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Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

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jstarshine16's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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actuallyjusthanne's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This book was really sweet! Nick and Charlie get closer to each other in this book, and some of the stuff they have struggled with in the past come to light. They also come out to more people in their life and face more opposition about their sexuality and relationship.

The majority of this book was set while they were on a school trip to Paris, which was really fun. It was a change of pace from their usual setting and gave them more opportunities to discuss things that came up. It portrayed the experience of going on mildly supervised high school trips with your friends and acquaintances SO well

Nick and Charlie not getting to share a bed? omg absolutely DEVASTATING

and I thought that

the teachers getting together was SO FUN and such a sweet touch

. It was PERFECT that it was set in Paris because it fits the song Paris by Taylor Swift so well!

Stumbled down pretend alleyways / Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne / I was taken by the view
Like we were in Paris / Like we were somewhere else / Like we were in Paris, oh / We were somewhere else

Privacy sign on the door / And on my page and on the whole world / Romance is not dead if you keep it just yours

There was also more exposition about Nick and Charlie's friends in this book: characters from the previous books are coming into their own.

Elle and Tao finally start becoming a thing??? omg it's sooo fun and Tao finally becoming self aware and a more normal person was refreshing too

. I love the dynamic between Nick, Charlie, and their friends, and I love that they have a gay little circle of friends, where everyone is nice. I'm excited to see where they go in the future.

Every book in this series has tackled a new hard concept: this one talks about self harm and disordered eating (which I think will progress into the next book). I'm impressed with the level of complexity that can be portrayed in such a short amount of time/space, with the amount of nuance needed to discuss hard topics. It's a bit on the nose, but all in all, a totally reasonable direction to take the book/story, in my opinion.

My ranking so far of the books in this series: 1>3>2. I'm getting really excited to watch the show after I finish book 4!

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joongarten's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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a_random_fangirl's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.5

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devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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minnie_madden's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.75

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asipofcozy's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a reread from last year in prep for volume 5 that just came out and I still stand by this being the most wholesome series to exist. We needed this beautiful graphic novel in our lives currently. There are so many topics and themes that she touches on that can connect to so many readers.

This graphic novel/webtoon has everything from first love, defining your sexuality, saying "I love you" for the first time, dealing with bullying and homophobia, standing up for what you believe in, facing your fears, coming-out, loving yourself, and in this latest installment the struggles with depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

This volume definitely hit home for me when one of the characters is revealed to potentially have an eating disorder. As someone that struggled with body dysmorphia as a child which grew into Anorexia as young teen and adult, I am so glad that Oseman captures eating disorders correctly and not with the assumption that it's because we are obsessed with being skinny.

I always get so happy when I pick up another volume of Heartstopper. It's one of those comfort reads you can turn to when you have a bad day and just need something happy in your life.

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