Heartstopper: Volume Four

So...I do appreciate that there's talk of mental health and anorexia - especially considering that this is not a format that I usually see either in. (Not just comics, but MLM romances.) But... The reason I got so attached to season one and the first volume or two of the comics was because of how soft, low stress they were. (I mean, even the bad stuff was tempered with the soft, everything is going to be fine vibe.) Season two of the show completely lost that feeling for me and the comics have been slowly loosing that feel as well.

Don't get me wrong, they're good, the show is so important and I am so, so thrilled with the good bi (male bi realization, especially) rep we get. But, being honest, if the story had started here with all the big deal issues being at the forefront, I probably would have quickly dropped it.

(Side note: there is also way too much time jumped over in this story and a lot of ‘recap' text instead of actually seeing it happen. Season three of the show should be interesting, because they covered a little out of this volume, but most of it was Charlie's health taking the forefront and the show hasn't fully delved into that yet.)