Loveless
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- Author：Alice Oseman
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Summary
The fourth novel from the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman – one of the most authentic and talked-about voices in contemporary YA。
It was all sinking in。 I’d never had a crush on anyone。 No boys， no girls， not a single person I had ever met。 What did that mean？
Georgia has never been in love， never kissed anyone， never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day。
As she starts university with her best friends， Pip and Jason， in a whole new town far from home， Georgia’s ready to find romance， and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society， her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight。
But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends， Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors， and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her。 With new terms thrown at her – asexual， aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever。
Is she destined to remain loveless？ Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along？
This wise， warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance。
It was all sinking in。 I’d never had a crush on anyone。 No boys， no girls， not a single person I had ever met。 What did that mean？
Georgia has never been in love， never kissed anyone， never even had a crush – but as a fanfic-obsessed romantic she’s sure she’ll find her person one day。
As she starts university with her best friends， Pip and Jason， in a whole new town far from home， Georgia’s ready to find romance， and with her outgoing roommate on her side and a place in the Shakespeare Society， her ‘teenage dream’ is in sight。
But when her romance plan wreaks havoc amongst her friends， Georgia ends up in her own comedy of errors， and she starts to question why love seems so easy for other people but not for her。 With new terms thrown at her – asexual， aromantic – Georgia is more uncertain about her feelings than ever。
Is she destined to remain loveless？ Or has she been looking for the wrong thing all along？
This wise， warm and witty story of identity and self-acceptance sees Alice Oseman on towering form as Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance。
Reviews
Monera Hiyder
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4。5
Jolien
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loved the ace representation！ This is a really lovely story and made me feel many things。
Safara
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Wow。 Menarik banget ternyata tau struggling aro-ace tuh kayak gimana。。。。
Acacia
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Rating this book wasn't as straightforward as I would have liked。 I don't think I've related to a character as much as I related to Georgia and that alone deserves 5 stars， however there are a few harmful things in this book that I noticed right away that did detract from my enjoyment。 On top of that the side characters were rather flat and I would have loved to see more out of them， especially Sunil。 Rating this book wasn't as straightforward as I would have liked。 I don't think I've related to a character as much as I related to Georgia and that alone deserves 5 stars， however there are a few harmful things in this book that I noticed right away that did detract from my enjoyment。 On top of that the side characters were rather flat and I would have loved to see more out of them， especially Sunil。 。。。more
Margrethe
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I can see the importance of this book， but I also want to point out that it's not perfect by any means。 I highly recommend looking at several other reviews， which explain the nuances that were missing。 This is my first Alice Oseman book that I've managed to finish。 I'm not really sure her writing is for me。 But I know their books are very important for many people， and I can see why。 However， Loveless sometimes felt more like an instructive manual。 I understand the need to explain both aromantic I can see the importance of this book， but I also want to point out that it's not perfect by any means。 I highly recommend looking at several other reviews， which explain the nuances that were missing。 This is my first Alice Oseman book that I've managed to finish。 I'm not really sure her writing is for me。 But I know their books are very important for many people， and I can see why。 However， Loveless sometimes felt more like an instructive manual。 I understand the need to explain both aromantic and asexual terms， but I think it would've been better to do it in some other manner。 Also， some terms were not explained。 If you choose to explain some terms so explicitly， why not others as well？ Personally， I didn't really connect to the MC， I actually found her to be quite unlikeable at times。 I know ace-spec experiences are all very different， but this felt very far from my own experience。 I did like some of the SC more， but there are issues with how they were written as well。 I did enjoy that it was set in a university。 Overall， I found the book to be way too long and sadly didn't really enjoy it。 I'm very glad some people saw themselves represented here， and I hope we will have many more ace-spec centered books in the future。 This scored 4。57 on CAWPILE。 That makes it on the higher two-star mark。 。。。more
Maz
