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Some stories refuse to stay on the page. The Hollywood Reporter’s Beyond the Book column explores what happens when books make the leap to screen and beyond — unpacking what changed, how it was done and why it matters with the creatives who made it.
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[This story contains major spoilers for Heartstopper Forever.]
Over the last year, writer and artist Alice Oseman has had the privilege of saying goodbye to Heartstopper three times. There’s the July release of the final graphic novel, Heartstopper Volume Six, and the April publication of the webcomics’ last pages online. But their first goodbye came out of order for an adaptation, taking place nine months earlier when filming concluded on Heartstopper Forever.














