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It was hard for me to choose a star rating to the point I almost don't want to rate it at all. While I enjoyed it and found how Freddy going over her relationship with Laura Dean, trying to understand what she should do, I can't place it in any particular star-rating despite me tagging it as a four-star. I do think this does have important content that anyone can relate to in one way or another, whether it be Freddy, Doodle, or any of the other side characters, or perhaps even Laura Dean herself.

This is definitely worth the read if you like graphic novels, complicated relationships (however Freddy and Laura Dean's relationship is definitely toxic), and queer characters/relationships.

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5.0

Very cute. I felt reminded to take care of everyone in my life, not to put romantic love over friend, and familial love.

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4.0

3.5 - I enjoyed this, but it isn't my favourite? I feel like I knew where it was going the whole time, and I was right, so the plot didn't do much for me. Maybe because I'm a radical, but the framing of this within gay history felt very underdone and somewhat odd. The framing of the narration through the advice letters was also kinda lost on me. It wasn't bad necessarily, but it didn't entirely land personally. The exposition felt both too fast and not informative enough. The last somewhat disappointing thing: there's an unresolved plotline between two side characters that I was actually invested in and didn't really get a conclusion on. The art style is beautiful and I love the greyscale/monochrome-pink colours. I also loved the integration of the lesbian diner and the nerd spot/arcade settings, but the latter felt a bit underdone: genuinely didn't know at first if they meant DM in the D&D sense or in the BDSM dungeon way, and it wasn't explained for a while so I just rolled with it. As a whole, cute but predictable; and enjoyable, but not super memorable. The lesson is good, especially for a YA audience, but it is also super obvious because of the advice letter format. Wouldn't highly recommend it, but if you like comics, romance, and/or the colour pink, then this might be for you!