Heartstopper is more than just a graphic novel, it's a much needed counter-narrative that features one of the best romances I've seen put to page, regardless of its intended audience. There certainly is a time and place for all kinds of stories, but when the default narrative for a community is one of tragedy, it can be a heart-breaking experience navigating fiction, especially while young. Heartstopper has its share of bittersweet moments, surely, but Alice Oseman has crafted an optimistic, uplifting, and wholesome love story that is a breath of fresh air after drowning in the waves of doomed romances between LGBTQ+ couples across all media and genres. Stories about the LGBTQ+ community have historically been grim, focusing on the hardships, struggles, and violence that people face simply by existing as queer in the world we live in. In the world of fiction, the space that's been carved out for marginalised people has been a small and uncomfortable one, often lacking in the things other people in society take for granted things like tenderness, hope, and joy.
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