Tripping Over You was originally published online once a week and I've followed it (and loved it) for years. One thing I can say is that the very start is a simple groundwork for what blooms in to a strong story with very loveable characters. Milo and Liam are a great couple who thrive together to come in to their own happiness together and individually. We watch them find their paths in life and overcome a lot of obstacles through the entire webcomic and I definitely recommend this one for contemporary romance lovers (like Heartstopper).

*2.5 stars
Similarly to Always Raining Here, which I also finished this week, this is a webcomic from the early 2010s that's being published in print. I had a lot of that same problems with this one as I did that one, which is that the representation in this just does not hold up. There's so much toxicity and, in this one specifically, some violence, that is inexcusable, and I don't think it stands up to the Much Better queer graphic novels that are available now; this one is safe to leave in the past without missing anything.

Thanks to NetGalley & First Second Books for the early copy in exchange for an honest review.

First off, this was apparently a Webcomic published in 2011 that ran over the course of several years and finished in 2023. So I think the context helps a lot with how this GN is presented. There's a lot of scenes that should have been added but wasn't because it was a one page a month kind of deal.

It was OK overall. I feel bad comparing it to Heartstopper but British gay kids at school...reminding me of HS there. I think Heartstopper does better overall because it gives more down-time for characters and fleshes them out more. This book is stuck in ye old Webcomic times with one page a month so they used each page wisely but at the cost of breathing life into the world.

It also doesn't help that the world feels very shallow because all dialogue is focused on the main couple, which is great and all, but didn't really create a lot of tension and drama. The art was OK but there were too many brown-haired characters including one of the protagonists and I genuinely had a hard time telling them apart.

When I read this story as a webcomic 10 years ago, I absolutely loved it. It's perfect for that kind of story that gradually comes out every week/month. These characters' daily life are part of your daily life and you grow with them.
As a published graphic novel that you probably read in one sitting, it doesn't quite work. It misses plot to keep it interesting. The boys story is sweet but you really get to see the cuteness of it as they grow and in this first volume we don't quite get there.
I hope we'll still get to see the next volumes being published though!

Id forgotten the evolution of the couples art style. It felt weird reading their newer stuff and seeing how different the older stuff was art wise. The story still holds up really well with the boys in school compared to the married life I’ve been reading now. Very nostalgic.

This was a super cute graphic novel. I enjoyed following Milo and Liam in this story. I loved the art style and color palette used and how it helped tell the story. Overall this was a great read.

Read this if you like:

📖 YA graphic novels
📖 Friends to lovers
📖 Lgbtq reps

Thank you to the publisher for the gifted arc.

This book is a DNF at 97 pages. Two cute boys in boarding school like each other, but one is very uptight and the other is more lackadaisical and fun loving. There is something going on with the uptight one something about their father and needing to keep things on the down low. So Our fun loving guy who is an actor, keep things on the downlow for the other person even though it makes him a different person. This is just too much drama. I understand the serious boy wants to stay in the closet and has something to do with his father. There’s a section about consent. That is kind of nice. Nice is the wrong word but when you see it, you would get it. However, 97 pages felt like 300 pages. It felt like this was never ending and I have no desire to read the next 196 pages.

I really loved the art style of this book. The art is what drew me in to begin with, but the story did not disappoint. I enjoyed the story from the very first page.

This slice-of-life story will likely appeal to fans of Heartstopper. The art style is different - more manga-like - and Liam is a bit more prickly and closed-off than the leads of that series, but they still have a lot in common: high school boys meet at school and decide to date early on, skipping the "will they or won't they" to focus on the emotional trajectory of their relationship. There are fun supporting characters, too.

I loved this heartful romance. Milo is an outgoing fun theatre kid and Liam has a more introverted personality. However opposites attract in this interesting story of two people trying yo figure out who they are and what they want in their relationship as they are moving into another stage in life.

overall this was a very cute graphic novel along the likes of heartstopper unfortunately for me it just fell short. the characters didn’t feel fully flushed out and the actual plot sort of dragged along in my opinion

This was an adorable story! I loved the main characters and their friend group. I am looking forward to their romance continuing in Book 2. In the meantime, I plan to order a copy of Tripping Over You for my library patrons to enjoy. Thank you for the ARC!

Was this a webcomic? Cause it gives off webcomic vibes. In any case, a nice slice-of-life sort of graphic novel about high school students focusing on two who go from friends to lovers.

I’m not a fan of the art style, but that I can look past. What had me struggling to get through this was the dialogue. It didn’t flow easily and just felt flat.

The character development could’ve been better, but I also feel like the characters had no chemistry.

It was cute, though.

Disappointing art. Expressions don't always match the dialogue, and the lack of backgrounds is noticeable and kept distracting me from the story, which was slow. I kept expecting something more to happen, until I finally gave up. Didn't finish.

I finished this one but I will admit it wasn't my favorite graphic novel that I've read in the recent past. The art style wasn't really something I vibed with, and the plot seemed slow and relatively uninspired. I wish that there had been more of a plot beyond the concept that these two were friends to lovers because there wasn't much meaning behind it and it left me wanting something more.