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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

4 reviews

ppp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use, Stalking, and Alcohol

samcsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

mir_frog73's review against another edition

funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Blood

martapsalvado's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

I don't know how to objectively review Solitaire for itself because this is my 7th Alice Oseman book and I absolutely loved with all my heart the first six: Radio Silence, Loveless and the Heartstopper series (which is my whole personality at this point). So, it's understandable that my expectations were high for this one. On top of that, I was already attached to some of the characters because of Heartstopper. 
The truth is, I didn't enjoy this one as much as the other ones. But I still really, really liked it.
The characters are as always, very well constructed, cohesive and interesting. The plot had its ups and downs. It felt like nothing happened for a while and then too much happened at once. But that's how reality is sometimes, I guess.
Essentially, I think this is a good (and important) book and it actually made me feel something, but it makes sense that this is Alice's first published book, written when she was only seventeen, because the evolution is clear. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Outing