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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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_pauline's review against another edition

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3.5

while I didn’t enjoy the actual solitaire-storyline that much, I just love tori & having an entire book focused on her character. also- alice wrote this at 17??

edit:
1. I think you have to somewhat relate to this book in order to like it
2. (re)reading the quotes in some of the reviews makes me think I should give this a higher rating
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danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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kmurph2391's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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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pawprintedpages's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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emmastdennis's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

AHHHH I LOVE THIS BOOK IT WAS SO GOOD TORI AND MICHAEL ARE SO CUTE THEYRE SUCH JEGULUS VARIENTS!!! THIS MADE ME SAD AND CRY AND SMILE I LOVE MICHAEL SM I WANT A BOOK ON HIM CAN WE HAVE MORE MICHAEL AND TORI PLS
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readingqueerly's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

Normally by the end I start forming my opinion and what I wanna say about the book. But I have to be honest, I have no clue here. I don't think I get it? Like it wasn't bad. I enjoyed it. It read quite fast, but I feel like whatever message it was trying to send just fell flat for me. 
I get Tori is deeply depressed, as was I when I was a teenager, but damn she is also kind of awful to the people around her. The self hatred is relateable, the low energy, even the picking apart of (groups of) people (tho this screams ND to me, but that's neither here nor there). But the way she talks about people, even those she's supposedly friends with is kind of terrible.
The plot was a little too chaotic for me to follow. I think the mix of plot focus with character focused story felt a bit awkward to me. Having read some Alice Oseman books before, it's not her best if you ask me.
Also spoilers here I guess, but tbh I would have liked it better if they had stayed just friends. To me there was little romantic chemistry. I don't know if this was a choice of the auther themselves, or if her publisher/editor asked for this, but I think it felt forced. 
Anyways.
The ending was nice though. I do think Tori evolves and realises that it's not ok to act and think the way she is doing. But fucking hell man, the start of this book really made me dislike her. 
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zwielichtzwerg's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad fast-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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planner5002's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

This book was slow at first, but I’m glad I stuck with it. 
The charachters were the best part, so I wish there would’ve been less focus on the blog, but overall I really enjoyed a lot of this book. 
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samcsmith's review against another edition

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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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kim_lommaert's review against another edition

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

2.5

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