One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons ListOne of NPR's Best Books of 2019Booklist 2019 Editors' ChoiceOne of Bitch Media’s Best Queer YA Novels of 2019Author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Rosemary Valero-O’Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, a graphic novel that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need.Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love.
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
von Mariko Tamaki
One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons ListOne of NPR's Best Books of 2019Booklist 2019 Editors' ChoiceOne of Bitch Media’s Best Queer YA Novels of 2019Author Mariko Tamaki and illustrator Rosemary Valero-O’Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love in Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, a graphic novel that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need.Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further out of her control, Freddy has to wonder if it's really Laura Dean that's the problem. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von lilliRichtig schönes graphic novel mit einem fantastischen art style und super Charakteren. Ich fand die Art, in der Freundschaft und toxische Beziehungen behandelt wurden von meinem Standpunkt aus sehr realistisch dargestellt.
Rezension von kenBEAUTIFUL. SO VERY WORTH THE WAIT. Except for a few nitpicky things that bother me. That is, maybe the point was Laura Dean's sheer lack of character. The focus was all on Freddy (for better or for worse), and maybe that's how she sees Laura Dean. All Laura Dean (I feel the need to refer to her by full name always) was to me was a jerk, but that also may be from where I'm standing, which is a high perch called Experience. I specifically longed and pined for this comic for the longest time (since I heard about it in like, January) because my sibling mentioned how close the summary felt to one of my (many) love lives. Which, she's not wrong. I can put my feet in Freddy's shoes, no problem, but the thing was, I didn't see what Laura Dean brings to the collapsible table of their pseudo-relationship. I guess the physicality? I guess the fact that she, a popular girl, would spend time with Freddy, a not-popular girl? Laura Dean doesn't give Freddy anything special but her time, but is it really special if she gives it to everyone else? What I love most is this comic's parallel to my aforementioned past love life. I knew I was ridiculous then, but seeing it in this tactile format, I can <i>truly</i> see the problem now. Also one of the surprising bits was how I thought that Laura Dean was Freddy (aka the femme) and my sibling thought off the bat that Laura Dean was, well, Laura Dean. Love that subversion of my expectations. Mariko Tamaki I love u so. Rosemary Valero-O'Connell's style is breathtaking, too. Man, Freddy's character design made my heart beat so fast because Freddy's so cute.