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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

167 reviews

aino_maria23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content, Outing, and Alcohol

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

dreamshark's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.5

Maybe I have high standards when it comes to teen/YA literature, but I found this not only unbelievable but very John Green-esque (and not even in a good way!). The characters were, for the most part, unlikeable, including the main protagonist. It's clear she suffers from acute depression, but even the author tells her to get over it.

She's saved from contemplating suicide by a boy she likes -- or excuse me, loves, because we are in high school

. There are no adults in the story at all in any meaningful way. All of the main characters also suffer from just straight-up alcoholism which is never addressed. My best way to describe this is fanfiction of Euphoria and Looking for Alaska, but none of the characters are likable or even relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicide, and Alcohol

bored_chloe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

I liked this book a lot. It reminded me of how I felt when I was in high school when I was 14/15 and sometimes in a painful way, and yet, I couldn't stop reading. Like Tori, I was struggling with undiagnosed depression and feeling very apathetic after experiencing a very different kind of trauma and it makes you lash out and hurt people even when you don't mean to.

I felt very seen and heard by this book and I don't think I could have read this when I was experiencing my similarly sad thoughts because even now it kind of makes me sad and emotional to read about it. I didn't love the plot, or the ending much, but I do love how emotional and understood this had made me feel even though I definitely don't feel the same numbing sadness I did when I was younger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

ravenn15's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was not expecting the second half atall the way it escalated was crazy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

marleen02's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I really like Tori. Not necessarily who she is as a person, but the way she is described is just very real. I’m not saying I agree with all her choices, but I understand them. Honestly she is an asshole at times, but you can’t help but feel for her.
I loved the first half of this book, but I felt it was longer than it needed to be, and honestly it felt liked it just dragged on in the second part.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

tetrootz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

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

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💻 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