Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

620 reviews

daelyn_loves_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

It's easy to say this is not a love story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

cencula's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

In many ways this book is opposite the Heartstopper series that it launched. Tori is in a dark mental place where she's completely overwhelmed by life and traumatized by her concerns for her brother but feels totally alone in that darkness. I appreciated the depth we get to explore Tori's emotions and while the book isn't exactly hopeful in some ways Tori finds her way out of the spiral and sees she's not alone (what could be more hopeful than that).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

setgalvin22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Suicide attempt

meetmeinthebookstore's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

lcvesbooks's review against another edition

emotional

• 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

2.75

i feel like i would’ve enjoyed this book a lot more if i had read it a few years ago, which is fine. 
i wanted to gouge my eyes out whenever any character made an ableist comment/used a mental disorder as a quirky adjective, but i understand that’s how many teenagers talk, sadly. oseman was a teenager herself when she wrote this book so i understand. i also understand why, at times, it looked like depression was being romanticized. 
 
i like that asexuality is getting more representation. it’s very obvious that both Tori and Michael are asexual. however, Tori is arospec too (you can look it up) and i’m sad that not many people know this… 
the author said she sees Michael as pansexual but that his experience with sexual attraction is similar to Tori’s; this makes him panromantic asexual, right?  

oseman seems to confuse both (aro & ace) identities. i am too exhausted to get into this right now but, while i appreciate having more a-spec representation, we still have a long way to go. 

overall, even if it doesn’t seem like it, i did enjoy the book. it’s just that i, like Tori, complain a lot. i love her. i think she’s my favorite canonically aroace character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, and Self harm

Minor: Eating disorder

hexlee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I have loved alice for a long time and finally decided to read this. Honestly I loved it, but it is not perfect, of course she wrote it very young. 
However I think I loved this so much because I was able to relate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

joaomiguelpratas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Eating disorder

hannahrose_99's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

 

i think alice oseman is one of the best writers about mental illness around! i love how her characters are still so loved by everyone around them no matter their mental health. i thought this was a good portrayal of depression, particularly as a teen. tori's parents pissed me off soooo much, reminding me of how teenagers with any kind of mental health issue are treated, particularly teenage girls. you couldn't pay me to be one again. i think this was written in 2015 (??) so all the references to when i was a teenager were really bringing me back: all the Tumblr references and BBC Sherlock. I think I didn't love this one as much as I expected to because I didn't care for the whole Solitaire element; at times it felt a little far fetched to me and took me out of engaging with the characters. But I'm still glad I got to dive into Tori's character and more of this universe!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

summerfalkenrath's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

Another amazing novel by Oseman. It almost hurt how relatable all of this book was. Captured very real situations and feelings of mental illness and enduring trauma. It was awesome to get to see the Heartstopper world through Tori's eyes and what's she's gone through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

madsreadsbooks17'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book had a slow start for me but eventually I was hooked. 
I cried, laughed and found genuine connection with the characters struggles. 

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt