As much as I really wanted an adult-oriented graphic novel with a queer cast, this one just didn’t do it for me.
None of the characters felt like older adults, and a majority of them are just…so insufferable and mean-spirited towards each other. The main cast has internal issues (some WAY more than others), and while that’s expected for a fleshed out character, none of the protagonists have any solid personality outside of their conflicts.

A note on the art- it’s…okay. I’m normally down for any style, and I can see the influences of early 2010s webcomic/tumblr art, but the coloring and choices of tracing is off-putting. I completely understand that not every pixel will be filled with complete accuracy and that there’s always going to be some mistakes and white spaces left on accident, but there’s waaaay too many instances where a crinkly white gap between the lines and colors show up, and it’s distracting.
There’s panels where you can clearly tell the artist traced a specific body part but free handed everything else, which ends up making the entire panel look wonky. One particular panel has a character at a top-down perspective, but because the artist traced a photo of a hand, you’re left looking at a semi-realistic hand cartoonishly reaching towards the reader while the character is shrunken in comparison (you’ll know this panel when you see it).

Is the story good? What story? A group of besties claw at each other for stupid reasons and hang out again at the end because…I’m going to be honest, I don’t know why some of these people are friends at all.
I’m disappointed that I didn’t like this, I see this book sitting pretty at bookstores, and I really do love the cover art. If you’re looking for a mature queer story, press skip.