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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

483 reviews

24carrotgay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-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

this was my second read, and it broke my heart all over again. as always, i love alice oseman’s theme of mental illness not having a quick fix.

tori is deeply depressed, and i sincerely relate to the apathy and the sadness that she experiences. i appreciate that her journey throughout this book doesn’t end with her being “better” but she’s more okay than she was at the beginning.

tori and michael’s friendship is one of my favorite dynamics in possibly all literature. this book is hard and beautiful, sometimes funny and hopeful. however, what i appreciate most about solitaire is that it’s real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia and Self harm

brittknee52's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

cecilielaugesen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I really like Tori. Not necessarily who she is as a person, but the way she is described is just very real. I’m not saying I agree with all her choices, but I understand them. Honestly she is an asshole at times, but you can’t help but feel for her.
I loved the first half of this book, but I felt it was longer than it needed to be, and honestly it felt liked it just dragged on in the second part.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Alcohol

tetrootz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

kajoreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

Solitaire is the embodiment of the I’m not like other girls trope, very reminiscent of the ”edgy” side of 2010s tumblr that romanticized mental illness. There’s barely any coherent plot and especially the more action-heavy scenes read like a wattpad fic.

I’m not saying Oseman is a bad writer, just that this book was published way too soon. It would’ve needed at least a few more rounds of edits to be good.

At it’s current state, it’s an authentic representation of the 2010s teenage mindset, but not a fully fleshed out novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Violence

musicalcows's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, and Violence

whoismiela's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

fanboyriot's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

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💻 Anonymous Blog

☀️ Grumpy x Sunshine 

I don’t think there is ever going to be a book I dislike from Alice Oseman.  This book was fantastic.  Tori Spring has always been a favorite character of mine and her book was amazing.

This book dealt with a lot of heavy topics but it was written so nicely.  Tori dealing with undiagnosed depression, her complicated relationship with her mother, her brother’s mental health, the odd age of figuring life out only to find she doesn’t care about anything.

The asexual rep in this was lovely and I liked how the relationship with Tori and Michael was written.  This whole book was just so lovely in a hurt/comfort way.

Spice Level: n/a

Release Date: 02, May 2023

POV: First Person

Rep: Asexual (MC), Pansexual (SC), Gay (SC), Bisexual (SC), LGBTQIA+ characters, Depression 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Alcohol

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

So unlike Heartstopper but so good still. Really liked Tori's perspective and the slow unfolding of everything going on with her and the main plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

goobergio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail