-1.5 stars for age gap, otherwise great!

We love growth! <3 We do not love bad decisions. >:(

Freddy is stuck in an unhealthy relationship with Laura Dean -- who keeps breaking up with her. But when they get back together, is it much better than them being apart?

The art of this is stunning, absolutely gorgeous, ten out of ten. The story is mainly told in what would technically be the equivalent of a montage, but I am still somehow fulfilled with this story and don't fell like we missed much. There is still that disconnect that is always present when reading a graphic novel, because it's just not possible for me to feel as absorbed as with your ordinary novel. But this one came very, very close. This story is tumultuous and quite dramatic, and we love to see it. Occasionally.
Personally, I didn't like Freddy all that much, I think that she could have not made some of the decisions that she did

like making out with Mo at that art party, not really getting a new perspective on her relationship with Laura Dean from Vi, ignoring Doodle constantly

. The cast of characters was incredibly diverse, which is brilliant. I really liked Doodle and Buddy and Eric much better than Freddy but that is understandable because they are not the main characters so we do not get to see them mess up, I guess.
I absoluetly hated Laura Dean, so good job, authors! I also can't really talk about her without spoilers but she sucks, trust me. Oh, and Freddy has a slight issue with asking for consent.

Overall, I really liked it but it is not a full five star, sadly, but a four point five. Still very beaultiful, touching and immersive story.

Am I going to stop avoiding responsibilities by reading books from the Wayward Children series??? Not unless they involve an absurd amount of horses.

I got maybe 10% through and I just can’t do this anymore, ya know? All Vee does is moan and complain and obsess over this completely bland guy. I actually thought that I would really like this but the movie was honestly so much better.

It's got the ~city~ atmosphere that I oh-so-rarely see, it's got powerful beings, it's got evil/morally grey characters, it's managed to capture some fears and thoughts I've never coherently thought and yet I cannot say that it will be my favourite. Either it was the at times painful awareness that this book seems to come from somewhere very, very close to the author's heart or the fact that I saw some discourse about her and internalized it because I can't seem to filter anything or it's both of those things combined.
Addie was very interesting to read about and Henry was slightly annoying at first but he grew on me. At times, though, it felt like there was a glass wall between the characters and me. But, I nearly cried quite a lot.
In conclusion, I loved it and yet something was missing or off or I'm being nonsensically mad at myself for not finishing reading this faster.