Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

97 reviews

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

🫶 Hurt/Comfort

💻 Anonymous Blog

☀️ Grumpy x Sunshine 

I don’t think there is ever going to be a book I dislike from Alice Oseman.  This book was fantastic.  Tori Spring has always been a favorite character of mine and her book was amazing.

This book dealt with a lot of heavy topics but it was written so nicely.  Tori dealing with undiagnosed depression, her complicated relationship with her mother, her brother’s mental health, the odd age of figuring life out only to find she doesn’t care about anything.

The asexual rep in this was lovely and I liked how the relationship with Tori and Michael was written.  This whole book was just so lovely in a hurt/comfort way.

Spice Level: n/a

Release Date: 02, May 2023

POV: First Person

Rep: Asexual (MC), Pansexual (SC), Gay (SC), Bisexual (SC), LGBTQIA+ characters, Depression 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Alcohol

goobergio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, 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

codingclownofficial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Outing

samcsmith's review

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

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

n0elle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Alcohol

annalise_4202's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

juliarose11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

This book felt very flat, which may have been intentional to help portray Tori's depression. However, this led to a flat narrator, one-dimmensional/almost non-existent side characters as a whole, and areas within the book that appear to be missing in order to truly understand the storyline. This combined with the strange plot of

the Solitaire group (particularly the sudden burning down of the school)

made the book hard to really enjoy. Tori at times was relatable and I do appreciate Oseman working to portray mental illness to hopeful bring more awareness to it. However, the lack of really acknowledging the fact that mental health problems are serious and need/deserve support concerns me. I can see how younger audiences could read this book and see the portrayal of mental illness and see it as normal (in the sense that everyone feels this way, so it must not be a problem/deserve attention and help). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail