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Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
3.0

 I'm not totally sure how I feel about this one because it took a lot of really important themes and basically glossed the fuck over all of it. I understand that we couldn't go day to day through Charlie's situation, but it was basically just a 'recap' through it and once again, it was told through Nick's eyes. Does no one else see how that's kind of fucked up? It's not Nick's story to tell and yet he keeps telling it.

When it came to Charlie's journal entry it was pretty much less detailed because Nick had already covered most of it so no need to rehash it all, yeah? Why is Nick continuing to tell us about Charlie's mental health? It is great that he's supportive, but it's still not his place to give us Charlie's story.

As someone who has suffered from depression for 10+ years, I would be extremely pissed if someone else tried to tell what <i>my</i> depression is, because it is <i>mine</i> and no one understands it more than I do.