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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
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
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
relaxing
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-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:
No
NOW THAT THE BOOK IS RELEASED YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO READ THIS GO BUY IT NOW
Loveless follows the story of 18 year old Georgia as she sets off to University. She’s a normal girl who just wants one thing: to fall in love. Georgia has not had her first kiss yet, and she’s worried that people think that she’s weird. Every time she gets close to her first kiss, she runs away.
If you are looking for a cute novel full of love and friendship and a little bit of dram, this is the book for you! Loveless follows Georgia’s quest to find love, but instead she finds out something else about herself instead. This book is full of self discovery and learning to love yourself for who you are, even if it’s not what you think you want for yourself.
Georgia is asexual and aromantic - she can’t feel sexual or romantic attraction to anyone. It’s hard for her to come to terms with, and scary at times, but the way this novel deals with the societal pressure to be in a relationship, as well as the expectation that being in a relationship is what everybody wants is second to none.
I myself am on the asexual spectrum. It’s not something I talk about very often and I think part of that reason is that I am shy and nervous to talk about it. I shouldn’t be, but the reason is because it’s not something that’s talked about in society. It’s barely a word that people understand or discuss.
This novel is incredible in the way it discusses asexuality and I know that if I had read this book years ago, when I was just figuring myself out, my journey to self acceptance would have started much sooner. Even now I don’t think I’m truly comfortable talking about who I am, but Loveless has already helped massively feel less alone and less weird.
“Weird” is a word used throughout the book and Georgia often worries that people see her that way. Honestly, Georgia’s experience with discovering herself felt incredibly similar to my own feelings. While our experiences have been very different, the emotion attached to those experiences felt so raw and real and I am so grateful to Alice Oseman for writing this book.
Generally I did really like the plot. There was plenty of drama to keep the book moving alongside Georgia’s discovery of her sexuality. I really liked Rooney and Pip but my favourite character was Sunil. I loved the inclusion of a non-binary character without it being made a big deal and representation like this truly helps to normalise non-binary charcters in pieces of media. I loved the passion for Shakespeare and theatre because, mood, and I also really liked the way University was represented from a non-partier’s perspective. I feel like Georgia’s experience at Uni was so true to so many students in the UK, but if you don’t go out and party you think you’re weird or doing the Uni experience wrong, but Georgia’s story reinforces that there’s no such thing.
I guess my only disappointment was that I didn’t LOVE Georgia as a character even if i could relate to her emotions about her sexuality.
Furthermore, I didn’t love Georgia’s friends’ reaction to her coming out. Far too often people come out and it ends in an argument between friends. While this time it wasn’t because Georgia kept a secret from her friends, I still really dislike when a coming out coincides with an argument. When someone comes out they need support, and I feel like it is just as important to portray that support in media. Coming out is scary enough as it is, but when almost every portrayal of coming out goes hand in hand with an argument with friends (see the Love, Simon movie) I can’t help but feel like it makes coming out even more nerve racking.
One of my favourite parts of the story was the portrayal of platonic love and the importance of valuing it just as much as romantic love. Even one of the chapters is titled ‘Platonic Magic’ and it’s my favourite thing ever. In the end, this book was absolutely a love story. A love story between friends, and I have never appreciated anything more.
There were so many instances where I highlighted different quotes with just the word “mood” and I thought I’d share some of these quotes with you guys.
“... though I didn’t really understand why everyone was in love with Timothée Chalamet.”
“I had a theory that a lot of people’s ‘celebrity crushes’ were faked just to fit in.”
“I started to notice just how many of these songs were about romance or sex. How had I never noticed that before? Like, almost all songs ever written are about romance or sex. And it felt like they were taunting me.”
(This quote is from someone who is being antagonistic, but I feel like it’s worth sharing because it’s something I’ve experienced a lot.)
“Asexual and bigender and whatever. You’re just gonna let in anyone who thinks they’re some made-up internet identity?”
“In the end, that was the problem with romance. It was so easy to romanticise romance because it was everywhere. It was in music and on TV and in filtered Instagram photos.”