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This was amazing。。。。 I loved the friendships between all the characters， it was a wonderful warm hug and I can’t wait to read more Alice Oseman now！！
Arantxa
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Enternecedor。
Eleni
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A much needed book with an aromantic asexual main character on her journey to discover and accept her identity。 Although I did not click with Georgia at first because she kept making annoying decisions and hurt other people in the process， I ended up really liking her and understand her motives。 Even in this day and age where one can find characters representing every color of the rainbow， it is still difficult for an asexual person to navigate a world that heavily prioritizes romantic love over A much needed book with an aromantic asexual main character on her journey to discover and accept her identity。 Although I did not click with Georgia at first because she kept making annoying decisions and hurt other people in the process， I ended up really liking her and understand her motives。 Even in this day and age where one can find characters representing every color of the rainbow， it is still difficult for an asexual person to navigate a world that heavily prioritizes romantic love over other relationships。 The book also features a group of friends trying to save the Shakespeare society at university， so that was also fun to read about。 I would say that the second half of the book was definitely my favorite since the character development came into play and the author managed to bring me to tears with the power of friendship at the end。 。。。more
Rowan
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Once again I am amazed by how well Alice captures the life， mindset and personality of millennials。 I really liked this book - I don’t identify on the ace spectrum at all， so I couldn’t relate to that， but there were a lot of thoughts and feelings Georgia had that I found myself relating to， and I saw small parts of myself in Rooney as well。 What I loved most about this book was the friendships， and how it illustrated the kind of college experience I never really had but wish I did。 Some parts h Once again I am amazed by how well Alice captures the life， mindset and personality of millennials。 I really liked this book - I don’t identify on the ace spectrum at all， so I couldn’t relate to that， but there were a lot of thoughts and feelings Georgia had that I found myself relating to， and I saw small parts of myself in Rooney as well。 What I loved most about this book was the friendships， and how it illustrated the kind of college experience I never really had but wish I did。 Some parts hit me pretty heavily and it just made me wish I could get a do-over for college。 The strongest part of any of Alice’s books are the relationships I think， and the intense drama that can come from very close friendships。 I hope Alice continues to write stories like this - I know I can’t wait for the sequel to I Was Born For This。 。。。more
Lyanndra Reads
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I honestly loved this so much。 Such an entertaining but thought provoking read！ I’m not ace/aro myself， so I did find parts fRustrATIng because obviously the main character is just so confused about why she wasn’t really *interested* in anyone， and I was just like *GIRL JUST STOP FORCING YOURSELF TO DO THOSE THINGS* but boy did I love the drama。 😂I also LOVED every single character here。 I thought Georgia was a lovely narrator， and her two best friends Pip and Jason were both so different but al I honestly loved this so much。 Such an entertaining but thought provoking read！ I’m not ace/aro myself， so I did find parts fRustrATIng because obviously the main character is just so confused about why she wasn’t really *interested* in anyone， and I was just like *GIRL JUST STOP FORCING YOURSELF TO DO THOSE THINGS* but boy did I love the drama。 😂I also LOVED every single character here。 I thought Georgia was a lovely narrator， and her two best friends Pip and Jason were both so different but also wonderful。 I’m also so fond of Rooney。 I’m really happy to have FINALLY read about a character who was a “big party girl” but was also a） NOT ANNOYING， b） not judgmental of other people who were not into that kind of lifestyle and c） had so much more going on for her personality-wise。 The friendships here were beautiful， and I thought it was nice to read a YA novel that discusses how frustrating it is to live in a world where romance is deemed a “superior” form of love。 You can have a “person” without that person being a romantic partner！ How REVOLUTIONARY？！？ 。。。more
Martina Targioni
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L'ho finito。 Ed è stato amore。 Forse ho letto il libro giusto al momento giusto， forse l'ho notato in un periodo in cui ero pronta ad apprezzarlo。 Non so cosa sia stato， ma questo romanzo l'ho AMATO， tanto da divorarlo nonostante fosse in inglese。 Non leggo molti young adult， ma questo in particolare l'ho trovato originale， a volte divertente e a volte inaspettatamente intenso， con i sentimenti della protagonista e dei suoi amici messi a nudo in una maniera che li faceva sembrare persone vere co L'ho finito。 Ed è stato amore。 Forse ho letto il libro giusto al momento giusto， forse l'ho notato in un periodo in cui ero pronta ad apprezzarlo。 Non so cosa sia stato， ma questo romanzo l'ho AMATO， tanto da divorarlo nonostante fosse in inglese。 Non leggo molti young adult， ma questo in particolare l'ho trovato originale， a volte divertente e a volte inaspettatamente intenso， con i sentimenti della protagonista e dei suoi amici messi a nudo in una maniera che li faceva sembrare persone vere con emozioni reali。 Non mi era quasi mai successo di sentirmi così capita da un libro， così in sintonia con quanto vi era scritto。 Loveless permette di vedere il mondo da una prospettiva che non si vede spesso in letteratura， quella di una ragazza asessuale e aromantica， ma l'idea di fondo non è applicabile solo a chi si identifica come aro-ace。 L'idea di fondo vale per tutti， ed è che nella vita ci sono molte forme d'amore， oltre a quella che viene celebrata come la cosa a cui tutti dovrebbero aspirare。 C'è l'amore per la famiglia， per gli amici， per quello che fai， per te stesso。 Sembra scontato， ma non lo è。 In un mondo in cui spesso， al di là dei tanti discorsi che si sentono， se sei una ragazza e scegli di stare da sola non importa che tu abbia successo o che tu sia soddisfatta， alcuni ti vedranno sempre un fallimento perché non hai "trovato nessuno"， ci vuole coraggio ad ammettere che il matrimonio e una relazione non è ciò a cui si sta aspirando， soprattutto se， come Georgia， si è sempre pensato che tutti abbiano un'anima gemella da incontrare。 In un modo ironico， divertente e interessante， questo libro meraviglioso offre un breve scorcio su altre vie， altre forme d'amore， diverse ma non meno importanti。 Offre uno scorcio sulla paura di sentirsi sbagliati， di rimanere da soli per sempre， di sembrare "immaturi" perché non si è fatto un certo tipo di esperienze， di vedere i propri amici andare avanti con le proprie vite e farsi una famiglia e non avere nessuno da cui tornare una volta a casa。 Mostra tutto questo con sorprendente abilità e onestà， senza edulcorare il processo di accettazione di una sessualità di cui ancora oggi non si parla abbastanza。 Ma al di là di tutto， al di là di tutti gli sproloqui che ho fatto， dovete leggere questo libro perché:1。 tra poco sarà anche in italiano2。 è scorrevole， divertente， con personaggi molto ben costruiti e belle relazioni tra di loro3。 al di là di Georgia， ci sono ship molto carine4。 se siete curiosi e volete saperne di più sull'asessualità， questo è un punto di partenza。5。 Sunil， che è un amore6。 ha un messaggio splendido7。 è un tributo meraviglioso all'amicizia， attraverso un gruppo di ragazzi universitari che mi rimarranno nel cuore per molto， molto tempo 。。。more
sigh ra
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 quotes: "'i know you think you're happy now， but what about ten years from now？ twenty？ forty？ what will your life be like when you're gran's age， without a partner， without children？ who is going to be there to support you？ you'll have no one。' 'maybe i would be happy if you hadn't spent my entire life brainwashing me into thinking that finding a husband and having babies is the only way for me to feel my life is worth anything。 maybe then i would be happy。 i don't like anyone like that。 i neve quotes: "'i know you think you're happy now， but what about ten years from now？ twenty？ forty？ what will your life be like when you're gran's age， without a partner， without children？ who is going to be there to support you？ you'll have no one。' 'maybe i would be happy if you hadn't spent my entire life brainwashing me into thinking that finding a husband and having babies is the only way for me to feel my life is worth anything。 maybe then i would be happy。 i don't like anyone like that。 i never do。 i can still do amazing things with my life。 i have friends and family。 if you tried， and i mean really tried， you could actually be proud of all the things i've done in my life and all the things i'm going to do。'""i didn't know how i was going to function in this world alone。 not just alone now， but endlessly alone。 partnerless until i die。 you know why people pair up into couples？ because being a human is terrifying。 but it's a hell of a lot easier if you're not doing it by yourself。。。but i'm older now。 i've learnt some things。 like the way friendship can be just as intense， beautiful and endless as romance。 like the way there's love everywhere around me - there's love for you my friends， there's love for myself， there's even love for my parents in there somewhere， deep down。 i have a lot more love than some people in the world， even if i'll never have a wedding。""i used to dream of a spellbinding， endless， forever romance。 a beautiful story of meeting a person who could change your whole world。 but now， i realized， friendship could be that too。""'how do you know you won't find someone one day？''because i know myself。 i know what i feel and what i have the capability to feel， i think。 i mean， how do you know you won't fall for a guy one day？''hmm''exactly。 you just know that about yourself。 and now i now i know too。'"okay i feel like goodreads is becoming more and more personal with each review i write （yikes）。 but also， no one really reads these anyway and it just like makes me feel like i have my thoughts out and i think i really feel seen right now？ the book explored asexuality in a way that was complex and thorough！ georgia's thoughts and feelings were literally very accurately reflective of mine。 it wasn't until i read pleasure activism that i realized。。。。 people think about people in a sexual way。。。。。like they will see someone's physical features and be sexually attracted to them so much so that they'll fantasize about them？？ i've only had crushes where i'm like oh i had a really deep conversation with this person where i overshared and now i feel awkward around them but they were so caring and listened so well。 or like i really really like this person but i didn't know it was in a way of like admiration you know？ it's just really weird to me how people just casually think about sexual things when they see people they like？ and also i think i've mentioned this like more than a million times to my family and also a couple of times to my friends: i don't want to get married。 and i think after reading adrienne's book i was like hoooold on and then i was just like reeeaaallly confused for a while and now i'm like really okay with that。 i know i have a big family and i know i love my friends very very dearly and that they all can't just like disappear at once， so i don't think i'll be alone！ and even though i'm not okay with the thought of being alone right now， maybe i'll learn to be okay with just me and my mind and my thoughts （that's scary）。 and even though i've never been in a romantic relationship， i think i'm okay without romance in my life。 like i used to watch a lot of romcoms and bollywood （which is the epitome of toxic relationships， romantic or otherwise） and now i just want to laugh when i'm watching something and i get annoyed if there's too much coupley stuff going on。 i still like to believe that i will romanticize my life and bring magic into my friends' lives and give them the love they deserve and more in shaa Allah！！ i really truly deeply love them a lot and i feel good right now。 this was a good and necessary binge read。 my mind feels clear and i feel like i'm not scattered and confused anymore。 this was on my mind for a while and it just feels good to read someone else's experience （albeit fictional） and relate and not relate to some of the things they experience。 well， alhamdulillah :） and if anyone sees this and you know me， no you don't and you didn't see this but i love you <3 。。。more
GavStar
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The author did a great job。 If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Kiki
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3。25
lily r
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took me forever to finish bc i got very distracted but alice you have done it again
Annika M
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Es gibt so vieles， was ich zu diesem Buch schreiben könnte， doch hauptsächlich will ich Alice Oseman danken， dass sie etwas erschaffen hat， das mich so tief berühren konnte。
Martina Weiß
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I've finished reading this a few days ago， but am only writing this review now， because I wanted to be sure， that I want to give this 5 stars （and not 'just' 4） 。 Because there were a few things in there， that I didn't enjoy。 But more on that later。I don't think that I have to quote the blurb at this point。 Other reviewers do that - have done that， are still doing it - so if you want a summary， look somewhere else。I went into this book - that was reccomanded to me by literally the whole univers I've finished reading this a few days ago， but am only writing this review now， because I wanted to be sure， that I want to give this 5 stars （and not 'just' 4） 。 Because there were a few things in there， that I didn't enjoy。 But more on that later。I don't think that I have to quote the blurb at this point。 Other reviewers do that - have done that， are still doing it - so if you want a summary， look somewhere else。I went into this book - that was reccomanded to me by literally the whole univers - thinking， it would be an ace bible， but it doesn't take too long to realise， it's more of an aro bible instead。 There is obviously a lot of aceness in there too， but I felt like the focus was more on the aro aspect， which is great too！ Especially since we have another ace 'main character' with Sunil - who was the best person ever - who also gives us an insight into the ace community and ace experiences。 I've read a lot of reviews that claim that the book is trying to push the narrative that all aces are sex-repulsed aces and everytime I read that in a review I have to laugh。 Did。。。did you even read the book？ There are multible scenes， where Georgia learns about the aro & ace community， HELL Sunil themselves is sex-neutral， so what do you even want people。 Besides that， we follow Georgia and her journey of self discovery and I think that was done great。Peronally， I kinda felt that maybe， she was having to many doubts， but than I talked to an aro friend about it and it appears to be a struggle a lot of aros have， so I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW。 The chapter， that made me stopp for a sec， because it hit too close to home， was by the way 'Wank Fantasy'。 I've read a few masturbation 'scenes' that involve aces and they were all so bad but this one was 。。。。 it was great in so many ways， that I don't think words will be able to conway how it made me feel。It's a really divers book too， with a lot of stuff being subtle and not the main focus， but still there and beautiful。 The only thing that bothered me was that Sunil is nonbinary， but not a single person， not even their best friend， uses they/them pronouns and that made me a little 。。。。 yeah。 They use double pronouns he/them， so it's not like they are misgendered or anything， but it's still not the greatest thing in the world。 