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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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booknerdz28's review against another edition

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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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delz's review against another edition

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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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jennylo's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I came to this from Heartstopper, and it's different to the beautiful, heart warming loveliness of that bubble. Slightly darker, though I understand the re-release was edited to remove some even darker aspects.
I didn't connect with Tori. I was hoping she'd be a strong female lead, but she seemed oblivious to what was going on around her until it was pointed out by other (male) characters. Yes, she "doesn't care", but she's also written as very clever, so how did she miss these things?
I still enjoyed it, and read it very quickly. I think I more enjoyed it as getting some other back ground to what's happening in Heartstopper.

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odette_tbdk's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

Esperé tanto para leer a Tori y ya lo hice. Me tardé en escribir esta review, pero es que me hirió tanto este libro, ouch.

El personaje de Tori ya me parecía relatable y muy interesante desde que leí Heartstopper. Aquí tenemos una narradora oscura y con mucho sarcasmo y humor negro al estilo de Daria. Entiendo si hay personas a las que les disgustó o les desagradó su personaje, pero a mi me parece brillante.

Michael es todo lo que está bien, empieza siendo un chico torpe y completamente opuesto a Tori, pero esconde mucho más de lo que aparenta,

Todo el misterio sobre Solitario fue INCREÍBLE. La resolución quizás no estuvo tan épica, pero no creo que fuera eso a lo que Alice quería llegar. Es un gran misterio que como audiencia tenemos que resolver y aunque Tori no se quiera involucrar, termina estándolo más de lo que debería.

El final me hizo llorar mares de lo tan representada que me sentí. Es inexplicable el amor y el odio (por hacerme sufrir) que tengo por este libro. LEÁNLO.

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captainoliimar's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

I really enjoyed other Alice Oseman books so I dove into this one expecting the same thing. Unfortunately I didn't click with this one the same way I have with others. I struggled to connect fully with Tori, even though I like her character in other books. It kinda just felt like she was existing in different places for the whole book and never fully engaged with the plot herself. I also unfortunately found Michael quite awkward and irritating. Something about the way he barged in to the meal just felt quite icky to me and I think that overshadowed his other appearances.

Characters: 6/10
Atmosphere: 7/10
Writing: 4/10
Plot: 5/10
Intrigue: 4/10
Logic: 6/10
Enjoyment: 5/10

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theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

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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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asurasantosha's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

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virtualvoid's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
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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frqnc22's review

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

don’t have the words right now, but can’t leave this empty: i feel that alice’s books speak right to my soul. as if my brain can’t even comprehend what happens, but i feel it.

needless to say, i love solitaire, even if it’s a bit messy and all over the place, this is how tori’s mind is. i love seeing the world through her eyes, and i love to see her navigate it and work on her relationships and do better. i cried at the end, and mostly because charlie showed up. their relationship means so much to me, just two people who love each other, but feel like they’re failing each other and that’s the last thing they want.

don’t even get me started on michael and how much love i have for this dork and his spontaneous personality. the world isn’t fair to these characters, they’re sometimes not fair to each other, people are unfair, but maybe that’s not always true, kinda depends on your perspective. you’re not alone, there are people who feel just what you feel, and there are people that are gonna stick by your side because they care. might be hard to believe, but you’re worth it, and tori tries to see that.

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