‘Heartstopper’ season 1 review

Heartstopper is coming of age programme featuring a group of adolescences discovery who they are… as all coming of ages are. The difference, this one is not afraid to tackle LGBTQ+ issues. Nick and Charlie are just two boys in school, and they are falling for each other hard. The conflict of the season revolves around coming to terms with your identity, being who you are, standing up for your friends and the fear of losing the people you don’t want to.  Through its palatability I might suggest that heartstopper misses out on talking about stronger issues such as just not having a positive reaction to yourself or not being outward or brave enough to defend the people you care about.

The main characters are a little bit faultless with exception to those we are meant to see as villains, and that is a little bit of a weakness. What about when people are not at their best? Whilst it is a pleasure to have such squeaky clean protagonists, humans are naturally flawed at that could potentially add some nice conflict here and there.

Heartstopper is an enjoyable and lighthearted easy watch with a good sense of romantic tension, I would recommend it.