Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) (2024)

God has spoken and she says yes to more wholesomeness and queer kids in these trying times

FINAL INSTALLMENT ?? 🤨 Alice Oseman this is not going to work, do you not understand that I cherish this series more than my own (miserable) life ?

"The fifth and final instalment" Um, excuse me, what do you mean Alice Oseman is not making these graphic novels until the literal END OF TIME

i don't know how and don't ask me any followup questions but i'm pretty sure these books contain the power to bring about world peace.

Me: I think you have something of mine.
2022: I believe not, miss.
Me: Yes, you do. Don't deny it!
2022: Well then, you'll have to wait for a year to get it from me.
Me: No. I'm smarter than that.
*gets into a time machine*

wAIT, WHY IT SAYS 2023 AND FINAL INSTALMENT? I thought this was going to go forever. I mean, I need them more than the air itself. They're my air. What is happening??!?!?!?!
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Dear Alice Oseman: dO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I NEED THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD? RIGHT. NOW. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2022, I'M GONNA CRY

edit: ATTENTION PEOPLE!!!!!
alice just announced this volume is not going to be the last! there's gonna be a sixth one. i'm so happy rn 🥹🥹🥹

WhAT dO yOU mEAN FiNAl inSTalMent??!!!

Uważam, że każdy tom Heartstoppera jest coraz dojrzalszy, co ma sens, bo w pewien sposób historia dopasowuje się do bohaterów i tego, co aktualnie przeżywają. Ten tom wyjątkowo mocno skupia się na s3ksualności, co jest mega ważnym elementem bycia człowiekiem. Pojawiają się tu głosy nastolatków, osób które już coś robiły, które się tym stresują, które są aseksualne i które nie wiedzą jak podejść do tematu. Bardzo budująca i pozytywna część ⭐️

TW rany po SH, tr4uma, przem0c (wspomnienie), spożywanie alkoholu

emotionally destroyed me in a good way......always in a good way

I'M SAD!
WHY CAN'T THIS COME OUT NOW!

I HAVE TO WAIT TILL FEB 2ND 2023 TO READ THIS, IT'S RIDICULOUS

I need it now. Would sell my left arm to get this book early.

why I feel like I have been waiting for this for 3 years ? I LITERALLY CANT NOT WAIT TO HAVE IT ON MY LITTLE GAY HANDS 😭

ALSO. This cover is the cutest one so far and I will die on that hill.

Wie immer absoluter Balsam für die Seele <3.

What do you mean by final installment? I WANT MORE. Not fair. :((
We shall have to wait a year. 😥

Want. ***Am already celebrating the Season 2 adaptation*** 💖

NICK IS THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVER
but i think everyone already knows that

i don’t want it all to end 😭 edit: STOP CRYING MFS COS THIS IS NOT THE END WERE GETTING TWO MORE VOLUMES

This cover is so precious, I'm going to start to cry. 😢

Demasiado personal para mi

🩵 it's so heartwarming to witness these characters growing up and experiencing all these milestones together. from nick exploring uni options to the conversations about sex and charlie rocking out on stage🥁. it's hard to imagine this coming to an end, but i always cherish the memories. 🩵

well now i need volume 6 🥲

nick searching uni options, nickcharlie talking about sex, charlie playing in a band🥹 they’re really growing up fast

also tori and charlie talking about tori’s relationship and her saying she’s asexual to charlie🥹 love their sibling relationship

THE COVER. I SHED A TEAR🥲🫂🩵

This cover 🥺❤️‍🩹 I need more of NickCharlie!

FINAL INSTALLMENT?
*cries*
alice pls i need more content these boys are the only thing keeping me sane
also im obsessively checking the tapas for new instalments :D

Not me waiting for ages for this book to come out and finish it in one sitting.

God that revealed cover is perfection! Doubly so because its blue on the front and according to Alice Oseman, the spine is orange!!!

My least favourite cover in the Heartstopper series, and as I found out, my least favourite book. The cover is cute - when you actually work out what you're looking at. It doesn't work well from a distance.

This book seemed to start right where Alice got really really busy making the TV show, and I think it suffered as a result. The art style changed, the lines thinner and the backgrounds less detailed to the point where I couldn't work out where they were sometimes.

I had a real issue with the background panels when Nick got to Leeds (my home town), because for the most part I couldn't work out where or what the background was, and the most detailed panel of the market felt copied from a photograph with no research, placing Nick and his friends in the middle of one of the busiest roads in town.

This is the first volume, as a graphic novel only reader, where I felt that it didn't work as well with the long wait between books. This truly feels like a filler novel, which is a shame after waiting over 2 years for it and knowing it'll be at least another year before the final book. With this series being so short, I really want every book to be the best it can be.

Had the story been as strong as Volume 4, this wouldn't have been an issue. But I felt that Nick and Charlie's friends were almost fully pushed to the back this volume, and there was an emotional disconnect with Nick and Charlie themselves. They're also apart for a good chunk of the story.

There's a solid moment at the end of the book during the fun fair where Charlie and Tori connect, the art is bastly improved and Alice clearly had more time to design it and make it, well, good. I've really enjoyed the appearances of Michael the last couple of books too.

CHAPTER 7 (first ep) IS GOING TO BE RELEASED ON NEW YEAR ON WEBTOON

the osemanverse is screaming

the rumours are true i owe alice oseman my life

2022, I believe you have something of mine.