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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

31 reviews

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

skylerher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Misogyny

atlas_shruggs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Tori has been a favourite character of mine since the first time I read Heartstopper, and this love was reinforced by the Heartstopper TV series. Solitaire sees Tori as the main character of the story, and dives deeper into her character and the depression she's dealing with. It's definitely a darker story than Heartstopper, and is more in tone with volume four of Heartstopper. But something about this book didn't quite click with me. Tori somehow felt like a completely different character, which I suppose was sort of the point of the book; we see her as who she actually is rather than how Charlie sees her in Heartstopper. Still, I felt it was a bit confusing following her mood swings as well as trying to figure out the plot. Overall the book was pretty good, the characters were realistic in a way that none of them really fit into the stereotypes that were placed on them, but it also read very much like a teen novel. 
I do think this would make an excellent movie or mini series, so I hope Netflix gets on that ASAP. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

aisling872's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Violence

scoutty's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kay_w's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Outing

bookswtheo's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm

muukhom's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK i started listening to the audiobook (because I’d just finished heartstopper series and craved more content) and I ended up loving it so much. There’s not a single moment I’m bored! It just keep me interested all the way through! Tori is such a relatable character like normal teenagers especially during the Tumblr era. Personally, I relate to Micheal more but I absolutely adore both of them!

Tori and Micheal’s relationship is so adorable and it makes me feel so happy to see them both finally find someone who can love them! The characters’s mental health is also very sad but it was portrayed really well in the book!

In conclusion, I’d definitely reread/re-listen to it and it’s probably one of my current fav!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol

charliebell's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious relaxing medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Ableism, Eating disorder, Self harm, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

theasbookworld's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm