A review by potatodel
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

emotional 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

4.75

📚 Read for December 2023 book club : Queer Comic Books
Almost perfect! 
I will comment about the ending at the end (with spoiler tags), which is the main quality of the story in my opinion. Beautiful character development and nice realistic relationships.
After reading a few reviews I do agree that things end a bit quickly, especially for the secondary characters. About Eric and Buddy, for instance,
the last we see of them is a fight which never gets resolved. It would have fleshed out these two’s storyline a little…
 
Favorite character is Doodle : I loved the fact that even if Doodle is often gendered female, it was never by the main characters, making this character’s gender a bit ambiguous if non existent. No pronoun is ever used to refer to Doodle, the main characters using either name or relationship to refer to their friends. Being agender, I related to that.
Loved the art, but the background was a bit crowded at times. Not really a complaint because it`s beautiful, but I had trouble following the dialogues at times. +1 for the nice concept art at the end.

About the ending, one thing : yes to making a break up story a "happy ending"!
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