Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

30 reviews

saomah5566's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying and Homophobia

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, and Bullying

lavellansembrace's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime and Suicidal thoughts

jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Some parts of this book seemed a little too far-fetched to actually have happened. However, Tori is very clearly an unreliable narrator so that may be the point. There also were a bit too many pop culture references for my liking, but I can very clearly tell that Alice wrote this when she was 17 and that we are the same age. I do like the relationship between Tori and Michael though, and am very glad we got Heartstopper from this book. And okay fine I’ll read Catcher in the Rye and Pride and Prejudice now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Self harm

alana_gf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Bullying

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, and Self harm

aliveandnotlovingit's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i am in love with Alice Oseman.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Homophobia

pointeshoebookworm's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Alcohol, and Bullying

Minor: Hate crime, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

nindie'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

4.75

i started bawling my eyes at the end and i found this book to be relatable in a lot of scenarios, made me even more self-aware about how i feel and my interactions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

pkc's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

Yet another Oseman finished and honestly, she does not disappoint! The resemblance to ‘Catcher in the Rye’ is inescapable, BUT, I would say this has more of ‘Heathers’ than Holden Caulfield. I had a lot of love for the cast of characters (many from Heartstopper) and how their story is examined and expanded upon in this much darker narrative. Tori is such an elegantly executed protagonist. I find performative cynicism so dull most of the time, but Tori has a raison d’etre for her attitude and light is carefully shone on it with enough time taken to let it develop. I can’t wait to read my next Alice Oseman novel. I had one irk about the plot, but it wasn’t enough to detract from my overall feelings about the book, so I shall spoiler tag it below.

I was SO BOTHERED that Becky appeared to stay with Ben and I don’t necessarily think that Tori was wrong in being pissed off, considering that she witnessed Ben’s attack on Charlie. Internalised homophobia is probably a decent thing to look at exploring, so I’d like to maybe see that in the future using these characters. I suppose there wasn’t enough space here or it didn’t fit, but anyway. TL:DR Becky was a bad friend for going back to Ben.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder

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