Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

127 reviews

bashsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

That was emotionally ravaging. I don't know what I was expecting... I guess maybe something more smoothed-over like Heartstopper? But I'm glad it isn't. I needed this book when I was a teenager. I'm happy kids have it now. 

I've read some of her later work and I can see how she has improved as a writer. But this is a damn good start.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Ableism

itsjusterika's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

secretlybatman4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Eating disorder, Cursing, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

cadybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

leahmaslin's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Homophobia, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

lost_windsock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

What a wild ride. Watching Tori fall apart like that was shocking and something I wasn't really prepared to see in such intensity. Her relationship with Michael was tragic and also lovely, and so complicated. Overall, this story just blew my mind. It was like watching a car wreck, I couldn't look away and there was nothing anyone could do but let it happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

kitywity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Self harm

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Mental illness

my3bb8's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book wow is crazy, it’s actually amazing, one of the best Alice Osman books in my opinion.

In my opinion I think that Lucas making solitaire was definitely predictable and Lucas being in love with Tori and super predictable, I think it would have been better if it was someone else in my opinion.

but that’s really where my complaints end, this book is a very good book but is dark at times. Definitely recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Bullying, and Self harm

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

A lot of Talk about eating disorders, self harm and suicide

alblovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

This has been my favourite Alice Oseman book that I’ve read so far. I think it’s because I relate a lot to Tori Spring and the way she thinks. She’s very self deprecating and pessimistic, and is clearing struggling with her mental health. 
Michael Holden is such a wonderful character, he’s really the only one who notices Tori is struggling but doesn’t push her to open up about her feelings and admit that she’s having a rough time. I really enjoyed watching their friendship grow throughout the book as they’re trying to find out who is behind solitaire - this anonymous group that is pulling “pranks” on the school, but the pranks keep getting bigger and dangerous and the police and school are pretty much doing nothing to stop them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Fire/Fire injury