Reviews

Loner by Georgina Young

abbier0ad's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

‘She wants him to ask her what she's reading conversations to know why no one ever asks her what she reading. It's just about the only thing she wants to talk about and she never gets the chance’


Lona, I wish you well in the future. At 21 I also didn’t know what my future will look like. At 28 I still don’t. 

Firstly George, no thanks. 

Specs, I hope it works out for you.

After seeing this in the Waterstones clearance box for £3 I wasn’t expecting much, but I did really enjoy this. Lighthearted and easy to read. I weirdly liked the idea there that there wasn’t really any chapters. Just chunks 

I recommended & I will be putting this on the hotel library shelf. I hope someone picks it up 

e11en's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

netylu's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An average book. I got what I expected, for the most part. The book is about navigating relationships and aimlessness and how everyone wants to keep some parts of them secret from others. Vivid descriptions of female lust, which is a plus for a young adult book. What disappointed me the most was the writing. I didn't find the main character interesting, mainly because she was so lukewarm (if that makes sense?). She gets a boyfriend without much difficulty, then loses said boyfriend without much difficulty, and also regains interest in making art when she doesn't have much else to do. There's not much inner conflict within her. She sulks a lot but rolls along with anything that comes up. It makes her somewhat boring.

quiteliterary's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

me throughout this book: she’s just like me fr

janiscox's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

Fantastic!
Well written, and so very south east melbourne. 
Such a great and refreshing coming of age story. 

camerongib's review against another edition

4.0

I read this at the perfect time, it was exactly what I needed. A book about feeling sad and tired and lonely and lost but trying. YA but it didn’t really feel like it. Melbourne. Familiar. Like a hug. Like curling up in a cuddly blanket on a nice cold day. Lona reminds me of someone I once knew. A protagonist who so easily could have irritated me but Georgina made it impossible not to love her. 4.5

rachaelsreadsandreviews's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

nicolajane's review against another edition

3.0

Found this one tricky to get into although I did enjoy it in the end.
It was just a little bit too slow at the beginning to keep my intrigue.

isabellastocka's review against another edition

3.0

This was a quite unique book. At first I had some trouble to get acquainted with the writing style which at the end I became font. The story was clear in the beginning, with Lona just being annoyed by everything and everyone. She doesn't know what she really wants, she knows that she doesn't want what most of those around her want. That is at least something. I think the book shows how lost this generation feels and uncertain how to start navigate through all that is ahead of them.

anastasia_beaverhsn's review against another edition

2.0

I hate to say it but I was pretty bored reading this book. The writing style wasn't my favorite either. Lona just seems to be feeling sorry for herself the entire book, and at the end, she's still feeling sorry for herself. I also didn't like when: the book did this. It did this: a lot. Why?

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for an Advanced Copy of this book. I greatly appreciate it.