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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

143 reviews

tomoonarmy's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

wallflovver's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

i had a really lovely time reading this!

i finished it very quickly, and i enjoyed the prose here much more than i did when reading nick and charlie! 

i actually really liked tori's inner voice, and found myself getting very attached to her - she reminds me of my depressed teenage self, including the internationalised misogyny lol.. i think perhaps it could be hard to swallow as an adult if u don't take into account alice oseman's age at the time of writing and the year itself. its so of its time, 2014 sad girl tumblr era is extremely nostalgic for me despite my severe mental illness at the time.. 

every time i put down this book, i wanted to go back to it as soon as possible

as well as tori, i loved michael.. yeah, i just wanted to see them grow and heal, which i think the ending points towards! they're both characters i know from the heartstopper comics, but it was so lovely to see more of them both! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia

zomerhanna's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

asexualandriod's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, and Violence

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

a mix between Heathers and Catcher in the Rye

apparently this book came out before Heartstopper and was slightly adjusted and republished after it. It follows Tori Spring, Charlie’s older sister, set during Vol 4 of Heartstopper. There are quite a few nick and charlie moments which are cute 

This books heavily deals with mental health issues. The main character is an unreliable narrator due to her mental health issues and is extremely depressed and su*cidal. Charlie also has a relapse in this book.

The plot itself is absolutely bonkers. It had a mystery revolving around an entity that is organizing dangerous pranks at school but it also follows Tori as she slowly builds and breaks relationships and navigates her mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

colorful_lulu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

Tori Spring is depressed but no one knows. She’s suicidal and hates everything.

I lowkey kinda relate to her at the beginning where she was on the level of not okay. I love how realistic Tori’s relationship with Charlie is. They aren't super affectionate with each other, but Tori loves Charlie and we know it. The love for her brother is like how I love my own brother. 

Michael is honestly weird but he’s also good for Tori. Oh and he hates himself. Although Becky betrayed Tori, she’s also really good for her. 

I hated the parents. In heartstopper, they didn’t notice Charlie not eating normally or at all. In Solitaire the mom verbally expresses that she doesn’t care about Tori and her dad uses “teenagers” as an excuse for being herself. I found Charlie avoiding Tori a little out of character.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

chaoswithmj's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Biphobia, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Self harm

potterpav's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

i read the heartstopper volumes before reading this and never really had much of an opinion on tori spring, but now i can happily say if the sun was going in her eyes i would shoot the sun just so she could see again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

schivakumaran's review

challenging dark hopeful 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

3.75

It's not one of Alice osemans best works however it's understandable. This book is slightly glum and weird feeling as if you don't really have the full picture of what tori is mentally going through. The glumness and the ambiguity is perfect to tell a story of a girl who is depressed and feels outside herself and those around her. It reminded me of when I was younger and was numb to all emotions beyond belief at a certain point. I loved her friendship with Becky. I somewhat like Michael and Lucas. I guess the strong part of this book was the characterisation of the main people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

lenabooks334's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing