After seeking help, Charlie is diagnosed with anorexia and OCD and spends the autumn term of school in therapy and stays in a psychiatric ward away from Nick.

Heartstopper Volume Three | Alice Oseman

Charlie, Nick and some of their other friends who can so obviously see the attraction between the two, plot to set them up, encouraging the two to have time alone. Heartstopper is the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between. Writing for The National, Gemma McLaughlin praised the novels for being able to "capture the attention" through "the small stories that make up life" rather than plot twists and heavy drama. As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means. In August 2023, the novels were temporarily pulled from shelves in the Marion County, Mississippi library system pending review by its board of supervisors following complaints of their LGBT nature and inclusion of boys kissing.But whilst the show does follow the books very well, there are a lot of differences between the show and the books. Oseman’s hope when writing Heartstopper was to show queer youth that they deserve romance, friends, and love.

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Overall, she concludes that "the romance and realistic fiction will draw readers into this sweet story". Kirkus Reviews said of Volume Two that it retained the "distinctive style" of illustrations present in the first volume and that its transitions between panels were "creative" and "add creative flair". But since these characters play a much smaller role in the book and Isaac is non-existent, there is not much detail about what happens next for them.Born in Kent, England, Oseman published her first novel, Solitaire, when she was nineteen years old. However, these books can be quite different in tone from the Heartstopper series, so you may want to check out Oseman’s content warnings guide to ensure these books are appropriate for you. This really hurt me to read because as I said above, I hate that people have to come out and in turn be scared of people hating them. Heartstopper volume four picks up where the end of season two of the show left off, with Charlie deliberating telling Nick that he loves him for the first time. She initially released the e-book novellas Nick and Charlie and This Winter featuring the characters in 2015, but eventually realised that their story needed an episodic structure that was more suited to a webcomic or graphic novel format.