Librarian: I might consider this one. I’ve found that kids invariably love collections of silly/obnoxious stories/facts. I’ll have to check if we have any on relationships.
Reader: A few minutes on the internet will produce hundreds (thousands) of articles exactly like this book. As such I wouldn’t buy a copy of it for myself. It is however still a fun sort of read, and clearly people do like it, or there wouldn’t be so many articles.

Thanks to NetGalley & Animal Media Group for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really wanted to like this, as the synopsis sounded right up my alley - stories of sad, crazy, hilarious break-ups accompanied by quirky doodle art? Sign me up! I expected to cringe, to laugh, to gasp, to sigh, to slap my hand over my mouth at the audacity of the break-up shenanigans that the book promised.

Unfortunately, what I got instead was total and utter disappointment.

The stories were cringe-y, but not due to how lol-worthy they were. A majority of the stories were completely pointless, and half of them I thought would continue on the next page because they seemed half-finished. Several stories featured extremely misogynistic language, including slut shaming and insulting physical appearances.

The book reads like a terrible Reddit post that would only receive downvotes. Several times throughout the brief 15-20 minutes it took me to get through this, I wondered if they just skipped the editing stage altogether.

I would not recommend this to anyone, for any reason.

Stories are really funny. Illustrations are amazing. I really enjoyed reading it. It was a hilarious and quick read.

This is a cute and quick read, and the kind of book that will probably work well as pick-me-up for anyone who has just endured a bad split with a partner. In times like those, it's handy to have a light reminder that you're anything but alone.

Breaking up isn't just hard, it's also awkward, sometimes ridiculously funny, melancholic, and mostly always The Right Thing To Do. This was such a nice blend of funny and bittersweet! I definitely wish I could have read this when it so definitely applied to me. If you're going through a hard break up, or even just a bumpy road in your relationship, READ THIS.

The formatting of the collection didn't work too well with the kindle app on my phone. The stories were spaced weird and some ran together making it hard to determine where a new story started..

This was really funny and showed how terrible people can be.

Sorry, this book is just not for me. Dare I say.... it could've done better. Amidst positive reviews for this one, I didn't feel the cutesy and funny vibes that everyone must have felt for this. The font was hard to read but the artworks were okay and kinda cute. There were a couple of stories where the art/drawing spoiled me of what was to come next because I saw it before I could even finish reading the paragraph (read: the girl whose boyfriend drove with her family to Canada). Reading this felt like reading a page off of a teenage magazine and maybe even pages of Cosmo featuring embarrassing stories. I could tell some reviewers liked this but this is just not my cup of tea.

Hilarious, you may read something similar to a break you’ve been through or maybe one of a friend. Some are the funniest you may ever read. Fun read!!

<b>I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review</b>

This book started out so strong! I mean the dedication in the first page says: <i>To that one dude, for being such an inspirational dick.</i> And honestly I'm that kind of a horrible person that I tend to laugh for other people's struggles. Damn, I even laugh for my own struggles. I know, that's awful and I'm spiteful. But there I was, thinking that this book is <i>the</i> book that would make me laugh, it says it's supposed to be hilarious.

But that was not the case. While I was reading this book I was furrowing my brows and grinning. Most of those stories had people who seemed to be more crazy than dicks! Here's one example:
<i>I needed to break up with my girlfriend. It was time: we were young, and it was just not going to last.
She kneed me in the balls. I fell to the ground. She stormed into her house. I got up and climbed into my car to drive home. She ran outside and jumped on the hood of my car, begging me not to leave. I got her off my car and drove home.
She started calling my cell phone nonstop, then called my parents' landline, thinking I might be there. My father, whose voice is very similar to mine, answered. She thought he was me and threatened to commit suicide.</i>

So yeah, none of these made me even smile. I shook my head, grinned and furrowed my brows so much it made my face and head hurt. It has been over 10 years since my last break up and that was bad one but I don't think that this would have made me feel any better even if I had just broken up with someone. There are break ups that make me smile and then there are the ones that are better off being separated because the other one is crazy. But who am I to say this won't help someone else who has just broken up?

This book is hilarious and I love the cartoons. It's very relatable and entertaining. I would definitely recommend this book to friends

Fast read and cute illustrations.

My rating scale:
5☆ - I loved this book and it brought out true emotion in me (laughter, anger, a good cry, etc)
4☆ - I loved this book.
3☆ - I liked this book.
2☆ - I didn't really care for this book.
1☆ - I did not like this book at all and probably did not finish it.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC. This was a quick and entertaining read. It is a series of vignettes about breaking up. I recommend this charming collection.

Still laughing over the hysterical illustrations and breakup lines. All of us can relate, unless you’re George Clooney! 5/5

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

#BreakingUpUsHardToDo #NetGalley

This is a collection of real-life breakup stories.

"This book didn't start out as a book. This started out as me crying on a freeway overpass in Brooklyn, moping around for some time, and thinking I'd better draw about this"

It contains simple drawings and blocks of text from different people sharing their breakup experiences.

Some random items that show up in the graphics are Game Boys, answering machines, and floppy discs which made me wonder about when some of these stories were collected or if the author wanted to show some throwback items.

The stories are straightforward and short. The entire book can be read in less than an hour. I recommend the book if you like simple, non-fiction breakup stories.

Received ARC via Netgalley

This was a fun collection, a good reminder that most of us have been on both the giving and receiving end of not-so-thoughtful break ups. It's light with a few groaners. I enjoyed it. It's a good break book, good for a quick laugh or commiseration, a palate cleanser.

Overall the book was okay. There were some fat-shaming and slut-shaming going on in some stories that I kind of cringed at. There were a few cute stories but most of them I kind of just skimmed through.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do is a collection of anonymous break-up stories, accompanied by cute cartoons.
It’s a fairly short graphic novel, so I suppose it could be classified as a comic book. I thought some of the stories were funny, and I really liked the drawings to go along with them, but the slut-shaming and fat-shaming didn’t sit well with me at all. I also didn’t find this as funny as it was marketed to be. I’m finding it almost difficult to write this review because my feeling are so “meh” about it. There were definitely a few of them that made me smile but all in all, I didn’t love it and I didn’t hate it. Just meh. I wouldn’t recommend it though; some of the stories were rather frustrating, sad, and downright mean.

One of the funniest, yet saddest books I've read this year. Who knew so many people could be so callous in breaking up?

I definitely think there is an audience for this book but it just wasn't me. I didn't enjoy it very much but again think that's just because I'm not in the right headspace for this to be well received.

Love this collection of illustrated break-up stories. Be prepared to feel some schadenfreude and remember your own less-than-ideal break-ups.