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kergo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Transphobia and Vomit
nia_readsalot's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Vomit
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
sophieamreacher's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
kiryomi's review against another edition
- 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
Romantic love is idealized and prioritized in our modern day world. People tell you there is someone out there for everyone, that you need to settle down and eventually find the one. Soulmates, star-crossed lovers, the one, the terminology changes but the idea remains the same. Georgia Warr, at eighteen, hasn’t had her first kiss or gone on a date or had sex. She’s determined to find the divine romance she reads about in fanfiction. Until she doesn’t. She has a friend help her scope out possible partners, but none of them appeal to her. Surrounded by her lovesick queer friends, she is the odd one out. She feels lost.
This book is very important. Aromanticism and asexuality are topics that are not discussed nearly enough; this story is voicing things that must be said and representing the community.
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Bullying and Emotional abuse
librarymouse's review against another edition
- 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
Her wonderful additions of mentor characters at different stages of their self acceptance journeys was everything I wished for (and still wish for, tbh)
I love this book. I knew, going into it, that I was not alone - not the only ace or aro-ace person in the world, but after reading this book, I feel less alone in a far more profound way.
I want to try going dancing now, again, with friends and without the weight of sexual or romantic expectations like Georgia. I think I'd like it too.
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit
maddiearthur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Racism, Sexual content, and Vomit
proza's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
It's safe to say that my AroAce self-discovery experience is not exactly the same as Georgia's, but they are quite similar in many ways and there were so many aspects of it that felt so relatable to me, and reading those parts made me feel seen and valid.
This book also provided me with the vocabulary I needed to express my feelings and my desires, and for that I am very greatful to Alice Oseman.
Now I'll go over the other parts of the book.
The general plot – while predictable at times – was enjoyable. All main characters were extremely likeable, and they each felt like their own individual people with unique personalities.
I feel like Oseman used the first-person perspective remarkably well; Georgia's narrated the story using her own voice and it made me understand her perspective and motives much better.
That being said, the story is fast from perfect. I felt like most of the problems and obstacles that Georgia went through were resolved much too quickly and easily (one example would be
Another problem I think I need to cknowledge is that the book only presents one AroAce experience , and I think that it doesn't clarify the fact that there are other ways to be aromantic or asexual well enough. It is important to remember that there are infinitely many ways to be AroAce, and that all of them are completely valid.
Overall, I think that while it has many flaws, it is a very good book that made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and I am glad to have read it.
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Vomit, and Lesbophobia
Content warnings for Loveless from Alice Oseman's website: Internalised aphobia, Verbal aphobia, deliberate aphobic attitudes, accidentally aphobic attitudes due to ignorance/lack of knowledge about a-spec identities, Frank discussions of sex and masturbation, Two brief incidents of exclusionary attitudes, References to past emotionally abusive relationships, References to past bullyingmaple_dove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Loveless follows Georgia Warr (She/Her), a first-year in college with two best friends. She yearns for a romantic relationship like the movies. However, she will find that that is not what she really wants.
What I liked/loved:
- The aroace rep. I like that Georgia is an aroace character which doesn't hate the idea of romantic or sexual relationships (initially). Not everyone aroace person is repulsed by the idea of romance or sex and with the heteronormativity many of us live in, even aroace people can get confused on what we actually want.
- The non-romantic, but full-of-love relationships. Love is often characterized as something solely romantic. This book challenges that falsehood, and I'm all for it.
- Discussion about LGBTQ issues. Always.
Character arcs where it reveals people are not always as they seem. People often have more depth than we can perceive first glance. - Georgia Warr. She's quiet and awesome. A great combination, no matter what society says. 💛
What I Didn't Like
- There was nothing I could particularly point as "flaws." Loveless is amazing. The characters feel so realistic and real.
Favorite Quotes:
In the end, that was the problem with romance. It was so easy to romanticize romance because it was everywhere. It was in music and on TV and in filtered Instragram photos. It was in the air, crisp and alive with fresh possibility. It was in falling leaves, crumbling wooden doorways, scuffed cobblestones and fields of dandelions. It was in the touch of hands, scrawled letters, crumpled sheets, and the golden hour. A soft yawn, early morning laughter, shoes lined up together by the door. Eyes across the dance floor.
"Anyway, you're only eighteen, you've got so much time--" I started to say, but didn't know how to continue.
[...]
It was something that adults said all the time. You'll change your mind when you're older. You never know what might happen. You'll feel differently one day. As if we teenagers knew so little about yourselves that we could wake up one day a completely different person. As if the person we are right now doesn't matter at all.
The whole idea that people always grew up, fell in love, and got married was a complete lie.
Friends are automatically classed as "less important" than romantic partners. I'd never questioned that. It was just the way the world was. I guess if always felt that friendship just couldn't compete with what a partner offered, and that I never really experience real love until I found romance.
But if that had been true, I probably wouldn't have felt like this.
[...]
I had been so desperate for my idea of true love that I couldn't even see it when it was right in front of my face.
"Actually," I said, trying as hard as I could to keep the irritation out of my voice, "I'm not really interested in getting a boyfriend."
"Oh, well," she said, patting my leg again, "plenty of time, my love. Plenty of time."
But my time is now, I wanted to scream. My life is happening right now.
"You're OK with--with just being friends?" I asked.
He smiled and took my hand again. "'Just friends' makes it sound like being friends is worse. I think this is better, personally, considering how terrible that kiss was."
I squeezed his hand. "I agree."
Graphic: Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
Minor: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Ableism (fetishization of mental illness)(minor)ju_harue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
É tão importante existirem livros assim, que abordam e representam os mais diversos tipos de gêneros, identidades, sexualidades, raças. E Alice faz isso com um primor sem igual, com tamanho respeito e simplicidade que espero que cheguem a cada vez mais pessoas, principalmente ao público alvo mais jovem, para mostrar que há muito mais, há muito além e sempre, sempre há amor, da forma que for
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
emily_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
Major: 3 HP refs, amatonormativity and allonormativity