Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

79 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i really enjoyed the art style and the story. this was a story of self-love and recovering from a toxic  relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Infidelity, and Sexual content

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cursing

crdjrose's review

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Abortion

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy

tak_everlasting's review against another edition

hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is a lovely graphic novel for teenagers learning about love and sex. It was a really reflective experience for me. I felt connected to the scenario the main character experienced. Overall, this was attention keeping and a good perspective on hard things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gaslighting

leonineliterature's review

funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Pretty lowkey in the most amazing way. Exactly what I needed.

I recommend it as a palate cleanser or feel good book!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Abortion

loverofeels's review

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

stunning art!! the plot sucked me in at first, but the first 3/4 of this was repetitive enough that it started to get tiresome.

it kinda became a cycle of "laura acts unpredictably" --> "freddy responds accordingly, treating her friends badly in the process" --> "her friends are understandably angry" --> repeat. the scenes with freddy's parents and those with eric and buddy felt kind of random, since the plotlines with her mom being annoyed, eric being bullied, etc were unresolved. i'm not sure whether those scenes were intended to paint a picture of her life as a whole or to serve as a foil to freddy and laura's relationship, but either way it didn't work for me.
i also don't love that freddy's one act of standing up for herself—breaking up with laura—only came after reading the email from the advice columnist. it would have been nice to see her come to that realization on her own and have a few honest conversations with laura and her family, rather than having a moment of bravery and suddenly everything's fine.

a lotta negativity in this review, but i honestly didn't hate this. the author does a good job depicting teenage emotions in a realistic way and the illustrations are certainly easy on the eyes. just leaves something to be desired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

onion's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Medical content

ender24's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, and Pregnancy