Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

86 reviews

eyescanbecruel'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Blood, and Bullying

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

samcsmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Violence

booknerdz28's review

dark hopeful mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, and Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Cursing

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

n0elle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

annalise_4202's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

juliarose11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

This book felt very flat, which may have been intentional to help portray Tori's depression. However, this led to a flat narrator, one-dimmensional/almost non-existent side characters as a whole, and areas within the book that appear to be missing in order to truly understand the storyline. This combined with the strange plot of

the Solitaire group (particularly the sudden burning down of the school)

made the book hard to really enjoy. Tori at times was relatable and I do appreciate Oseman working to portray mental illness to hopeful bring more awareness to it. However, the lack of really acknowledging the fact that mental health problems are serious and need/deserve support concerns me. I can see how younger audiences could read this book and see the portrayal of mental illness and see it as normal (in the sense that everyone feels this way, so it must not be a problem/deserve attention and help). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bg_oseman_fan's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

I love Alice Oseman’s writing style. This story is not up to the same standard as her subsequent works, but i enjoyed as a glimpse into her evolving style. The mystery isn’t too mysterious, however. Overall a strong book, but in comparison to her other works doesn’t shine as brightly, but it’s still a star!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Violence, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Cursing, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

nellienelson's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Idek what to say but I loved it so much. It portrayed well how (some) teenagers go through school life nowadays and I loved how Tori is portrayed as an ‘unlovable pessimistic character who ended up with someone who - from the outside - seems like the exact opposite. And they end up being the one thing they both need. It’s really well-written and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Self harm, and Homophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Injury/Injury detail