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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

168 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

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☀️ 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

iconicavocado's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

So unlike Heartstopper but so good still. Really liked Tori's perspective and the slow unfolding of everything going on with her and the main plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

sophie42's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

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

3amonline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Stalking and Toxic friendship

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

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

delz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Going into this 260 page book I thought this will be a quick read. ABSOLUTELY NOT! Tori Spring, who is Charlie Spring’s older sister is a depressed teenager. She is self loathing, and many time’s self destructive with thoughts of self harm. She becomes obsessed with the mystery of Solitaire, a mysterious person/persons terrorizing the school. As Tori’s friend, Michael points out, though all the the “pranks” relate back to her. Tori is fumbling through her life, not sleeping, worrying about solitaire and messing up her relationships with friends and the one boy, Michael who seems genuinely to care about her. This is the ultimate angst filled ya novel, written at the time by an actual teenager. Alice Oseman definitely knew what she was doing though and the characters  come across real and sympathetic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, and Alcohol