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A review by octarinedream
Loveless by Alice Oseman
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
4.75
It's rare for me to find a book I really see myself in. I can find books engaging for sure, but it rarely feels personal. This book felt so personal; it felt like the words jumped right out of my mind and onto the page sometimes.
It was challenging a lot of the time, but it gave me hope that things would be alright in the end. I didn't realise how much I needed that.
It was inspiring, well-informed and heartfelt. I barely stopped crying from part four onwards.
Asexuality and aromanticism can feel so isolating sometimes, like you can't be deserving of any love, so it's empowering to see a story that so thoroughly rebukes that, not by telling me that with empty platitudes and motivational quotes, but by showing me and letting me actually believe it for once.
I'm so, so glad this book exists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It was challenging a lot of the time, but it gave me hope that things would be alright in the end. I didn't realise how much I needed that.
It was inspiring, well-informed and heartfelt. I barely stopped crying from part four onwards.
Asexuality and aromanticism can feel so isolating sometimes, like you can't be deserving of any love, so it's empowering to see a story that so thoroughly rebukes that, not by telling me that with empty platitudes and motivational quotes, but by showing me and letting me actually believe it for once.
I'm so, so glad this book exists. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Gaslighting
Minor: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
Actual instances of external aphobia are rare and brief, but there are characters who struggle to come to terms with their asexuality and doubt themselves regularly.