Heartstopper Series Volume 1-4 Books Set By Alice Oseman - Alice Oseman
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Written and illustrated by the author of 'Solitaire' and 'Radio Silence'. Updates three times a month (from Feb 2017), on the 1st, 11th, and 21st.
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As with a lot of people, I gave in after watching the Netflix adaptation and read all chapters in the span of a few hours. And as always with Alice Oseman, I absolutely LOVE their character work, especially with Nick and Charlie; mostly because the comic format allows them to focus on the characters' expression and their gestures. While I usually criticise her other novels for being a tad too dramatic, exactly this is only touched upon with the comics. They don't shy away from depicting Charlie's insecurities, his eating disorder, and how his trauma impacts his life but also don't show him at his lowest point as we see in Solitaire. I think this really helps the comics to keep this overall uplifting and sweet spirit - its cute, it's fluffy, it's a very sweet and hopeful depiction of a mlm highschool relationship with actual communication and effort. I did miss a deeper exploration of the side characters but then again, I don't think the format would be suited for that, so I'm very happy that the adaptation also focused on Tara, Darcy, Tao and Elle. Even if they replaced Aled (my beloved) with Isaac. (really rooting for a Radio Silence adaptation!!) I guess now the only thing left to do is wait for more chapter updates. And a potential season 2. And also the re-release of Solitaire (i'm actually really interested in seeing what editorial changes Alice will make to the depiction of Charlie's ED and other things, guess we'll see.)
Description
Written and illustrated by the author of 'Solitaire' and 'Radio Silence'. Updates three times a month (from Feb 2017), on the 1st, 11th, and 21st.
Book Information
Posts
As with a lot of people, I gave in after watching the Netflix adaptation and read all chapters in the span of a few hours. And as always with Alice Oseman, I absolutely LOVE their character work, especially with Nick and Charlie; mostly because the comic format allows them to focus on the characters' expression and their gestures. While I usually criticise her other novels for being a tad too dramatic, exactly this is only touched upon with the comics. They don't shy away from depicting Charlie's insecurities, his eating disorder, and how his trauma impacts his life but also don't show him at his lowest point as we see in Solitaire. I think this really helps the comics to keep this overall uplifting and sweet spirit - its cute, it's fluffy, it's a very sweet and hopeful depiction of a mlm highschool relationship with actual communication and effort. I did miss a deeper exploration of the side characters but then again, I don't think the format would be suited for that, so I'm very happy that the adaptation also focused on Tara, Darcy, Tao and Elle. Even if they replaced Aled (my beloved) with Isaac. (really rooting for a Radio Silence adaptation!!) I guess now the only thing left to do is wait for more chapter updates. And a potential season 2. And also the re-release of Solitaire (i'm actually really interested in seeing what editorial changes Alice will make to the depiction of Charlie's ED and other things, guess we'll see.)