Reviews

Loveless by Alice Oseman

samhogerheyde's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

chan_bean's review against another edition

4.0

I've been reading Heartstopper for years but this is the first of Oseman's novels that I've read. I was really pleasantly surprised! Her prose is very readable, and I was really impressed by Oseman's ability to create characters that I felt sympathetic toward, even if I so rarely agreed with them and what they did.
I'm kind of put off by some of the reviews here claiming that this book presents being Aro-Ace as the only way to be asexual, when I didn't feel that way about it at all. Yes,

Spoiler

the main character Georgia is aromantic asexual. But she literally comes to terms with this after meeting and befriending fellow students who are homoromantic asexual and aromantic bisexual. So how is this novel only treating being aroace as a valid identity? I have to disagree with that.

Moreover, the book literally states that asexuality is a spectrum of different experiences and feelings, so I don't think that Oseman is invalidating people whose asexuality manifests differently at all. I think the novel is very tasteful in its approach to different sexualities and the intersections with race, which, frankly, is more than most other books can say.
Yeah, overall, I read this book very quickly and I felt like it was a good, honest look at asexuality and the difficulties that asexual people face. I'd recommend it!

cinematicdream's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

2.5

justonemorepag3's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

4.5

sunny_r's review against another edition

5.0

4.5

d0nt_be_so_rude's review against another edition

5.0

Only one thing i can say about this: very relatable

anix_04's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.75

lenaoknihach's review against another edition

4.0

Myslím, že Alice Oseman nemusím představovat a mnoha lidem se jméno vrylo do paměti, když na Netflix přišli Srdcerváči. Já osobně miluju komiksovou i seriálovou verzi.
První knihu od autorky jsem četla v roce 2014. Tehdy mě Solitaire moc nenadchlo, ale nyní, po dočtení Bez lásky vidím neskutečný posun v tvorbě a nemůžu jinak, než vám její nejnovější román doporučit.

Georgia, Pip a Jason - tři nejlepší kamarádi - zrovna nastupují na Durhamskou univerzitu a hlavně pro Georgiu to má být nový začátek. Chce se na vysoké poprvé zamilovat, věří, že potká toho pravého a konečně už nebude za podivína, který se ještě nikdy nelíbal.
Jenže jsou pro ni vztahy i nadále velká neznámá a setkává se s označením aromantik a asexuál.

Do charakterů není vůbec těžké se zamilovat, vlastně vás musím varovat, protože jim propadnete hned od začátku a rozhodně byste si na čtení měli vynahradit pár hodin, nemáte tušení, jak těžké bylo knihu zavřít a jít dělat něco jiného.
Se dvěma postavami jsem měla v jednu chvíli menší problém, protože mi přišlo, že jsou v knize přidané jen proto, aby vysvětlili určité pojmy a označení a dále nic. Naštěstí to ale opravdu bylo jen pár scén a zbytek neměl chybu.

Kéž by se všem, kdo se ocitá v podobné situaci jako Georgia, dostala kniha do rukou.

#spoluprace #humbookblogeri @humbook

bluebelle_reads's review against another edition

1.0

Literally didn’t even get 50 pages in. I couldn’t stand the way everyone sounded like children. They supposed to be in university. Maybe it’s because I’m moving away from reading YA, so the characters are too young for me anyways.. but i just couldn’t read it.

The other thing is that I read this book hoping that I’d maybe understand the main character. Sex isnt something I care about, and I’m just still trying to figure out what that means for me. But Georgia is sex repulsed and that’s not my experience. It also made it seem like this is the only way to be asexual, which I know isn’t true. So I just stopped reading.

lucyfifield's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.0