Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

443 reviews

kajoreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

Solitaire is the embodiment of the I’m not like other girls trope, very reminiscent of the ”edgy” side of 2010s tumblr that romanticized mental illness. There’s barely any coherent plot and especially the more action-heavy scenes read like a wattpad fic.

I’m not saying Oseman is a bad writer, just that this book was published way too soon. It would’ve needed at least a few more rounds of edits to be good.

At it’s current state, it’s an authentic representation of the 2010s teenage mindset, but not a fully fleshed out novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Minor: Violence

musicalcows's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, and Self harm

ritzyelephant66's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

whoismiela's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Self harm and Eating disorder

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

markettt99's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

I liked the premise of the story. Tori was a great character- her point of view was interesting. It was a thought provoking read. And a bit nostalgic. There was also a slight mystery to it that I enjoyed. The end didn’t satisfy me personally but  overall I’d recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Bullying, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

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

🫶 Hurt/Comfort

💻 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: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Cursing, and Stalking

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Grief, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Outing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Blood, 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: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, 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: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

nova123's review against another edition

• 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

4.0

really liked the book but also kind of expected it to be better?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Stalking

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: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, and Medical content