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Loveless by Alice Oseman
5.0
Georgia has never been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush. But when she starts university with her best friends, in a whole new town far from home, Georgia begins questioning her sexuality, as she slowly starts to realize she might be asexual aromantic.
I adored this book. Alice Oseman's writing continues to be fun and relatable and manages to get even better with each new book that she puts out. This might be my favorite Alice Oseman novel, but I'm not sure yet, I have to re-read Radio Silence.
There are so many things that I loved here, the first is the fact this is an aro-ace coming out story. Now, I'm not in the ace-spectrum so I can't speak on the representation in the book, but I know that it is own-voices and that while some ace readers didn't connect with the rep, some readers felt really seen by the way it was written. Asexuality is something that's not really shown in YA and when it is, it's usually not with the main character or the main focus of the story, and so it's refreshing and so important to have stories like this one, that I'm sure will be important to a lot of readers.
I also loved the strong focus on friendships. All of Alice's books have friendships as a focus, but in this one, especially how being friends with someone can be, in its own way a love story, managed to make me really emotional and I definitely cried during the last few pages.
Comparing Loveless with Alice's other works, I think this is probably the most similar to [b:Solitaire|20618110|Solitaire|Alice Oseman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390416741l/20618110._SY75_.jpg|39901420]. Both of them have extremely messy main characters who don't always do the most healthy or smart choices and who sometimes treat the people they love badly. That is something that explains why some people really dislike Solitaire and some of the bad reviews that this book has been getting. However, I love books with complicated and messy main characters because they make a story feel more real, and I really enjoyed that element here.
I adored this book. Alice Oseman's writing continues to be fun and relatable and manages to get even better with each new book that she puts out. This might be my favorite Alice Oseman novel, but I'm not sure yet, I have to re-read Radio Silence.
There are so many things that I loved here, the first is the fact this is an aro-ace coming out story. Now, I'm not in the ace-spectrum so I can't speak on the representation in the book, but I know that it is own-voices and that while some ace readers didn't connect with the rep, some readers felt really seen by the way it was written. Asexuality is something that's not really shown in YA and when it is, it's usually not with the main character or the main focus of the story, and so it's refreshing and so important to have stories like this one, that I'm sure will be important to a lot of readers.
I also loved the strong focus on friendships. All of Alice's books have friendships as a focus, but in this one, especially how being friends with someone can be, in its own way a love story, managed to make me really emotional and I definitely cried during the last few pages.
Comparing Loveless with Alice's other works, I think this is probably the most similar to [b:Solitaire|20618110|Solitaire|Alice Oseman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390416741l/20618110._SY75_.jpg|39901420]. Both of them have extremely messy main characters who don't always do the most healthy or smart choices and who sometimes treat the people they love badly. That is something that explains why some people really dislike Solitaire and some of the bad reviews that this book has been getting. However, I love books with complicated and messy main characters because they make a story feel more real, and I really enjoyed that element here.