Alice is working at a library to pay her student loans. She
just broke up with her girlfriend and is having an identity crisis as well as
trouble with her roommates. While working at the library, she meets one of the
interns, Takumi. As Alice and Takumi work more closely with each other, Alice
begins developing feelings for Takumi, but is hesitant to pursue those feelings
based on past relationship experiences and the fact she has just discovered she
is asexual. Alice and Takumi confront their feelings for each other and attempt
to figure out how their relationship will continue. As well as navigating her
feelings for Takumi, Alice is also having trouble reconciling with the
deepening relationship between her two best friends/roommates.
I thought Let's Talk About Love was a very well written
book. Alice was a funny narrator with a wide scope of interests throughout the
novel. It was clear that Alice was her own person with her own personality and
interests without being a shadow of her significant other. The relationship in
the book between Alice and Takumi was humorous and showed a beautiful
friendship that developed into a romantic relationship, not a relationship born
out of thin air. Alice's friends seemed like the picture perfect assortment of
quirky best friends to come to the rescue of any protagonist. Alice, as a
queer, black female, will bring many readers to relate to her struggles,
whether they be from racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, islamaphobia, or
antisemitism.
Reviewed by Claire, Grade 9
Montrose Library
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