Loveless

as an aroace person myself, i was more than disappointed by this book. as others have said, this book portrays georgia's experience as being THE aroace experience, which is neither true nor possible. also, the title of the book is literally loveless but loveless aros and aplatonic aros are not even mentioned in passing. the big theme of this book is ‘‘platonic relationships are just as important as romantic relationships'', completing ignoring the existence of people who don't feel platonic love either. it falls into the stereotype of ‘‘i might not feel romantic love, but don't worry, i'm still human as i DO feel platonic love'' like no, aro people don't have to ‘‘make up'' for their existence in any way. we're fine just the way we are, even if we don't feel love at all; be it romantic, platonic, familial, or any other kind. also, alice oseman has a history of negative bi and pan rep, as witnessed in i was born for this and now this. facepalms