Loveless

In a world, where everyone seems to be obsessed with romance and sex, Georgia struggles to find her place. She finds herself confronted with the fact, that she doesn’t feel attracted to anyone - she is aromantic asexual. But love is not only found in a romantic relationship. A very important novel about asexuality. With a careful and clever choice of words, Alice Oseman makes the letter A in the LGBTQ+ community clear for everyone. Her choice of writing – sometimes hilarious, sometimes rather serious – made me relate easily to Georgia and her friends. A heartwarming story about self-acceptance and friendship ...weiterlesen

When Georgia starts university, she is READY to have sex, fall in love and live the true 'university experience' ... only that it doesn't happen like this for her, and then she's confronted with such concepts as asexuality and aromanticism that she has to wrap her head around. With its aromantic asexual protagonist, this novel features some rare representation of two identities that you don't really hear much about in the media. By explaining the concepts (both literally and through Georgia's lived experience), 'Loveless' is a great read for everyone who wants to understand what asexuality and aromanticism are. The novel is both light-hearted and serious, both funny and moving, and features a great variety of LGBTQ* characters throughout. ...weiterlesen