Lovesick

Lovesick

2023 • 245 pages

Ratings5

Average rating3.5

15

I mean I really don't know what to say maybe it's just too dark for me, I think it tells a story about how awful humanity is, but it makes it harder to pass this awfulness when the characters don't have to worry about law enforcement and when they're portrayed compassionately at times, this makes it quite difficult to establish just how evil they are, despite their upbringing.
Overall I don't think I liked it too much. I did think that her depiction of incels and incel culture as well as fringe areas of the internet were well done, and I appreciate the authors notes in the TPB. I did learn something, and while it might not have been as enjoyable as it was for me as more of a slog - there were some points I did like. But I don't know if it's worth your time, unless you want to see a pretty true to form depiction of these internet communities in terms of the people they contain. The abuse the protagonist feels might be able to be justified in later issues, but as of judging this single volume by itself, I think it needs some fleshing out.

June 26, 2024