Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

The parents of Mir and Walden were frustrating. Miriam got on my nerves nonstop and her whole personality was annoying. The only character I semi-liked was Walden, but he sometimes annoyed me because he could get cocky. Most of the characters seemed two dimensional. The characters were all a big issue for me. It wasn’t so bad that I will remember every piece of the book and continue to criticize it for the rest of my life, but it was bad enough that I can’t see myself remembering any details about the plot in the future. I can’t believe I’m even saying this, but this story felt forgettable. This story could’ve been awesome if she’d told it in the format that she’s best at writing. I think Faith Erin Hicks thrives when she’s writing graphic novels and comics, so this format didn’t work well for her. It felt like I was reading something that was written for school when it should’ve felt like I was reading something that was written for entertainment purposes. The writing style was also another major reason why this story was bland. There needed to be high stakes or even angst between the love interests, but there was none of that in this story so the story moved along at a snail’s pace. There wasn’t really a plot in this story either, so there was no action and there weren’t many romantic scenes. Characters have to have interesting personalities to keep me interested in the story, but all of the characters were so bland that I could care less about them. While the synopsis of this book sounded interesting, the execution fell flat and I couldn’t get myself invested in the story. The major issue with this book was that everything was very bland and boring.

I forced myself to read this as fast as I could so that I could just be done with it. Unfortunately I chose this one to start with… I hated everything about this book except for the small town setting.

I loved Faith Erin Hicks’ Pumpkinheads, so when I saw that she’s going to a comic con that I’m going to later this summer, I knew I needed to read more of her books. Despite their rough family history, Mir and Weldon find that they’re both stuck in a small Canadian town over the summer and they can’t help but feel drawn to each other. Comics Will Break Your Heart is a young adult romance between two teens whose grandparents were caught up in a legal battle over the rights to a comic series.

Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks