Ema’s Reviews > Loveless > Status Update

uhm no, pokusim sa popisat svoje pocity neskor, v kratkosti zatial: bolo to fajn, nic svetoborne, ale vramci zanru mi to prislo velmi osviezujuce (niezeby som sa mu nejak extra venovala) a verim, ze mnohych ludi to zasiahlo na ✨osobnej✨urovni. good vibes ✌🏻

the found family trope: ✓

Este mi zostava nejaka hodina a pol, konflikt je vyrieseny, byvali kamarati skamarateni a zostava uz zrejme len premiera ich hry. Niektore casti posobia trosku silene (gay-cis-white eeevil character, ktory tvrdi, ze queer society je *PRiLiS eXklUZiVnA*; G's family taking the piss out of her 30+yo cousin with a successful career for not having a bf), ale nieco o tej knihe ma hreje na hrudi, ked som do nej zapocuvana.

Paci sa mi, ze vedlajsie postavy si vedu svoje zivoty, ktore nie su zavisle od deja tociaceho sa okolo MC, a maju vnutorne zivoty, do ktorych uplne nevidime. Akurat keby tam bolo trosku menej on-the-nose uhm symboliky (“jej cast izby je zrkadlovy odraz tej mojej” *o kapitolu dalej* “ja som ako anjel a ona ako diabol”). Inak frenemies to lovers je vzdy tasteful choice.

Atm they’re practising the Shakespeare medley (btw i’m living for the narrator pronouncing his name) and Georgia is paired with Jason to read lines for Romeo and Juliet segment and it works but imagine if it was genderswapped, G reading Romeo’s lines would hit much more as uncomfortable AND comical. ‘Am I gay?’ google search is a staple of the genre I presume.

The narrator does such a good job honestly, the jokes land really well with her. I keep thinking whether the book has autobiographical bits and pieces since at times I feel like the author reflects on her own experience through the MC (as in there’s plot happening and it suddenly triggers an identity revelation and focus shifts on the inner world of MC, freezing the plot for a moment) The pansexuality thing? Too real

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Bola som sa prejst a tak som si to pustila a vyskierala som sa od prvej vety, kedze to je quote na moju najoblubenejsiu shakespearovu hru Vela kriku pre nic (akurat vcera som si inak pustila branaghovu verziu and it slaps so hard). Jedina vec co ma trosku skrie je opat ako velmi porovnavam knihu so svojimi skusenostami, resp. ze sa v nej az prilis snazim najst nejaky odraz samej seba (ergo som basic)