![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Loveless is both a bildungsroman and a coming-out story, which means it uses building blocks from both. When you read as much as I do-and if you’re reading an amateur’s book review blog, I’m reasonably certain that you do-you start to see patterns across books, and that goes double when you gravitate towards certain types of stories or particular genres. It’s not surprising to me that Loveless is one of the best of the bunch, but I was a little sad that it falls into some of the same pitfalls as the others: namely, having to spend an inordinate time explaining what asexuality actually is. I was quite excited for this one both because I’ve loved all Oseman’s earlier books and because I try to read diversely if I can and while I’ve found a few books with asexual characters, there still aren’t many. Americans, you are sleeping on Alice Oseman. I had to get both I Was Born for Thisand Loveless from Book Depository even though I work in a bookstore. Radio Silenceand Solitaireare available here, but not widely, and Heartstopper is even harder to find (and it’s the only one I haven’t read I don’t buy graphic novels because they’re not generally something I reread and my library doesn’t carry it). It deeply frustrates me how difficult it is to find her work in the United States. I’ve reviewed all her novels here and they’ve made appearances on lots of my “best books” lists. It’s no secret on this blog that Alice Oseman is one of my favorite writers. ![]()
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