Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

19 reviews

emilyandthewhippet's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Alcohol, Homophobia, Violence, Bullying, Hate crime, Stalking, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

emfrancess's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

scoutty's review

challenging emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Medical content, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Medical trauma

nikkicheyenne's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Eating disorder and Homophobia

this_is_lee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

This book was so intense. I found it to be extremely insightful and beautiful. Alice has a way of writing that is easy to follow and covers such deep and complex topics. This book was rich with existential thoughts, creative character building, and interesting plot. 
It’s so insane to be that this was the first book Oseman wote!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Gore, Grief, and Eating disorder

muukhom's review

dark emotional funny 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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK i started listening to the audiobook (because I’d just finished heartstopper series and craved more content) and I ended up loving it so much. There’s not a single moment I’m bored! It just keep me interested all the way through! Tori is such a relatable character like normal teenagers especially during the Tumblr era. Personally, I relate to Micheal more but I absolutely adore both of them!

Tori and Micheal’s relationship is so adorable and it makes me feel so happy to see them both finally find someone who can love them! The characters’s mental health is also very sad but it was portrayed really well in the book!

In conclusion, I’d definitely reread/re-listen to it and it’s probably one of my current fav!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol

shushkeepitdown's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

I recently got into reading the heart stopper comics and even watched the show so I thought huh I should read the rest of Alice Osmen's works. This was not what I expected. Heart stopper definitely has its triggers but this was quite not what I expected. I initially didn't like Tori, she felt like an edgy teen who just wanted to hate the world with no other reason than everyone sucks but slowly it felt like looking at a mirror for when I was just her age. Cynical and hateful for everything and then regretting everything after i lost it. This story is not a love story, it's a story about reflection and being alive even if you don't want to. I loved the characters. I hope one day I can meet someone just like Micheal who is willing to be angry with me when I'm an asshole but still willing to pick up my calls and help me when I need them. Overall a story I would definitely suggest you read. A good read, can be a bit confusing sometimes. Also it has characters from other books so it might be a little confusing if you don't read in order but I didn't have that as an issue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Bullying, Eating disorder, Grief, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing and Blood

anaguana's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

Minor: Death

anniereads221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Bullying, Alcohol, Medical content, Violence, and Homophobia

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