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If I were to ignore a few things, I really enjoyed this romance. It was hot and fast paced and it felt nice to see the REAL Astrid Parker come in to herself, find love and stand up to her mother.
The sex scenes were... HOT. It sometimes felt like there was more sex than actual romance if i'm honest...

Anyways, there are a few things that kinda bugged me, 'small' things that just made me a little uncomfortable :
- "Just enough shadows under her dark brown eyes to make her interesting" ... What's that supposed to mean? If you're healthy, without bags under your eyes, you're not interesting?
- Always adding "and non-binary people" every single time the word "women" is used. Like... I understand the inclusiveness, but there IS a difference between women and non-binary people and you can't just ALWAYS put them in the same box...
- Other phrases like : "Astrid knew some people weren't all that interested sex, and that was totally fine. It also didn't describe her at all." (acknowledging ace people) or even: "She knew [kicking kids out of their homes or sending them to conversation camps] still happened and hit kids of color and trans kids a lot harder than anyone else.", along with the "women and non-binary people" comment, made it seem like the author was trying reeeally hard to get all the brownie points...

C'est incroyable comment Lou Lubie arrive à faire à la fois un témoignage et un documentaire, tout ça de façon très drôle et pédagogique sur la cyclothymie (un type de bipolarité), représenté par un renard. Fantastique !

This story was soft and deep and comforting at the same time.
You get a bit of lovely sweet romance, but mostly you get family dynamics, abusive parents, a rekindling of a sibling relationship, friendship, dealing with anxiety and depression, and most importantly finding people with whom you can live your true self without fear.

At times I kind of wanted a little more out of a few things. If I'm being completely honest, I almost felt like the gender identity wasn't developed enough? But at the same time I think I appreciate the fact that not everything had to be explained like a textbook. Things just were. There is no need for pages of explanation about their feelings and how they express their identity.
It is clearly a book written by a non binary person about a non binary person written first and foremost for non binary people to give them their own story and to show that they can find their happiness and their family, they can be who they are without being forced into silence and discretion.

I was personally extremely touched by the relationship between Ben and their sister. Seeing how they dealt with their parents was, particularly at the moment, very touching to me on a personal level.
Blood doesn't mean you have to forgive everything. You are allowed to seperate yourself from toxic people with whom you cannot live your full self. You can choose your real family.
Thank you.

Very cute book to have I'd you want to to learn a little more about Heartstopper and Alice's timeline.
I'd say that for someone like me who's been there since the beginning and who's followed everything Osemanverse, you really don't learn anything new. I felt almost a little disappointed when I finished it in less than an hour.
But it's probably great for newer readers, and it's always fun to have this type of information and pretty art in one object.

Bon, je suis énervée parce que cette série aurait pu être superbe. L'art est à couper le souffle et les personnages sont intéressants, on veut savoir comment ils vont évoluer et ce qu'il va se passer entre eux.
Mais bordel vous prenez un trouble dissociatif de l'identité et vous faites du sensationnalisme dessus, tourner ça presque sur de la science fiction, alors qu'il n'y a pas besoin !!! Qu'est ce que ça vous coûterait de rester fidèle à ce trouble qui est déjà méconnu, rempli de préjugés sur lequel vous n'êtes pas foutu de bien le représenter ?
C'est incroyable... Alors qu'on voit qu'il y a de la recherche. On voit que plusieurs éléments du trouble sont joliment imagés. Mais vous pouviez pas juste faire une jolie histoire qui représente réellement ce que c'est d'avoir un trouble dissociatif et pourquoi ça peut survenir chez une personne.

Difficile de savoir dans quel sens lire cette BD de temps en temps, il y a beaucoup de choses sur la page et ne suivent pas forcément l'ordre ordinaire de haut en bas, gauche à droite.
Mais sinon j'ai trouvé ce témoignage très fort, très bien expliqué. On comprend biologiquement ce qui se passe mais émotionnellement aussi. Bravo !