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Heartstopper (Webcomic) by Alice Oseman

23 reviews

demicatra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Biphobia

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Bullying, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

jkull_10's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Self harm

aero__rrrrr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Self harm

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, and Outing

Minor: Outing, Bullying, and Alcohol

burning_blue_pages's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm

_fragayzeichen_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense 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

I read all of this on Webtoon and I will continue to since I love it so much

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

leo_liest's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Minor: Self harm

luuchspoltore's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

I adored these comics, they have great representation. They are lighthearted and show a positive side of queer teens, which are usually shown in a sad way, where they can’t be together and there is a lot of homophobia that really interfere in their relationship. Even though it does show homophobia, transphobia, etc. it is not the main plot in the story, it is just something that affects the characters  (what I mean is that the whole purpose of their existance is not to show sad characters because of homophobia). They are affected by very real issues, like self-image and EDs, and portrays them in a way that shows that there is a way out, there is a way to get better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Bullying

quinn_07's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

It's wonderful seeing Nick and Charlie's relationship develop in the romantic setting of Paris! And I loved that the ensemble cast got more attention and development of their respective stories. This volume touches on some heavier topics but always discusses them with sensitivity and empathy; please check the trigger warnings before you read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Self harm, Bullying, and Biphobia

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

bisexualwentworth's review

• 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

4.5

I’ve done it! I’ve read Heartstopper! Or I’m caught up with the webcomic and intending to read the rest as it comes out, at least.

I’m sure I’ll update this review when the whole story is finished, but here are some thoughts:

This is exactly what I expected it to be. Wholesome. Healthy. Diverse. Sweet. Generally adorable. Very very queer. It’s very in line with what I know of Alice Oseman’s other writing and general online presence.

I love Nick and Charlie. Charlie especially is written with so much care and sensitivity.

There are a lot of aspects of the story that resonate with me or that remind me of things and people that are familiar to me.

The side characters are sweet. Tara and Darcy are adorable wholesome lesbians. Tao and Elle are very adorable as well. And I enjoy the teachers a lot.

The whole thing is kind of sickeningly sweet, even the mental illness stuff. 

It’s just SO CLEAR that Alice Oseman is VERY online and VERY determined to be UnproblematicTM, and while I respect and appreciate that impulse, it leads to a lot of things being kind of surface-level. We’ll see if my thoughts on that change with further updates.

On to the show!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Violence, Biphobia, Bullying, and Self harm

evaraymond's review

emotional funny reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Homophobia