I did not like Freddy, who spent the majority of the book mooning over Laura Dean, usually in super angsty (albeit beautifully drawn) poses on her bed as she stared at the wall, and ignored her friends for the absolutely craptastic bundle of shit that was Laura Dean. The tone was very similar to Spinning, which was just as disconnecting. I get what she was trying to do and I liked how she portrayed this super duper toxic relationship and baby emotional abuser, but I just didn’t connect with anything.
The premise always sounds amazing, but I always feel so disconnected from her main characters, and the other characters feel unfleshed out and one dimensional. There’s just something about her graphic novels (minus Supergirl, which I loved). I think this is it for me and Mariko Tamaki. Why can’t she choose? And why can’t she figure out what’s going on with her friends? Freddy knows that she should do something about Laura Dean, who keeps breaking up with her and coming back, but Laura Dean is just so awesome. But when they’re apart, Laura Dean is just…distant and keeps hooking up with other girls. Laura Dean is Freddy’s everything: she’s funny, confidant, the most popular girl in school, and when they are together she makes Freddy’s heart sing. Maybe it's Freddy, who is rapidly losing her friends, including Doodle, who needs her now more than ever.įortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnists like Anna Vice to help her through being a teenager in love.Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell 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. 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. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. Author 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.
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