Jun 16
2026 reads / storygraph
elseship: an unrequited affair
nonfiction/memoir
centred on the authors' experience of falling in love with a friend who didn’t reciprocate the feelings, and the way their relationship changed and grew stronger because of this
explores the nature of various forms of love, feelings and relationships that defy categorisation and the value placed on them, challenging amatonormativity
nonlinear, contains mixed media elements
sapphic acespec author
#elseship: an unrequited affair#elseship#aroaessidhe 2026 reads#asexual books#a very personal and strange and meandering nonlinear sort of book.#admittedly I'm not a big nonfiction/memoir reader; so it's not my usual. I liked the multimedia aspect.#I just kinda let if flow over me; there were some sections where the all over the place-ness made it a bit hard to grasp the point.#She talks about being acespec a little; and how that affects how she approaches love and relationships.#It's nonlinear and sectioned into the ancient greek categories of love; in the latter end especially there's a lot of#discussion of challenging various forms of amatonormativity and of relationships and feelings that defy categorisation.#I enjoyed the discussions of various forms of love and how it challenges the notion that the value in love is only when it’s reciprocated.#I am a little bit like: goddamn do people really think this much and deeply about their relationships with people? I don't think I do.#It’s very... idk. art school pretentiousness. but I mean that in the most neutral way possible.#i think some art school pretentiousness is important for the ecosystem#nonfiction
