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A review by cosmo_junk
Loveless by Alice Oseman
5.0
the. best. queer. ya. novel. ever.
this book has everything: lesbian rep, gay rep, pansexual rep, nonbinary rep, and most importantly aroace rep!!! not to mention the racial diversity as well.
i'm not aroace (i think), and as the first book with an aroace mc that i've read, loveless was excellent. there were a lot of pop culture references, which threw me off for a bit, but now i find it kind of endearing, bc they're actually realistic. the plot is not trauma porn-y, overly angsty, or exaggerated, and i can totally see a young questioning aroace person reading this and seeing themself in georgia (the mc). plus, it highlights the actual good part of being aroace, such as making deep connections with ppl on a not-casually-platonic nor romantic level (ie queerplatonic) that some allos might not be able to do.
the only part that icked me a little bit was that georgia only refers to sunil, a nonbinary character who goes by he/they, using he/him pronouns. it might be his preference, idk, but i'd have liked to see someone use alternating pronouns for him, since alternating pronouns isn't done much in books. but that's just a minor nitpick.
i highly suggest everyone go read this book. it's so fucking good.
this book has everything: lesbian rep, gay rep, pansexual rep, nonbinary rep, and most importantly aroace rep!!! not to mention the racial diversity as well.
i'm not aroace (i think), and as the first book with an aroace mc that i've read, loveless was excellent. there were a lot of pop culture references, which threw me off for a bit, but now i find it kind of endearing, bc they're actually realistic. the plot is not trauma porn-y, overly angsty, or exaggerated, and i can totally see a young questioning aroace person reading this and seeing themself in georgia (the mc). plus, it highlights the actual good part of being aroace, such as making deep connections with ppl on a not-casually-platonic nor romantic level (ie queerplatonic) that some allos might not be able to do.
the only part that icked me a little bit was that georgia only refers to sunil, a nonbinary character who goes by he/they, using he/him pronouns. it might be his preference, idk, but i'd have liked to see someone use alternating pronouns for him, since alternating pronouns isn't done much in books. but that's just a minor nitpick.
i highly suggest everyone go read this book. it's so fucking good.