Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

127 reviews

nellienelson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

Idek what to say but I loved it so much. It portrayed well how (some) teenagers go through school life nowadays and I loved how Tori is portrayed as an ‘unlovable pessimistic character who ended up with someone who - from the outside - seems like the exact opposite. And they end up being the one thing they both need. It’s really well-written and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Self harm, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Injury/Injury detail

glorytowers05's review

dark emotional reflective 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Bullying

v1l25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

jim_smn's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wouldnt recommend it for people actively struggling with mental illness or easily triggered 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Cursing

ophycore'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

buttermellow's review

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Eating disorder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia

nottheexplorer's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Biphobia, Homophobia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing

pam_'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this novel. The ending was a bit predictable but I didn't mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

grizzlysnack's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

As someone who relates to Tori Spring, and has since been out of high school for a couple years, I felt a truck hit me when I was looking through the eyes of our 16 year-old protagonist.

I do understand the reviews with an opposite rating I’ve given (reading the updated August 2020 edit,) could be from the different edition of text. To those who said it was trying too hard to be edgy and dark, I think they missed the whole point of Tori’s narrated world view. She’s not supposed to be a likable character. You’re not meant to make Tori a role model. You’re meant to see that mental illness can slowly kill you, regardless of how old you are when you start feeling ‘off’ or ‘wrong’. 

Overall I feel Oseman was able to portray mental illness in a realistic way. Distancing yourself from others because it’s easier than explaining what’s going on in your head. Getting bouts of anxiety, anger, and hopelessness seemingly out of nowhere. Even seeing forms of media in a completely different light than your peers.

This story resonated so deeply for me. I hope it does for others as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Eating disorder, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship