Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

34 reviews

v1l25's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Homophobia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

ophycore's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

leahmaslin's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Homophobia, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

raegann4599's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Physical abuse, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

valereads's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Alcohol, Suicide, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, and Self harm

Minor: Bullying and Medical content

valley's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Alice's books always leave me in awe. i think about them for days. they have big impact. she just perfectly describes teenage life and problems. even the serious topics are discussed in a way that helps me feel safe.

i think the characters are made to be relatable and there's not just good or bad, characters show internal conflicts, and they aren't perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

tomoonarmy's review against another edition

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, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

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

injiofthebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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, Eating disorder, Medical content, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

e_reader's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

After reading Heartstopper, I’m trying to get into Alice Oseman’s other books. But this one just didn’t hit as well. I think it was her very first novel that she wrote at like ~18, so it’s pretty impressive for that. 

I liked Tori, I found her very relatable. The mystery of Solitaire was interesting as well, and it made me happy to see her relationship develop with Michael. A pretty quick read, and worth it if you like Oseman’s other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Self harm