie
Ciało me w cyprysach złóż
Bo dziewczyna, bo dziewczyna, w serce moje wbiła nóż
Gdziekolwiek grób mój mógłby stać, niech stoi, gdzie kochanek smętny nie znajdzie go, by na nim łkać.”
– William Szekspir
Zakochałam się w tej książce i być może w twórczości Szekspira przy okazji... Nigdy wcześniej nie czytałam historii postaci aseksualnej, a teraz uważam, że to obowiązkowa lektura dla każdej jednej osoby.
Miłość jest piękna, nie tylko ta romantyczna
Ciało me w cyprysach złóż
Bo dziewczyna, bo dziewczyna, w serce moje wbiła nóż
Gdziekolwiek grób mój mógłby stać, niech stoi, gdzie kochanek smętny nie znajdzie go, by na nim łkać.”
– William Szekspir
Zakochałam się w tej książce i być może w twórczości Szekspira przy okazji... Nigdy wcześniej nie czytałam historii postaci aseksualnej, a teraz uważam, że to obowiązkowa lektura dla każdej jednej osoby.
Miłość jest piękna, nie tylko ta romantyczna
funny
informative
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, Alice has done it yet again.
I am so happy I read this book because I feel like I now understand aro/ace so much better. There's little to none aro/ace representation in books and films and I hope that'll change in the future.
This book made me see that platonic love is so much more important than everyone thinks it is and it also kind of awakened my obsession to get into Durham university
I am so happy I read this book because I feel like I now understand aro/ace so much better. There's little to none aro/ace representation in books and films and I hope that'll change in the future.
This book made me see that platonic love is so much more important than everyone thinks it is and it also kind of awakened my obsession to get into Durham university
I think loveless was a really good book and showed me how good platonic love is. I myself love love but this book opened up how important other types of love other than romantic love is. Georgias discovery of her sexuality was such a beautiful one. I loved every second of reading it.
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
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