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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It's easy to say this is not a love story.

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emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this book will definitely always have a special place in my heart. i find Tori to be a convincing main character; i went into this book having read a few reviews and expected myself to like Tori a lot less than i did. i find her personality so specifically relatable even as i enter my mid-twenties.  throughout Solitaire, Oseman writes scenery and description with poise. there are some select scenes so vividly written, i fear they're burned into my mind. similar to Tori, i was confused by Michael in the beginning but he absolutely grew on me. the mystery of "who is Solitaire?" is something i loved playing a part of, though i wished to see more of it in the first half.

spoilers:
the
becky
redemption arc goes crazy. i don't think i loved how
lucas
was
kind of forgiven
by the end? unsure how i felt. 

overall a sweet story of friendship and how relationships are defined by the people in it, as well as the anxious teenager's struggles of feeling different accompanied by mental illness. not my most eloquent review but i really liked this book <3

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dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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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

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emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think I would have loved this book more if I read it when I was 15. It took me back to when I was a teenager and even though I don’t miss it I do think reading this validated some parts of me.

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funny reflective relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is certainly a Y/A read--- from the pacing to the inner dialogue of Tori. Her character just hit me at the perfectly right time in my life, but but in any other instance, I would've found her repetitive and maybe even annoying. Plus, the end felt unrealistic and crazy (which I guess is the point?) but did not leave me satisfied.

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dark emotional funny 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

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