Read: May 18, 2019
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Series: Standalone
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Source: McNally Robinson
Description from GoodReads:
All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got back together was the best one of Freddy’s life, but nothing’s made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny and SO CUTE … but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy’s head spinning — and Freddy’s friends can’t understand why she keeps going back.
When Freddy consults the services of a local mystic, the mysterious Seek-Her, she isn’t thrilled with the advice she receives. But something’s got to give: Freddy’s heart is breaking in slow motion, and she may be about to lose her very best friend as well as her last shred of self-respect. Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnist Anna Vice, to help her through being a teenager in love.
Review:
Love is hard. Breaking up is hard. Love is dramatic. Breaking up is dramatic.
I’m a sucker for anything 1. Gorgeous, 2. Canadian, and, 3. LGBTQA+ related. So of course, I had to pick up Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me.
I’ve been in a few toxic relationships in my life, particularly friendships. There’s something about them, that even when the people around you, and them, start acting different, you just don’t know they’re toxic until things go to extremes or until it literally hitting you in the face.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me is a tale of a toxic relationship, and how it affects the people around our protagonist, Freddy Riley. Alongside toxic relationships, it also focuses on LGBTQA+ themes and abortion.
While it’s certainly for a bit of an older crowd, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me was beautifully illustrated, and perfectly written. The black and white illustrations only get better when Rosemary Valero-O’Connell splashes in pink for the important things to focus on.
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me has been one of my favourite graphic novels of the year. I’ll certainly be on the look out for any of the authors upcoming future releases.
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Favourite Quote:
"There are two rumors about breaking up that I feel might be helpful to address here.
One is that breakups should be clean. The other is that you should only breakup when you're not in love.
The truth is, breakups are usually messy, the way people are messy, the way life is often messy. I's okay for a breakup to feel like a disaster. It doesn't feel okay, but I assure you it is okay.
It's also true that you can breakup with someone you still love. Because those two things are not distinct territories: love and not loving anymore.”
Recommend to People Who Enjoy:
Young Adult, Graphic Novel, Realistic, Contemporary, Toxic Relationships
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