Heart Stopper A Breath of Fresh Air
Review by Alyssa F. (Gr. 11)
Heartstopper was easily my most anticipated piece of media set to come out this year. It seems strange to say considering the line up of amazing content slated to come out but this one holds a very special place in my heart.
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Heartstopper is a coming of age LGBTQ2+ romance series directed by Euros Lyn and written by Alice Oseman. The series is based on Oseman’s webcomic/graphic novels of the same name. It follows teenagers, Nick and Charlie, after they meet during class and their journey navigating friendship and family as well as first love and identity. Before I get into the details I’d like to mention a few things. One, I am completely biased as I have read, and loved, the novels that the series is adapting and two, I am a sucker for a cute romance. Every cute romance needs to have two leads and with Heartstopper, these leads are Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson played by Joe Locke and Kit Connor respectively. These characters feel like they were pulled off the page by their extremely talented actors and they feel like actual teenagers which is basically the most important part of a coming of age story. Alongside Charlie is his wonderful friendship made of Tao, Issac and Elle and alongside Nick is Darcy and Tara. The “side characters” can't really be called side characters as they are just as involved in the story as NIck and Charlie are, they have their own stories and problems to figure out. They are all portrayed wonderfully and the actors clearly have so much love for their characters which is always nice to see.