I heared a lot of pan people didn't like the pan rep and I mean。。。I'm bi， not pan， so it's not the same， but 。。。 I don't exactly see it the way other people do。 Rooney is sex positive and that is not changing at any point in the book。 She is also not shamed for it。 Georgia wishes she was as confident and as great in love and sex as Rooney and later when she is suffering because of self-doubt and self-hatred she seconds of meaner inner dialog， but she is always sorry and says even so on page。 We are never slut shaming the pan character and it's not even until later in the book， that we find out， that she even is pan。 I think Rooney was a nice balance to the sex-repulsed Georgia， especially since they become friends that understand and respect each other。 Rooney is hurting because of stuff， and does stuff she would normally not do， like drinking， partying， forgetting， but that isn't changing how she sees and feels about sex。There is a misunderstanding that involves her， but it's just that - a misunderstanding - that she had to deal with while drunk。 Doesn't change that Sunil and her were my favourit characters。So the characters: Loved them。 All of them。 They are all so great and their relationship and banter made me happy。 I loved that actions have consequences， that it takes time to heal， when you fucked up。 However， there was an aspect I didn't like and I haven't completly decided how I feel about that yet。 Georgia at that time was not yet awayre of her aroness， so she REALLY believed that she and her bff could fall in love。 Nothing thaaat wrong there yet。 Especially since you don't just fall into insta-love with someone。 Even if you were friends before。 Sometimes you confuse platonic and romantic attraction without malice intend。 After some time though， it becomes obvious to her， that it's not gonna work out， because she's aro ace but she's not breaking up。 It's not until this point in the story， that we cross the line of "this is ok" and dive into "THIS is NOT Ok" We do talk about it and it is shown， that it's been an ass move， but it doesn't change that I would have prefered if it were handeled differently。 The story itself is simpel and yet interesting， because I loved the characters and the journey of self discovery and theater - I'm playing theater myself。 The only thing that bothered me was: You are an actor， why is the book trying to show， that an aro ace person is too stupid to play someone in love？ I know she was dealing with stuff at that point， but acting is not about "Do I identifiy with the person I play？"。 It's about having fun and pretending。 We also never find out， why Shakespear Soc was THAT important to Rooney， which is a shame。 It's hinted at， but considering the fact， that it was build up so much， I'd prefered a more direct answer。 I loved the love story， because it was giving me （friends to） Enemys to Lovers vibes and I eat that trope up。 It's just that good。 I'm so happy this book exists， I'm so happy this book was good and I'm absolutly reccomanding this to anyone alive who knows how to read。 。。。more
Oliwia
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Well。
Estelle
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Read more reviews @ www。thebookishgarden。comCWs & TWs: Aro-acephobia， Alcohol and sexual content， toxic relationshipDiversity: Aroace MC， lesbian Latinx SC， Non-Binary ace SC， Pansexual SC， very queer and diverse cast。I was expecting to love this book as much as I did because let’s be honest: Alice Oseman could write anything， I would give her a go。 But as an asexual woman， I was really looking forward to reading this one， and I was also very scared。 Because， I won’t lie， ace representation in y Read more reviews @ www。thebookishgarden。comCWs & TWs: Aro-acephobia， Alcohol and sexual content， toxic relationshipDiversity: Aroace MC， lesbian Latinx SC， Non-Binary ace SC， Pansexual SC， very queer and diverse cast。I was expecting to love this book as much as I did because let’s be honest: Alice Oseman could write anything， I would give her a go。 But as an asexual woman， I was really looking forward to reading this one， and I was also very scared。 Because， I won’t lie， ace representation in young adult novels barely exist， and the little I read the more frustrated I got。 Here， I loved it。 Every second Alice spent on describing and talking about asexuality and aromanticism felt so right and in this way， it is the best representation of the spectrum I have read。 Why？ Because she acknowledges the fact that some asexual people aren’t aromantic， that some asexual people are sex-positive。 And this is everything。 Because I can’t begin to think of how many times people told me SooO It mEanS yOu NevEr HaVE sEx？ "I’ve 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。"Another thing truly brilliant about this book is the depiction of how formatted our society is when it comes to romance and sexuality。 Not only in a heteronormative way – which it is， as well – but also in the fact everything is about romance。 I will take an example used in the book， but when you watch a teen movie it’s almost about teens wanting to find love and teens wanting to have sex。 Now， I can’t really say anything for the aromantic people out there， but as an ace， I always got frustrated by this kind of things， and never really talked about it because I thought I was weird。 In this way， this book truly felt like home。 Like a safe space。 Like something， I knew and understood。 