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Heartstopper (Webcomic) by Alice Oseman

4 reviews

aero__rrrrr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Self harm

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Outing

Minor: Outing, Bullying, and Alcohol

bisexualwentworth's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I’ve done it! I’ve read Heartstopper! Or I’m caught up with the webcomic and intending to read the rest as it comes out, at least.

I’m sure I’ll update this review when the whole story is finished, but here are some thoughts:

This is exactly what I expected it to be. Wholesome. Healthy. Diverse. Sweet. Generally adorable. Very very queer. It’s very in line with what I know of Alice Oseman’s other writing and general online presence.

I love Nick and Charlie. Charlie especially is written with so much care and sensitivity.

There are a lot of aspects of the story that resonate with me or that remind me of things and people that are familiar to me.

The side characters are sweet. Tara and Darcy are adorable wholesome lesbians. Tao and Elle are very adorable as well. And I enjoy the teachers a lot.

The whole thing is kind of sickeningly sweet, even the mental illness stuff. 

It’s just SO CLEAR that Alice Oseman is VERY online and VERY determined to be UnproblematicTM, and while I respect and appreciate that impulse, it leads to a lot of things being kind of surface-level. We’ll see if my thoughts on that change with further updates.

On to the show!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, and Self harm

bookishlybecca's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Outing, Self harm, Bullying, and Cursing

Moderate: Biphobia, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Vomit

crunchycrystals's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Hate crime, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Self harm and Violence