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4.59 AVERAGE
4.59 AVERAGE
Once again a reread, and still it gets better at every one. I first read this book when starting to develop my ED a year and a half ago, now that I have dealed with most of my difficulties I can see Charlie's thoughts and fears about treatment from a nearly-healed person. And oml this one really hit hard. I've seen myself in Charlie uncountable times but mostly on this book and I just couldn't stop crying with Nick's support to Charlie and how much I wished I had someone like him with me when I was at my worst.
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The fourth volume in the Heartstopper series. The beautiful illustrations continue to showcase the emotional depth of all characters. The book is separated into two parts. Personally, I felt this impacted the flow of the story with the latter part written as a reflective chapter. The book focuses on Charlie's mental health journey which is navigated sensitively throughout. A great graphic novel series for all readers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
I think this is the best book of the series so far! I liked it a lot!
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
like i liked this as a continuation of the series. i feel like i didnt get as much as the lovey dovey cushy teen romance aspect in the tradish sense?? like they said i love you in this book and i think there were tons of cute moments. but it was mainly working through the discovery of charlies anorexia diagnosis and him going into treatment for that and their experience as a couple navigating that. and i think that is like a very worthwhile topic to pursue and i enjoyed the journaling format as they tried to discover that and come to conclusiosn about like what to do and i think it was very real and raw and good and like i enjoyed the book a ton. it was just different than the other ones as i remember them. it has also to be fair been quite a few months since i read the last books. but i like enjoyed this more than fine and think it was a good book all things considered. i particularly liked the OCD diagnosis element because while they made the anorexia diagnosis kinda evident that it was gonna happen the OCD one was less so and i think OCD does really sneak up on folks like that in my experience at least. yeah. idk. i really did enjoy it. so 3.75 stars