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ottiedot 's review for:
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
by Mariko Tamaki
I kind of really liked this one even though i thought i wasn't going to. These kinds of stories are so important too.
The idealisation of dysfunctional relationships, being stuck in toxic cycles, feeling yourself be a worse version of yourself with them, musings on the nature of love when you're that young and naive- it all hit a bit close to home. I kind of wish Laura as a character was fleshed out further instead of remaining enigmatic, charismatic and selfish till the very end. But I can also see the argument that that wasn't required since it was Frederica's story first and foremost. I wish she and Doodle hadn't gotten together at the end though. It felt like a pretty cheesy way to end a story that I thought was otherwise pretty mature and self aware about how things usually go.
The queer friendgroup and workplace in this book felt so homely and comforting.
And my goodness,the art-it was so so stunning. I was softly gasping in wonder at every page.
The idealisation of dysfunctional relationships, being stuck in toxic cycles, feeling yourself be a worse version of yourself with them, musings on the nature of love when you're that young and naive- it all hit a bit close to home. I kind of wish Laura as a character was fleshed out further instead of remaining enigmatic, charismatic and selfish till the very end. But I can also see the argument that that wasn't required since it was Frederica's story first and foremost. I wish she and Doodle hadn't gotten together at the end though. It felt like a pretty cheesy way to end a story that I thought was otherwise pretty mature and self aware about how things usually go.
The queer friendgroup and workplace in this book felt so homely and comforting.
And my goodness,the art-it was so so stunning. I was softly gasping in wonder at every page.