Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

7 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

eyescanbecruel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, and Medical content

booknerdz28's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

12dejamoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I finished this three days ago and I still can't work out how I felt about it. I kind of hate to admit it, but I think I prefer Heartstopper Tori to Solitaire Tori. I thought I'd enjoy getting more about her, and to some extent I really did. Especially seeing the way she thinks about Charlie. That's probably the eldest sister in me. But then some of me was disappointed because the story I had created for her in my head wasn't this. Which is not on Alice Oseman, but worth noting.

It's difficult sometimes to read books with characters who don't seem to feel anything. And I know in this case the whole point is her apathy and her rocky mental health. But it's just frustrating to read sometimes. Her self-sabotaging also falls into this category.

I'm also really struggling to imagine reading this book having no idea of the story of Heartstopper and I can't quite, which is probably just because I do know the story and therefore fill in the blanks as needed.

There are lots of great things about this book, there really are. I think the characters were actually pretty compelling for the most part, and some of the language was really delightful to read. I like the book as an expansion of the Heartstopper universe and will absolutely be reading Oseman's other novels.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content and Outing

laynie_rearick's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content