A review by readingunderadesk
Everyone Sux But You by Kelsey Wroten

4.25

Everyone Sux But You is a time capsule into toxic teenage queer codependence and mutual want/heartbreak in a way that's pretty real! Inspired by author/illustrator K Wroten's own experiences as a youth, we follow Carson Flynn, a very of-the-era emo kid dealing with grief and loss and the lack of sense of self trying to just get through her teenage years side by side with long time friend Ash, who's been there through it all-- and not always for the best.

I think a lot of us queer adults have had some sort of toxic queer teen relationship of sorts (mine was never romantic but like...) so even though this was set in the era after mine (I think they in this graphic novel graduated in 2009 and boy was it rife with 2008/2009 references, from MySpace to the housing crisis/recession to the music cited at every chapter while I graduated in 2001) there was a lot I could connect with despite being rather straight-laced myself at that age.

It felt a bit long and took me a minute to get into, but once I got into it it crawled under my skin and into the deep places I look back on occasionally like, "haha, wow, teenage years... huh..." 

Thank you to Macmillan Children's Publishing Group | Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for review!