Aromanticism and Asexuality being spectrums， no one will experience it the exact same way， and it is one of the messages carried by this book。Why didn’t I give it five stars then？This has， to my greatest pleasure， nothing to do with the representation。 Because， as I told you， I find it amazing。 It is more about the storyline。 The characters are incredible， and the plot is definitely driven by them。 They are touching and real and amazing， as for every single Oseman’s characters。 Getting to know them is like getting to know real people。 But in this book， there’s a character （in appearance very minor） that appears a bit out of nowhere and increase the epiphany of the main character on her sexuality。 And it was， for me a bit useless， and came on too strong on the story to my taste。 It was like highlighting and underlining the topic and I found it a bit… Too much？ I mean， the whole story was itself very subtle， Georgia discovering her self step after step， and then BOOM。 This character， who appears to be exactly the person Georgia needed。 In a way， it is great， because it shows that asexuality and aromanticism are more common than we think and that some people are part of the spectrum without knowing it。 But… Yeah。 That’s basically the only thing that didn’t really work with。 "Give your friendships the magic you would give a romance。 Because they are as important。"But it is very minor and didn’t stop me from loving this book very much。 I loved this ending and the relationship between the characters and the depiction of platonic love and the importance of friendship。 It is a must-read for pretty much everyone wanting to read a love story that isn’t really a love story but still is in a lot of ways。 This is a book about love itself， and a billion shades it can have。 。。。more
Monika
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Very good and important read
Carmen_Winter
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Deseando leer más libros suyos =）
Imogen Starr
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I enjoyed this a lot。 I felt very pleased about seeing an ace experience represented。 I understand peoples' frustration about Oseman writing the story as "the" ace experience rather than one of many possible ace experiences， but I didn't get that sense at all。 I thought the author included ace characters who viewed romance/sex in different ways than the main character。 I also think that there are so few ace stories out there currently that it makes sense that many ace-spectrum folks will feel di I enjoyed this a lot。 I felt very pleased about seeing an ace experience represented。 I understand peoples' frustration about Oseman writing the story as "the" ace experience rather than one of many possible ace experiences， but I didn't get that sense at all。 I thought the author included ace characters who viewed romance/sex in different ways than the main character。 I also think that there are so few ace stories out there currently that it makes sense that many ace-spectrum folks will feel disappointed that this story doesn't necessarily connect to them。 I loved how friendship was written， how social anxiety was represented， and how the main characters comes to terms with her asexuality。 I found it very uplifting， truthful， and encouraging。 。。。more
S
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Really enjoyed it， but I would like to see a sequel。 College is a safe backdrop， and makes sense as a beginning。 But things get more complicated with adult life， as the brief scenes with Ellis reveal。 Really interested to see the after-college years with Georgia。
pau
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Precious story which portraits how different kinds of love there are， the importance of friendship， and self-acceptance and how hard it can be。 A must-read that will make you drop a tear。
GavShire
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The story is powerful; I like how it was presented。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Steph~
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This review is difficult。 I’ll rate it as average due to both writing reasons， and personal reasons。Personal reasons first: I don’t know where to start actually， because not many people who are going to see this know anything about my sexuality。 This book is about an AroAce girl figuring out and coming to terms with her sexuality， and that she’ll never fall in love， or have sexual attraction to anyone。 I didn’t expect this book to tell me how I feel， because I’m not Aromantic or Asexual， though This review is difficult。 I’ll rate it as average due to both writing reasons， and personal reasons。Personal reasons first: I don’t know where to start actually， because not many people who are going to see this know anything about my sexuality。 This book is about an AroAce girl figuring out and coming to terms with her sexuality， and that she’ll never fall in love， or have sexual attraction to anyone。 I didn’t expect this book to tell me how I feel， because I’m not Aromantic or Asexual， though I do fall under the Asexual umbrella as Demisexual。 （Meaning I don’t have sexual attraction towards a person unless I know them deeply and love them whole-ly。） I do understand the feeling of not wanting to have sex or not feeling the need to， and it was always something people never understood about me in highschool。 