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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

483 reviews

elleceeveee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

ttlymental's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

I have found that I love Alice Osemans books. In Solitaire I quickly fell in love with Tori and Michael. Tori is fighting her undiagnosed depression as she feels undeserving of other people worrying about her, while her younger brother made a suicide attempt last Oktober. She also feels like her mother doesn'  like her. But that's okay since she doesn't particularly like her mother either. Her father though is the character who really got me angry and despairing as he actually takes the time to ask about her and then leaves when it becomes obvious that she can't find the words or the nerve or anything to explain herself. He just leaves her alone, huffing, puffing and sighing like his only daughter is a problem in his life, just there to annoy or test him.
Michael on the other hand got this really interesting personality where he just throws himself into her life because he finds her interesting. At the same time, you just don't get to learn much about him because he also seems to fight with stating his own wants and needs. He also got anger issues which could also be undiagnosed IED from his outbursts for all anybody knows.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia

charlie_1313's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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elisabethc01's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

ollieez's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

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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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcohol

abby271's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia and Suicidal thoughts

ghost_smokes's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

aino_maria23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Medical content, Outing, and Alcohol

izzy_mahoney's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Homophobia