Ayxan Solongo reviewed Loveless by Alice Oseman
Review of 'Loveless' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
It feels like the only personality that Georgia has is her whole “I want to kiss someone bc otherwise it’s weird, tho I find it really disgusting; and I’ve never liked someone either, isn’t that really weird?”.
I get that she’s trying to find out who she is and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just kinda boring to read through 400 pages, when the protagonist doesn’t have any other personality except for that. I could’ve as well read through forums about whether someone is asexual/aromantic, instead of going through the whole book – because personality-wise it would be the same.
But it’s not just Georgia. Everyone is kinda a flat character and no one really stands out as a person, except for Pip.
And I’m not counting that they love Shakespeare because everyone does in this book, therefore it’s not a special personality trait anymore.
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Also, where can I get myself a Jason? He’s literally the only guy that doesn’t care for sex. Except Sunil, but then again he’s asexual, so I’m not counting that.
Why can’t there be more guys out there, who are not asexual, but still wouldn’t care about their partner not being interested in sex?
Huh, that’s why it’s fictional.
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The ending was sweet and made me jealous, but other than that... idk. I guess it was a good book overall, but not really sth I would read again, as everything is just so flat.
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Also, I’m kinda angry that Rooney realized she loved Georgia, while making out with Pip. Like, couldn’t it be after they finished, after the play? Or before they made out? Bc I literally feel so bad for pip. She should’ve been that special someone for Georgia, or even Jason. But no, it was Rooney.
Like Pip said, Rooney is going to take Georgia away from her. And yes, you can have more than one best friend, but while Pip is just really panicking and worrying about where the f* Rooney has ran off to, Georgia & Rooney are just planning for their future, about how they’re going to grow old together... like, what the actual f?
Are you kidding me? Why does Pip have to suffer like that? Rooney left her literally in the middle of a make out, they were both like half-naked, and she just left without saying anything... Georgia found her and their just fantasizing about their future together? I’m sorry, what now?