So I did relate in a way， because I stood out as “left behind”， losing my virginity didn’t matter to me and I never felt sexual attraction for anyone I ever had crushes on or dated even。 I am not Aromantic， in fact I’m Panromantic。 （Meaning I believe that it doesn’t matter what gender someone identifies as if I love someone I love them for who they are。） That’s where I did significantly differ from the character。There was an element to this book that unsettled me， and I can’t put my finger on it at all。 While it made lots of people feel very included， rather than hating the book， the book made me hate myself。 It didn’t make me feel valid。 It reminded me that if I want a book or any sort of media to represent me I’m going to have to do it myself。 I felt alienated and weak while reading this book even though I did relate to some of the things mentioned。 I don’t even know what exact moments affected me so terribly but the idea of the book made me nauseous。 And I’m sorry for that， because I love the author。Writing reasons last:Of all of Alice Oseman’s books that I’ve read this isn’t her best。 The characters were， well， characters。 Rooney was the best character in my opinion， she had the most personality， a backstory， and she wasn’t run by her sexuality。 I’m used to characters like Aled Last， and Nick and Charlie， they feel so real and so human to me， they’re people。 Alice Oseman usually writes people， and this book was filled with normal characters you’d find in any book。 。。。more
Dharshani
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The story is about Georgia struggling to find her love interest and confused with her sexuality。 Georgia， Pip and Jason have always been friends and are going to college now。 Georgia unfortunately did not get into the same college as Pip and Jason。 But， she kind of befriends her roommate Rooney sooner。 Georgia does a lot of questionable things before she finds about her sexual orientation and accepts who she is。This is not a coming out story but about a girl who is trying to find her place in th The story is about Georgia struggling to find her love interest and confused with her sexuality。 Georgia， Pip and Jason have always been friends and are going to college now。 Georgia unfortunately did not get into the same college as Pip and Jason。 But， she kind of befriends her roommate Rooney sooner。 Georgia does a lot of questionable things before she finds about her sexual orientation and accepts who she is。This is not a coming out story but about a girl who is trying to find her place in the world regarding her sexuality and messing up （not in a constructive way） a lot of things before getting there。（view spoiler）[6% of the book: Pip suggests Georgia， that she kiss her 7 year long crush and somehow Georgia gets convinced that that's what she's wants to do and gives it a try which ends up in a disaster。 Disaster being someone might have been seriously physically injured kind of disaster。14% of the book: Georgia herself says "I'd read infinite stories of people meeting and flirting and awkwardly pining， hating before liking， lusting before loving， kissing and sex and love and marriage and partners for life， till death us do apart"。 She also admits that she's read about all these in fanfics and acknowledges seeing those happening。 Like， she does see her best friend awkwardly crushing over someone and does see how her new friend constantly flirts， lusts， kisses and has sexual encounters with others。 But when she's happy in theory with all of those feelings， when she sees those things happen with other people， she kind of judges them。 Here is where she befriends Rooney （more like admires/hates Rooney's ability to do all of the above）。20% of the book: She gets introduced to PRIDE society in college where she learns about the terms 'aromantic' and 'asexual'。 For a second there she feels like she's found something relatable but completely ignores that it would not be her。 When someone mentions about the inauguration of PRIDE society in a couple of weeks， I thought， OKAY I just have to endure whatever she does for those couple of weeks but NOPE， the story did not go in that direction。26% of the book: Rooney suggests Georgia that she should try and date Jason pointing out that he has a crush on her and although she doesn't want to date him， she asks him out and takes advantage of his genuine feelings to experiment on her sexuality。 She understands the complexity of the situation as she's not only forcing herself to date her best friend and fall in love with him but also she's spoiling the dynamics of their friendship45% of the book: She gets a clear-cut explanation of what aromantic and asexual means。 50% of the book: She continues to date with Jason and finally Jason understands that Georgia never had feelings for him and she's only experimenting。56% of the book: Drunken Georgia allows Rooney to kiss her （consensually） even though she new both Rooney and Pip had feelings for each other。 She royally screws up her friendship with Jason and Pip and is mad at Rooney。66% of the book: Georgia accepts that she's aromantic and asexual。67% of the book: Georgia writes apology emails to Jason and Pip and after Rooney's attempt to apologize to Georgia， they get back to being friends。77% of the book: Georgia and Rooney with help of others come up with a platonic gesture to apologize to Jason which he accepts and they get back to being friends。85% of the book: Georgia， Jason and Rooney with help of others come up with a platonic gesture to apologize to Pip which she accepts and they get back to being friends。