Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Review






   GUYS! I'm super excited to be reviewing Laura Dean because one I don't get many arcs (and I've never received a physical one until this one), but I also won it in  a Goodreads giveaway so thanks to them and MacMillan, but I just wanted to get that out of my system before I get into the actual review. Now, since this is a graphic novel, I'll try to show a couple of the pages so you can get an idea for the art style, so let's get into it.


 I thoroughly enjoyed this overall, the story is about a Frederica Riley, aka Freddy, is on and off with the most popular girl in her high school Laura Dean, however, they keep breaking up and getting back together, so Freddy ends up writing to an online advice column Anna Vice. This book has SO MUCH REPRESENTATION in it: Freddy is an Asian American lesbian (or maybe bisexual, it's never explicitly stated), two of her close friends Eric and Buddy are a non-white gay couple (since it's a black and white graphic novel, you can't tell exactly what their ethnicity is), and Laura Dean is bisexual. I will say that all the topics they cover like being out as a teenager, toxic relationships, and other topics that I don't want to say due to it being pretty important spoilers (and I'm not sure if trigger warnings trump spoilers, I'm still learning). I also honestly loved the artwork in this graphic novel as well because it felt almost like a combination of western comics and eastern comics (manga) and it's very clear and light which is the kind of artwork I prefer. All in all, I highly recommend it and I really hope there is a sequel to this.

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