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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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missemmacrabtree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a great book for what it was. It was difficult for me to read because my former self related so heavily to a lot of the dark thoughts and negative self image. (Not that I’m perfectly healthy now, but certainly not as bad as I used to be.) This book should definitely come with trigger warnings, but it is nice to read about someone else feeling similar things and somehow still getting through it.

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jstone0729's review

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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ginsbi's review

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dark fast-paced

2.5

Maybe I have high standards when it comes to teen/YA literature, but I found this not only unbelievable but very John Green-esque (and not even in a good way!). The characters were, for the most part, unlikeable, including the main protagonist. It's clear she suffers from acute depression, but even the author tells her to get over it.

She's saved from contemplating suicide by a boy she likes -- or excuse me, loves, because we are in high school

. There are no adults in the story at all in any meaningful way. All of the main characters also suffer from just straight-up alcoholism which is never addressed. My best way to describe this is fanfiction of Euphoria and Looking for Alaska, but none of the characters are likable or even relatable.

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froggybooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

i would have eaten this the fuck up in sixth form and this would have destroyed me :’)

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bored_chloe's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

I liked this book a lot. It reminded me of how I felt when I was in high school when I was 14/15 and sometimes in a painful way, and yet, I couldn't stop reading. Like Tori, I was struggling with undiagnosed depression and feeling very apathetic after experiencing a very different kind of trauma and it makes you lash out and hurt people even when you don't mean to.

I felt very seen and heard by this book and I don't think I could have read this when I was experiencing my similarly sad thoughts because even now it kind of makes me sad and emotional to read about it. I didn't love the plot, or the ending much, but I do love how emotional and understood this had made me feel even though I definitely don't feel the same numbing sadness I did when I was younger.

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