Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

23 reviews

sunset_sweet27's review

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Self harm

Yes I know the warning are a lot but it’s still a good book. If you like heartstoper you would love to see his sister POV of things she had to go though

kajoreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

Solitaire is the embodiment of the I’m not like other girls trope, very reminiscent of the ”edgy” side of 2010s tumblr that romanticized mental illness. There’s barely any coherent plot and especially the more action-heavy scenes read like a wattpad fic.

I’m not saying Oseman is a bad writer, just that this book was published way too soon. It would’ve needed at least a few more rounds of edits to be good.

At it’s current state, it’s an authentic representation of the 2010s teenage mindset, but not a fully fleshed out novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia

Minor: Violence

codingclownofficial's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, Violence, Homophobia, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Outing

odette_tbdk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Esperé tanto para leer a Tori y ya lo hice. Me tardé en escribir esta review, pero es que me hirió tanto este libro, ouch.

El personaje de Tori ya me parecía relatable y muy interesante desde que leí Heartstopper. Aquí tenemos una narradora oscura y con mucho sarcasmo y humor negro al estilo de Daria. Entiendo si hay personas a las que les disgustó o les desagradó su personaje, pero a mi me parece brillante.

Michael es todo lo que está bien, empieza siendo un chico torpe y completamente opuesto a Tori, pero esconde mucho más de lo que aparenta,

Todo el misterio sobre Solitario fue INCREÍBLE. La resolución quizás no estuvo tan épica, pero no creo que fuera eso a lo que Alice quería llegar. Es un gran misterio que como audiencia tenemos que resolver y aunque Tori no se quiera involucrar, termina estándolo más de lo que debería.

El final me hizo llorar mares de lo tan representada que me sentí. Es inexplicable el amor y el odio (por hacerme sufrir) que tengo por este libro. LEÁNLO.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Minor: Outing, Addiction, Alcohol, and Homophobia

theashtree's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Toxic relationship

wakeywakeymeggsnbakey's review

dark emotional funny 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

3.75

took me a while to get into and wasn’t a book i could sit down and read all day long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Outing, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

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

chr_luisa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

theespressoedition's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Eating disorder

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment

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