By: Alice Oseman
Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown, Elizabeth Schenk, Imogen Church
Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
Release date: 03-01-22 by Scholastic
YA fiction/audiosync
I have actually never read Osman. I did see the tvseries, and I really should read Heartstopper. But this is my first Osman.
Georgia starts uni and wonders what is wrong with her. Why hasn´t she kissed anyone? Why does it make her want to throw up? With her she has her two best friends, Jason and Pip. Jason got some space here, but not much. Pip did get some more space and drama as she navigates uni being gay. Georgia also gets a roommate named Rooney who has her own troubles.
Classes, friendship drama, the search for love and romance, and slowly finding out why she is different, and why that is perfectly fine. She is aromantic and asexual. She has no real clues what that is, and even as the tries to comprehend it will take some time. But I loved the message in the book, how friendships are important and should be treasured. True friends are gold.
Good book and good narration.
From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes an exceptional YA novel about discovering that it's okay if you don't have sexual or romantic feelings for anyone . . . since there are plenty of other ways to find love and connection. This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn't understand why she can't crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She's surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It's not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum -- coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she's been told since birth isn't easy -- there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia's determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
I've read a few stories with an Asexual character, but they are few and far between. Nice to see another one out.
ReplyDeleteSophia Rose
I can´t recall any books at the moment, but perhaps I have run across some
DeleteI'm glad to hear it was a good one.
ReplyDeleteIt really was
DeleteOh it looks nice
ReplyDeleteIt was good
DeleteI think Heartstopper is very cute--definitely recommend the read! I haven't picked up anything else by Oseman yet, but I'm definitely going to get there!
ReplyDeleteI really need to try those too
DeleteNever heard of an asexual character. Glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteThey are rare in books
DeleteI may dive into this after Heartstopper
ReplyDeleteAnd I should try Heartstopper
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