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* OppositesAttract: Ed and Min. It's commented on by most of the other characters in the novel, who can't see why they're together. [[spoiler: Eventually deconstructed; because Ed and Min are such different people, they wind up having compatibility issues that they can't reconcile.]]
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* OppositesAttract: Ed and Min. It's commented on by most of the other characters in the novel, who can't see why they're together. [[spoiler: Eventually deconstructed; because Ed and Min are such different people, they have difficulty integrating into each other's friend groups and eventually wind up having compatibility issues that they can't reconcile.]]
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* JerkJock / LovableJock: Zigzagged in Ed. While he's certainly politically incorrect in some aspects and often fits the meathead-doof stereotype, he did seem to genuinely love Min at times, and she him. Until, of course, the reason for their breakup.
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* JerkJock / LovableJock: JerkJock: Zigzagged in Ed. While he's certainly politically incorrect in some aspects and often fits the meathead-doof stereotype, he did seem to genuinely love Min at times, and she him. Until, of course, the reason for their breakup.
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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Min and Al.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Al and Min.]]
* MistakenForGay: A couple people think this about Al. [[spoiler: In reality, he's carrying a torch for Min.]]
* TheMovieBuff: Min has a thing for older movies.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Al and Min.]]
* MistakenForGay: A couple people think this about Al. [[spoiler: In reality, he's carrying a torch for Min.]]
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''Why We Broke Up'' is a 2011 novel by Daniel Handler (better known as [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]]), with art by Maira Kalman. It is told from the viewpoint of teenager Min Green, addressed to her recent ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, a few weeks after their breakup. As Min explains in the opening pages, the novel itself is a letter to Ed, accompanying a box of possessions that she is returning to him, detailing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin why they broke up]].
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''Why We Broke Up'' is a 2011 novel by Daniel Handler Creator/DanielHandler (better known as [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]]), with art by Maira Kalman. It is told from the viewpoint of teenager Min Green, addressed to her recent ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, a few weeks after their breakup. As Min explains in the opening pages, the novel itself is a letter to Ed, accompanying a box of possessions that she is returning to him, detailing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin why they broke up]].
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* JewishAndNerdy: Min, though [[InformedJudaism very secular]], is both Jewish and a bookish movie buff.
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: Al and Min.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Min finds out that Ed is sleeping with Annette, promptly breaks up with him, and is shattered by the way things ended. However, she eventually decides to move on with her life by giving Ed a box of his possessions back, along with a letter telling him why they broke up, bringing the novel full circle.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Min finds out that Ed is sleeping with Annette, promptly breaks up with him, and is shattered by the way things ended. However, she eventually decides to move on with her life by giving Ed a box of his possessions back, along with a letter telling him why they broke up, bringing the novel full circle.circle, and it is implied that Ed and Annette don't work out, either.]]
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''Why We Broke Up'' is a 2011 novel by Daniel Handler (better known as [[ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]]), with art by Maira Kalman. It is told from the viewpoint of teenager Min Green, addressed to her recent ex-boyfriend, Ed Slaterton, a few weeks after their breakup. As Min explains in the opening pages, the novel itself is a letter to Ed, accompanying a box of possessions that she is returning to him, detailing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin why they broke up]].
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Annette, who takes the time to compliment Min when she's down and reassure her of how much Ed loves her while Ed is cheating on Min ''with her''.]]
* DisappearedDad: Min's father isn't around and her narration heavily implies her parents are divorced; the only mentions her dad gets is that he gave her the name "Minerva" and that her mother disses him every Halloween.
* HeroicBSOD: Min after dumping Ed is, well, extremely down in the dumps.
* JerkJock / LovableJock: Zigzagged in Ed. While he's certainly politically incorrect in some aspects and often fits the meathead-doof stereotype, he did seem to genuinely love Min at times, and she him. Until, of course, the reason for their breakup.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Downplayed, but Min mentions feeling extremely woozy every day she doesn't get her Federico's pick-me-up.
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* PsychoExGirlfriend: Jillian isn't really psycho, but she's clearly not over Ed quite yet.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: Min's other friends, Lauren and Jordan, think she and Al have this despite Min's attempts to assuage them. [[spoiler:They're right, at least on Al's end.]]
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!!The books provide examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: In-universe, the novel itself functions as this. It details all of Ed and Min's relationship, and why it came to an end.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Min finds out that Ed is sleeping with Annette, promptly breaks up with him, and is shattered by the way things ended. However, she eventually decides to move on with her life by giving Ed a box of his possessions back, along with a letter telling him why they broke up, bringing the novel full circle.]]
