A review by toofondofbooks_
Loveless by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is my first ever experience with Alice Oseman's writing after seeing glowing reviews of her work for months. I can say for certain that I wasn't disappointed. Loveless is a new adult novel about Georgia, a brand new college student who is obsessed with all things love, but struggles to develop feelings for anyone in real life even though she desperately wants to. Spoiler alert: she discovers that she is asexual and aromantic. The story is mainly about Georgia coming to terms with her identity and realizing that platonic love is no less important than romantic love. The book becomes a celebration of platonic and familial love and how those bonds can be just as strong as any romance, if not stronger. This is the first book with an ace or aro protagonist and i could tell that telling this story was really important to Oseman in every word that they wrote.. Though I am not ace or aro, I can totally appreciate the themes I just mentioned and loved how beautifully they were explored. There is so much love and joy in friendship and I wish that it was prioritized more in the YA books I read. I loved the characters in this. They were quirky, cute, and felt really genuine to me. A special shout out goes to Sunil - every time he was in a scene, the scene was made 10x better. The only issue I had was that the beginning was a little slow for me, but once I got into it I finished really quickly. If you like character driven stories based around friendship, pick this up!
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