![]() The Girl From the Seaby Molly Knox Ostertag takes the cake, hands down, as my favorite graphic novel of the bunch. ![]() ![]() But considering how poorly masculine women are still treated today, it honestly hurt a little to read Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me and see such an obvious elevation of queer femininity at their expense. This isn’t to say that the story is invalid because I didn’t like how a character was coded butches can, of course, be bad partners. The characterization of Laura Dean clearly evokes the imagery of butch lesbians it’s what makes her so “cool,” so desirable, but it’s also inextricably tied to what makes her a bad girlfriend. That said, this book is never going to be a favorite of mine-and not just because it isn’t a happy romance. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me feels layered in a way that the other graphic novels here so far haven’t, and I really liked how the authors would just let certain moments or transitions breathe. ![]() Freddy Riley loves Laura Dean, but Laura Dean neglects, isolates, takes for granted, and yes, keeps breaking up with Freddy. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Meby Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is a wonderfully drawn and well-written graphic novel about a bad relationship. ![]()
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