92% of the book: Pip and Rooney get together but Rooney freaks out and runs away。 And that scares and hurts Georgia。94% of the book: Rooney does a platonic gesture to Georgia declaring her undying love in a non-romantic way and gets back together with Pip。98% of the book: They all lived happily ever after！My thoughts:- I understand the peer pressure of having a first kiss， having a partner， having intimacy with someone etc。 But I did not understand how all those came above friendship。 OKAY！ probably in school all of us would have done ridiculous things like hiding crushes from friends， avoiding friends for crushes and sometimes even giving up friendships and hurting friends。 But， that happens in school and when kids are immature。 This entire plot happens in college。 If you have friends from school who you're still friends with during college， that relationship will likely stay longer than almost any other relationship。 At least， that's how it is for me。 To some extent， Georgia struggling to find a love interest is understandable but hurting her friends to explore her sexuality is just a big NO for me。 She tries to date a friend very well knowing that he has feelings for her and she kisses her other friends love interest。 That is crossing some lines that you cannot come back from。 She violates the universal bro code which is unacceptable even in drunken state。 There are people who are trying to help which she does not take till she's screwed up her friendships。 Though Jason and Pip become her friends again， that's not how things work in real life。 I for one would never have taken back Georgia as a friend。 I would've accepted her apology and moved on。 - Though Georgia knows all about the mechanics of love， lust and sex， when she's encounters those situations she's kind of disgusted by it。 Basically she repels all that and still forces herself to get those into her life for normalcy。 Just because she doesn't actually feel those things， it does not mean others should not feel them。 When she could accept all those in books and fanfics， she cannot accept them in real life and she kind of judges/shames others for that in her mind。 - There are people who are romantic but asexual， aromantic but still enjoy sex， asexual and not sex-repulsed and so on。 I cannot imagine what they'd feel reading this book。 Ture that， this does not represent aroace spectrum but does not deal with sexuality in a positive way。 Georgia did not try to learn from another non-binary character who happens to be asexual but not aromantic。 She had every resource at hand that she could've used to learn more about different sexualities before forcing herself to explore and hurting others in the process。- The story was unnecessarily long with repetitive clubbing experiences， crushing experiences and confused experiences。 All of this could've been probably expressed way lot better in less than 350 pages。My rating:The 2 stars is for certain good chapters of friendships， 3 platonic gestures of love， and the resources on asexuality and aromanticism provided in the last page。（hide spoiler）] 。。。more
célia
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alright，1） it was such a cute book about figuring yourself out， accepting yourself， but also friendship and university， loved it2） representation for aro-ace people are always very much needed， love it3） the characters are all so good， Alice Oseman is really feeding the community4） i could cry only thinking of Sunil， i love them so freaking much （wish his pronouns were respected a little bit better by also using 'they' but-）anyway， loved it！ alright，1） it was such a cute book about figuring yourself out， accepting yourself， but also friendship and university， loved it2） representation for aro-ace people are always very much needed， love it3） the characters are all so good， Alice Oseman is really feeding the community4） i could cry only thinking of Sunil， i love them so freaking much （wish his pronouns were respected a little bit better by also using 'they' but-）anyway， loved it！ 。。。more
Samantha Rendle
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My review can be found here: https://youtu。be/Dwqe4OEeOtg My review can be found here: https://youtu。be/Dwqe4OEeOtg 。。。more
Enara Alcalde
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Lo mejor de esta historia ha sido que me ha hecho reflexionar un montón sobre mí misma。 Me encantan los libros que consiguen esto。Georgia será la protagonista de este libro。 Ella nunca ha sentido un flechazo ni se ha enamorado de nadie， y al empezar la universidad se embarcará en un viaje de autodescubrimiento en el que terminará por darse cuenta de todos los tipos de amor que hay。La autora me ha atrapado entre las páginas de este libro， consiguiendo engancharme y sobre todo hacerme pensar。 Adem Lo mejor de esta historia ha sido que me ha hecho reflexionar un montón sobre mí misma。 Me encantan los libros que consiguen esto。Georgia será la protagonista de este libro。 Ella nunca ha sentido un flechazo ni se ha enamorado de nadie， y al empezar la universidad se embarcará en un viaje de autodescubrimiento en el que terminará por darse cuenta de todos los tipos de amor que hay。La autora me ha atrapado entre las páginas de este libro， consiguiendo engancharme y sobre todo hacerme pensar。 Además he aprendido muchas cosas que no sabía así que esto es un puntazo。 。。。more
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