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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

506 reviews

daelyn_loves_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's easy to say this is not a love story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

tate_francis's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Self harm

lcvesbooks's review against another edition

emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

i feel like i would’ve enjoyed this book a lot more if i had read it a few years ago, which is fine. 
i wanted to gouge my eyes out whenever any character made an ableist comment/used a mental disorder as a quirky adjective, but i understand that’s how many teenagers talk, sadly. oseman was a teenager herself when she wrote this book so i understand. i also understand why, at times, it looked like depression was being romanticized. 
 
i like that asexuality is getting more representation. it’s very obvious that both Tori and Michael are asexual. however, Tori is arospec too (you can look it up) and i’m sad that not many people know this… 
the author said she sees Michael as pansexual but that his experience with sexual attraction is similar to Tori’s; this makes him panromantic asexual, right?  

oseman seems to confuse both (aro & ace) identities. i am too exhausted to get into this right now but, while i appreciate having more a-spec representation, we still have a long way to go. 

overall, even if it doesn’t seem like it, i did enjoy the book. it’s just that i, like Tori, complain a lot. i love her. i think she’s my favorite canonically aroace character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder

cnjanicki's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

this book will definitely always have a special place in my heart. i find Tori to be a convincing main character; i went into this book having read a few reviews and expected myself to like Tori a lot less than i did. i find her personality so specifically relatable even as i enter my mid-twenties.  throughout Solitaire, Oseman writes scenery and description with poise. there are some select scenes so vividly written, i fear they're burned into my mind. similar to Tori, i was confused by Michael in the beginning but he absolutely grew on me. the mystery of "who is Solitaire?" is something i loved playing a part of, though i wished to see more of it in the first half.

spoilers:
the

becky

redemption arc goes crazy. i don't think i loved how

lucas

was

kind of forgiven

by the end? unsure how i felt. 

overall a sweet story of friendship and how relationships are defined by the people in it, as well as the anxious teenager's struggles of feeling different accompanied by mental illness. not my most eloquent review but i really liked this book <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Violence

alicelucy's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

neko_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ylvamoon's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

doriiii13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

leen's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I think I would have loved this book more if I read it when I was 15. It took me back to when I was a teenager and even though I don’t miss it I do think reading this validated some parts of me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

tealsteatime's review against another edition

funny reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This is certainly a Y/A read--- from the pacing to the inner dialogue of Tori. Her character just hit me at the perfectly right time in my life, but but in any other instance, I would've found her repetitive and maybe even annoying. Plus, the end felt unrealistic and crazy (which I guess is the point?) but did not leave me satisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Self harm