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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

1038 reviews

madisonstarkov's review against another edition

emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm

imsorrywhat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

josm11's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

curing_moonlight's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow! Reading it after “Heartstopper”, I don’t know what I was expecting to be honest. But it certainly wasn’t this. While definitely being darker than “Heartstopper”, it carries all its strong suits: clever thought out characters and relationships, a realistic setting, a pretty diverse character set (tho not as diverse as “Heartstopper” and I just love the way Alice Oseman, approaches these heavy subjects from a point of view of relatability. 

Also I just loved Tori! She made me laugh, cry and maybe relate more than I would like to admit.

While I struggled a bit with my rating anything less than 5/5 would seem unfair.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

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

devona's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.5

Alice Oseman has been one of my favorite authors throughout my teenage years, and it’s only fitting that their first book is my last stop in the osemanverse. Although the plot was not my favorite, Tori quickly became one of my favorite characters of all time. She spoke to a part of me that has long since changed, but I will always remember. I cannot put into words how beautiful that representation felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

evielikestwilight's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt