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dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This Winter is a lovely book. This story was written very well. The story was pretty dark but ends off with a light and hopeful ending for our main characters. The story focuses around the Spring siblings (Charlie, Tori and Oliver) trying to navigate through this difficult Christmas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Heat Level: Low
This book occurs on Christmas Day in the same world as Solitaire and Heartstoppers. I recommend reading it after Heartstoppers Vol. 4 for context. I haven't read Solitaire yet, but in the timeline of the story I believe the events in this occur before Solitaire.
This book is a combination of prose, illustrations, and text message graphics. It was a bit jarring to read from the perspective of Charlie as opposed to just seeing the illustrations. Charlie and Nick still made me smile because of their absolute adorable-ness, but it did lose a bit of the cute factor for me because of the lack of illustrations.
I enjoyed reading from Tori's perspective and Oliver's though. I think Oliver's part was pretty authentic of how a 7 year old potentially thinks as I have a 7 year old boy myself and he has very similar logic and thought processes (he also thinks the world is a better place with his much older brother and sister!) It was really cute reading his part. Tori's was good in a different way and I look forward to reading more from her when I get to Solitaire.
The plot in this is pretty non-existent since it takes place on one day, but I feel like that's pretty obvious since it's a novella. If you like this world, you will probably like this book. I am surprised that it scored so high on my CAWPILE since I usually don't enjoy novellas and short stories all that much. I will say that my holidays are more like Charlie's than Nick's.
CAWPILE: 7.86 = 4.25 stars
Characters: 9
Atmosphere: 8
Writing: 8
Plot: 7
Intrigue: 7
Logic: 9
Enjoyment: 7
This book occurs on Christmas Day in the same world as Solitaire and Heartstoppers. I recommend reading it after Heartstoppers Vol. 4 for context. I haven't read Solitaire yet, but in the timeline of the story I believe the events in this occur before Solitaire.
This book is a combination of prose, illustrations, and text message graphics. It was a bit jarring to read from the perspective of Charlie as opposed to just seeing the illustrations. Charlie and Nick still made me smile because of their absolute adorable-ness, but it did lose a bit of the cute factor for me because of the lack of illustrations.
I enjoyed reading from Tori's perspective and Oliver's though. I think Oliver's part was pretty authentic of how a 7 year old potentially thinks as I have a 7 year old boy myself and he has very similar logic and thought processes (he also thinks the world is a better place with his much older brother and sister!) It was really cute reading his part. Tori's was good in a different way and I look forward to reading more from her when I get to Solitaire.
The plot in this is pretty non-existent since it takes place on one day, but I feel like that's pretty obvious since it's a novella. If you like this world, you will probably like this book. I am surprised that it scored so high on my CAWPILE since I usually don't enjoy novellas and short stories all that much. I will say that my holidays are more like Charlie's than Nick's.
CAWPILE: 7.86 = 4.25 stars
Characters: 9
Atmosphere: 8
Writing: 8
Plot: 7
Intrigue: 7
Logic: 9
Enjoyment: 7
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia
Minor: Self harm
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness
Minor: Homophobia
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Self harm
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm
emotional
informative
reflective
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love the Heartstopper graphic novels and read this book to catch up on what happened with Nick and Charlie between volume 3 and 4 of the comics. I liked the different perspectives from Tori, Charlie, and especially Oliver to show how they are affected by Charlie's eating disorder. However, I didn't love the blunt on the nose writing style. Alice oseman is incredible at telling stories in the graphic novel format, but this writing just wasn't doing it for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness
Minor: Homophobia
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Self harm
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Self harm