* CoolBigSis: Joan.
* EpistolaryNovel: The story’s framing device is Min writing a letter to Ed explaining to him why she broke up with him. It’s not entirely clear how much of the novel is part of her letter and how much is Min reminiscing, but certain comments she makes during her narration (like when she mentions near the end that her pen is running out of ink) imply that the ''entire novel'' is the letter.
* ExactWords: How Ed justifies [[spoiler: sleeping with Annette: when he talked with Min about exclusivity, he said that he didn't ''want'' to see other people, not that he ''wouldn't''.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
* ForegoneConclusion: Assuming you read the title, you know that Ed and Min are going to break up at the end.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The reader will likely notice that even if Ed gets the letter, he very likely lacks the wherewithal to read it—meaning that Min’s 300-page narration, while perhaps providing closure, was essentially a waste of time.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Al for Min.]]
* JustFriends: Min insists this is the case between her and Al, although Ed continually thinks there’s something more. [[spoiler: It eventually turns out that Al actually does want something more.]]
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Min and Al.
* MistakenForGay: A couple people think this about Al.
* TheMovieBuff: Min has a thing for older movies.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Ohhhh, Min. She goes to Al's house one night and finds that he has pork chops and asparagus ready to broil in case she hadn't eaten yet, and somehow Al still has to spell out his feelings for her.]]
* OppositesAttract: Ed and Min. It's commented on by most of the other characters in the novel, who can't see why they're together.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Jillian isn't really psycho, but she's clearly not over Ed quite yet.
* TheReveal: The reason Ed and Min broke up. [[spoiler: Ed cheated on her with ex-girlfriend Annette.]]
* SecondPersonNarration: The novel is narrated by Min and addressed to Ed.
* TitleDrop: About every other chapter ends with some variation of "...and that's why we broke up."
* TheirFirstTime: Ed and Min end up getting a hotel room while Ed’s parents and sister are out of town. Although Min is nervous at first, since she was a virgin before Ed, and afterwards she briefly reflects on the fact that while she’s never done this before, Ed has.
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart: Ed, with Annette.]]
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!!The books provide examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual: In-universe, the novel itself functions as this. It details all of Ed and Min's relationship, and why it came to an end.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Min finds out that Ed is sleeping with Annette, promptly breaks up with him, and is shattered by the way things ended. However, she eventually decides to move on with her life by giving Ed a box of his possessions back, along with a letter telling him why they broke up, bringing the novel full circle.]]
* CoolBigSis: Joan.
* EpistolaryNovel: The story’s framing device is Min writing a letter to Ed explaining to him why she broke up with him. It’s not entirely clear how much of the novel is part of her letter and how much is Min reminiscing, but certain comments she makes during her narration (like when she mentions near the end that her pen is running out of ink) imply that the ''entire novel'' is the letter.
* ExactWords: How Ed justifies [[spoiler: sleeping with Annette: when he talked with Min about exclusivity, he said that he didn't ''want'' to see other people, not that he ''wouldn't''.]]
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
* ForegoneConclusion: Assuming you read the title, you know that Ed and Min are going to break up at the end.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The reader will likely notice that even if Ed gets the letter, he very likely lacks the wherewithal to read it—meaning that Min’s 300-page narration, while perhaps providing closure, was essentially a waste of time.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Al for Min.]]
* JustFriends: Min insists this is the case between her and Al, although Ed continually thinks there’s something more. [[spoiler: It eventually turns out that Al actually does want something more.]]
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Min and Al.
* MistakenForGay: A couple people think this about Al.
* TheMovieBuff: Min has a thing for older movies.
* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Ohhhh, Min. She goes to Al's house one night and finds that he has pork chops and asparagus ready to broil in case she hadn't eaten yet, and somehow Al still has to spell out his feelings for her.]]
* OppositesAttract: Ed and Min. It's commented on by most of the other characters in the novel, who can't see why they're together.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: Jillian isn't really psycho, but she's clearly not over Ed quite yet.
* TheReveal: The reason Ed and Min broke up. [[spoiler: Ed cheated on her with ex-girlfriend Annette.]]
* SecondPersonNarration: The novel is narrated by Min and addressed to Ed.
* TitleDrop: About every other chapter ends with some variation of "...and that's why we broke up."
* TheirFirstTime: Ed and Min end up getting a hotel room while Ed’s parents and sister are out of town. Although Min is nervous at first, since she was a virgin before Ed, and afterwards she briefly reflects on the fact that while she’s never done this before, Ed has.
* [[spoiler:YourCheatingHeart: Ed, with Annette.]]
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