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Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars Five out of Five Stars!
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2020
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I'm going to go ahead and apologize in advance for this review, because it might get a bit emotional. You've been warned.

Loveless is a wonderful story about self-discovery, of firsts and lasts, and the beautiful bond between friends. It's a very important story in my opinion, as it shows the very realistic journey of an aromantic asexual individual's towards acceptance not only from the people around her, but from herself as well.

I myself am asexual, and this is the first time I've found a story featuring a character like me that I've decided to read. I have always been wary of it, scared off by stories of misrepresentation. But something about this story and it's cute coverart drew me to it.

Georgia's journey was so similar to my own, I nearly cried at a few points because it felt so VALIDATING to read about someone else going through it. Author Alice Oseman did such a wonderful job of portraying this aroace character she has instantly shot straight to my top ten favorite authors of all time. I was so immersed in this story I lost many a night's sleep because of it. Well worth it, of course.

The best part, my favorite part at least, was the emphasis on platonic love not being lesser than romantic love. The intensity of Georgia's friendships and her dedication to them was so endearing to read about. I wish I had friends like Pip, Rooney, Jason, and Sunil. Each character had their own motivation and interests; were so masterfully fleshed out I could picture them in my head so vividly while reading. Georgia's love for her friends was purer than most romances I've read, and I commend Ms. Oseman for her talent.

I could go on and on about this book, but I will painfully hold myself back to give everyone the chance to experience it themselves. Because everyone should experience it. Whether you're asexual, aromantic, both, or even if you're neither, you deserve to read this book.
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Gabrielle Grosbety
5.0 out of 5 stars Life and spirit affirming look at sexuality, identity, and sense of self
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2020
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“ ‘You want someone to know you,’ I said.”

I think everyone wants to feel known and I definitely felt known and given affirmation to by this magical delight of a book. Especially in Georgia its aromantic-asexual protagonist who brings visibility to a sexuality that isn’t as widely talked about or understood (as I myself struggle with the concept of intimacy and being close to someone/comfortable to show certain parts of myself so I loved seeing that represented in a way that deeply resonated and spoke to me). I also find that kissing someone or having sex for the first time can be deeply scrutinized as they are both rites of passage that people feel pressure to succumb to before they are ready, and it is stigmatized if you aren’t there at a certain age, and I thought this book was able to have real, deeply affecting explorations into that with a continually life-affirming sense of tender, thoughtful profoundness.

Feelings of self-identity and the process of finding love, whether it be romantically, platonically, or within one’s self, aren’t easy and are invariably vulnerable, taking plucks of courage and incrementally realized steps of bravery. The process can also find you in a discomfited, messy, painful, or awkward place that invites the most intimately sensitive parts of the self and heart that have to take a try at being exposed. Through all of this, you want someone to care about you, hold your hand through the embarrassing moments or admissions, brighten your bad days with your choice comfort food, work with you patiently through your negative self-talk or just be there for you quietly with a smile or slight squeeze of the hand, and regard your feelings with the utmost sincerity that can give way to and form an authentically beautiful openness that can be fostered. And ultimately operates as genuinely and honestly as an intricately rich form of poetry, flowing from the inward crevices of one’s self.

“I was a dreamer, maybe, who liked to yearn and believed in the magic of love. Like the main guy from Moulin Rouge, who runs away to Paris to write stories about truth, freedom, beauty and love, even though he should probably be thinking about getting a job so he can actually afford to buy food. Yeah. Definitely me.”

Georgia, quiet before you get to know her and a fan-fiction loving nerd at heart, has to go on her own journey of self-discovery and awakening at her first year of university. Along with her two best friends she knows from high school, Jason and Pip, who decide to attend the same university. University being a non-linear experience, confusingly intense mass of intensity and time of bottled, knotted emotions coming to the forefront, and acts of experimentation that she has to find ways to contend with.

Also accompanying her on this journey is her roommate she meets who is her striking polar opposite from the surface and definitely upon first glance. Boldly outgoing, outrightly flirtatiously sensual, people magnet Rooney. Who as time progresses, though, ends up having some past traumas to confront and deeper secrets of her own, that linger like darker unspoken ghosts, which, in turn, reveal that no one’s identity is static or consequentially always what it seems in that people can act a certain way to cover up a larger, more damaging truth.

“Like the way friendship can be just as intense, beautiful and endless as romance. Like there’s love everywhere around me – there’s love for my friends, there’s love in my paintings, there’s love for myself … ‘I have a lot more love than some people in the world. Even if I’ll never have a wedding.’ ”

Georgia, on the other hand, continually dreams of how it would feel to be in a relationship, but the actual reality of it seems to be very different: as she feels repulsed by touch, being in too close proximity to someone, kissing, and idea of the sex. She has to find ways to be honest with herself and come to accept herself on her own terms before her own experimentation hurts someone, but unfortunately it does before she can completely and I thought that part of her character was well-developed. As she faces conflictions with how to act so she will feel and appear normal and where she can be more true to her inner nuances and more subtle callings. Willfully trying to force yourself to feel and fabricate desire will never end well and I think Georgia comes to realize that and that the best way to remedy that is to find smaller, though no less impactful, ways of being comfortable and proudly unapologetic about the person she is and holding as steadfast to that as she can.

