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Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
4.0

 There's nothing ground breaking about this. This story has been told in a similar variation many times before--out gay guy starts hanging out with the "straight" jock and they become friends and then the "straight" jock starts to realize that he's not actually that straight.

Is it bad? No, it's cute! I still liked it. But it didn't blow me away by any means. I find a few things puzzling, though. A few people kept calling Charlie 'really popular', yet Charlie is never seen or talked to by anyone except Tao (who makes a really big deal about him being friends with Nick) and Ben (who doesn't really count, let's face it). How exactly is he popular? Where are all these people who talk to him and are nice to him and want to be his friend? Or by popularity do they mean 'notoriety'? 

I'll keep reading and see where this goes and if it's somewhere more interesting. I really did enjoy the art! Though it took me a hot second to get used to Nick's turtle neck--he legit makes me think of a turtle every time I see him for some reason. He's got the bulkiest of necks lol