Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - Solitaire

In many ways this book is opposite the Heartstopper series that it launched. Tori is in a dark mental place where she's completely overwhelmed by life and traumatized by her concerns for her brother but feels totally alone in that darkness. I appreciated the depth we get to explore Tori's emotions and while the book isn't exactly hopeful in some ways Tori finds her way out of the spiral and sees she's not alone (what could be more hopeful than that).

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tate_francis's review against another edition

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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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meetmeinthebookstore's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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hexlee's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I have loved alice for a long time and finally decided to read this. Honestly I loved it, but it is not perfect, of course she wrote it very young.
However I think I loved this so much because I was able to relate.

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cnjanicki's review against another edition

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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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madsreadsbooks17's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had a slow start for me but eventually I was hooked.
I cried, laughed and found genuine connection with the characters struggles.

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atlasisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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