I thought the pondering, meaningful focus on identities, coming into one’s self, and finding out that friendship can be the most powerful, enduring form of love were moving through and through. As this book will hold a special place in my heart for the ways that it brought me clarity and remarkable reassurance that there is no one right way of being a person, loving, or living.
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Emily
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2020
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I loved reading this book. Such a great storyline and overall relatable for me! I definitely recommend it
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Lucy
4.0 out of 5 stars an important read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2020
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LOVELESS is a book that made me feel so seen, and I love it for that.

This novel follows Georgia as she goes through a journey of figuring out her sexuality and learning to accept and love herself. It's never crossed Georgia's mind that she may be aroace shes always just assumed - as everyone says - that eventually the right person will come along and she'll fall in love. Shes tired of waiting so decides that upon starting uni she's going to put herself out there more, only whilst she loves the idea of romance and sex she starts to realise that she can never quite imagine it for herself.

Georgia's coming to terms with her sexuality was very relatable to me in so many ways but especially in how she confuses platonic love for romance, and how crushed she feels coming to the realisation that as a lover of romance she'll never get to experience it for herself. I loved seeing my experiences reflected in Georgia and seeing how she was able to overcome this sadness and learn to love herself.

Seeing Georgia learn to accept her identity and realise that she wont ever be loveless because platonic love is just as important was truly such a wonderful thing to see (and did make me tear quite up a bit).

I did have some slight issues in that I would've liked more discussion on the ace spectrum. Georgia is sex repulsed which is totally valid but not all ace people are, and many ace people do have sex, I would've liked this to be acknowledged. All aroace experiences are different and they are all valid.

I also didn't like how Rooney's love of casual sex was in the end attributed to her using it as a coping method rather than just a love of sex cause some people do just love to have sex and I'm so tired of books always vilianizing casual sexual experiences.

Overall, I adored this and I'm so glad I was able to read it. It's not a perfect book but it was so important to me and I know it will be for many others too.
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emily
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply a must read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2020
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This book is wonderful. As an asexual, aromantic myself I was overjoyed when I found this book. The representation of Georgia's self discovery, and her coming out to her friends is perfect. I was nodding along and smiling. I read this book in a day, I couldn't put it down. Not only do I relate to Georgia's sexuality, I relate to her personality. We need more characters like Georgia! more books to represent aro-ace. Finishing this book was bittersweet. I felt like the author had taken all the thoughts out of my head and wrote them on paper. It felt a if the book was one gigantic hug. I didn't want it to end.. I really hope a movie is produced of this.
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Kat
5.0 out of 5 stars Compassionate story of self-discovery. Loved it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2020
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‘Loveless’ by Alice Oseman tells the story of 18-year-old Georgia’s journey of self-discovery. It begins with her about to leave for University – a pivotal moment in her life, the first time living away from home and a catalyst for change. She’s going with her two best friends, but university will push her beyond these familiar friendships. Georgia has never had a boyfriend or girlfriend. But she decides it is at university where she’ll find someone to fall in love with and get to experience the romance her parents have. People keep telling her that her time will come and there is someone out there for her. Georgia is fed up with waiting for that time and person. She’s determined to throw herself into a university social life and find the destiny she’s seen in the countless rom coms she’s watched and read. But things don’t go smoothly or how she’d imagined. Her feelings don’t fit into anything she knows, causing her to berate and question herself. A new friend introduces her to the university Pride society where she first hears the terms asexual and aromantic. As Georgia becomes more confused about her love life, or lack of, desperation leads her to make questionable choices.

I’ve not seen other young adult books with an asexual protagonist and rarely see a minor character who is. This story brings understanding and much needed awareness. A loved one tells me how wonderful it is to finally see herself in a character and their experiences. She wishes she’d had this book to read a few years ago whilst struggling in a similar way to Georgia. She says that now, if someone doesn’t understand, she’ll refer them to read ‘Loveless’. I’m grateful to Alice Oseman for writing this book for her sake and because it has increased my own understanding. ‘Loveless’ is about far more than sexuality. Through an absorbing plot, and with a cast of loveable, entertaining characters, it’s a book about self-discovery, self-acceptance, friendship and finding yourself in a society where you feel the odd one, only to discover you have a place as exactly who you are. Heartachingly honest, compassionate and amusing in turns, I can’t recommend this book highly enough. I’ve already bought two copies and will be lending, gifting, and recommending it further.
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user
4.0 out of 5 stars great book brilliant representation
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2020
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absolutely fantastic story and lovely characters and events. loved to see myself represented however i would recommend that you read when in a good mental space. Georgia's internal monologue hating herself for being forever alone kept reminding me of the thoughts and anxieties i had when i realised i was ace so be sure that you are prepared of that
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A. Mills
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing read, couldn't put it down
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2020
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This book was recommended to me by an aromantic asexual friend who says it's their favourite book ever, and it is absolutely amazing. I'm aroace myself and it really resonated with me. I actually read the entire thing in one sitting, I couldn't put it down! I've never seen myself in a character like this before. I loved the representation and I loved the university setting, it's such a new and confusing time. I almost cried more than once - it was funny, moving, and so incredibly relatable. I really can't stress enough how wonderful it was to see my own thoughts right there on the page. I will echo the warning of others that Georgia's initial sadness and anger may be triggering or upsetting, if also painfully relatable. Overall just a really lovely, heart-warming read. I can't recommended it enough!
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