Loveless follows the story of 18 year old Georgia as she sets off to University. She’s a normal girl who just wants one thing: to fall in love. Georgia has not had her first kiss yet, and she’s worried that people think that she’s weird. Every time she gets close to her first kiss, she runs away.
If you are looking for a cute novel full of love and friendship and a little bit of dram, this is the book for you! Loveless follows Georgia’s quest to find love, but instead she finds out something else about herself instead. This book is full of self discovery and learning to love yourself for who you are, even if it’s not what you think you want for yourself.
Georgia is asexual and aromantic - she can’t feel sexual or romantic attraction to anyone. It’s hard for her to come to terms with, and scary at times, but the way this novel deals with the societal pressure to be in a relationship, as well as the expectation that being in a relationship is what everybody wants is second to none.
I myself am on the asexual spectrum. It’s not something I talk about very often and I think part of that reason is that I am shy and nervous to talk about it. I shouldn’t be, but the reason is because it’s not something that’s talked about in society. It’s barely a word that people understand or discuss.
This novel is incredible in the way it discusses asexuality and I know that if I had read this book years ago, when I was just figuring myself out, my journey to self acceptance would have started much sooner. Even now I don’t think I’m truly comfortable talking about who I am, but Loveless has already helped massively feel less alone and less weird.
“Weird” is a word used throughout the book and Georgia often worries that people see her that way. Honestly, Georgia’s experience with discovering herself felt incredibly similar to my own feelings. While our experiences have been very different, the emotion attached to those experiences felt so raw and real and I am so grateful to Alice Oseman for writing this book.
Generally I did really like the plot. There was plenty of drama to keep the book moving alongside Georgia’s discovery of her sexuality. I really liked Rooney and Pip but my favourite character was Sunil. I loved the inclusion of a non-binary character without it being made a big deal and representation like this truly helps to normalise non-binary charcters in pieces of media. I loved the passion for Shakespeare and theatre because, mood, and I also really liked the way University was represented from a non-partier’s perspective. I feel like Georgia’s experience at Uni was so true to so many students in the UK, but if you don’t go out and party you think you’re weird or doing the Uni experience wrong, but Georgia’s story reinforces that there’s no such thing.
I guess my only disappointment was that I didn’t LOVE Georgia as a character even if i could relate to her emotions about her sexuality.
Furthermore, I didn’t love Georgia’s friends’ reaction to her coming out. Far too often people come out and it ends in an argument between friends. While this time it wasn’t because Georgia kept a secret from her friends, I still really dislike when a coming out coincides with an argument. When someone comes out they need support, and I feel like it is just as important to portray that support in media. Coming out is scary enough as it is, but when almost every portrayal of coming out goes hand in hand with an argument with friends (see the Love, Simon movie) I can’t help but feel like it makes coming out even more nerve racking.
One of my favourite parts of the story was the portrayal of platonic love and the importance of valuing it just as much as romantic love. Even one of the chapters is titled ‘Platonic Magic’ and it’s my favourite thing ever. In the end, this book was absolutely a love story. A love story between friends, and I have never appreciated anything more.
There were so many instances where I highlighted different quotes with just the word “mood” and I thought I’d share some of these quotes with you guys.
“... though I didn’t really understand why everyone was in love with Timothée Chalamet.”
“I had a theory that a lot of people’s ‘celebrity crushes’ were faked just to fit in.”
“I started to notice just how many of these songs were about romance or sex. How had I never noticed that before? Like, almost all songs ever written are about romance or sex. And it felt like they were taunting me.”
(This quote is from someone who is being antagonistic, but I feel like it’s worth sharing because it’s something I’ve experienced a lot.)
“Asexual and bigender and whatever. You’re just gonna let in anyone who thinks they’re some made-up internet identity?”
“In the end, that was the problem with romance. It was so easy to romanticise romance because it was everywhere. It was in music and on TV and in filtered Instagram photos.”
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was a little slow but it was very eye opening. I am Asexual and this helped me figure out what that meant to me. The main character was very much like me.
funny
lighthearted
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Great representation of asexuality without being preachy. Cute cast altho book is a bit bloated
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes