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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

264 reviews

yasidiaz's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Solitaire explores Tori Spring dealing with undiagnosed depression after her brother Charlie Spring had to leave for treatment the year previous, and how a new mystery at school turns her life around.

This is a much heavier book than Heartstopper, and despite still expecting that, it still caught me off guard. I still enjoyed the book, but it also made me ache as it reminded me so much about my own struggles around that age and my own undiagnosed depression. The only difference is that while Tori didn’t want to accept that something was going on with her, I knew something was going on with me but most people didn’t believe me. 

It’s not my favorite book from Alice Oseman, and it has a couple of flaws, but it was still a nice read, especially seeing Nick and Charlie from the point of view of Tori was interesting. I think the main drawback from this book is that it is clear that this is Alice's first book and they still hadn’t developed their current writing style. From what I read she published this while still a teenager, and while the book is still well-written when you consider that, it doesn’t have the same growth and perspective as her most recent work. 

As noted by the edition I read, this is nothing like Heartstopper. It’s dark, it’s sad, and it gets heavy easily. So if what you liked the most about Heartstopper is how lighthearted and hopeful it is, this might not be right in your alley. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Violence

Minor: Misogyny

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

codingclownofficial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Outing

mollymadworld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

This felt like an accurate look into a teenager as they fall into a depressive spiral and the effects of that on their life. It was very down to earth and it was beautifully written, my heart ached for the main character and their struggle as well as the challenges to the other people around them.

One of the best coming of age novels that I have read in a very long time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Violence

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

_pauline's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

danilo_syrtis's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

kmurph2391's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

pawprintedpages's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide attempt

emmastdennis's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail