Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Solitaire by Alice Oseman

532 reviews

_fathimanourin1234_'s review against another edition

5.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia

gsillars's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm

Minor: Homophobia

rory_john14's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail

emaline_109's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia

lsetzler's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective 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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Beautifully drawn main character Tori is a complicated character.  On the surface, she is just another depressed teenager, but the story adds layers and shades and sides of her that give the sense of a fully human character.  Complex isn't a bad thing in the hand of Alice Oseman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Violence, Alcohol

Like many teenagers, Tori's journey is a rough path. But there is hope in this story. There are bumps along the way, some are serious, some are less so. But Alice Oseman makes the reader feel like they are walking with Tori and in the end we are hoping she finds what she needs out of life.

pinked's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

sal_the_cat's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence

Minor: Alcohol

hanhantap's review against another edition

2.5

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder

Minor: Homophobia

charmarie's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

samugranjo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Teenage me would have loved this book. I still enjoyed it a lot. Its weak part is mostly the ending, and the writing is not a masterpiece. But the characters feel real and raw and incredibly lovable amidst their flaws.

Now, in honour of Tori's blog fever I am gonna finish this review with some emotionally vunerability.
I am going through a depressive episode and it was nice to have something that meant enough for me to go around a bookstore looking for the physical copy, while not stopping the audiobook because I just had to know what happened next. I see myself in Michael in a way younger me would not, and relate to Charlie in ways my younger self was not ready to admit.
Also, the relationship between Michael and Tori was something I wish I had read at a younger age, when I lacked the vocabulary to understand why no matter how many people i dated nothing clicked. I can't take back the choices made along the way trying to yield the assexual feelings away, but I can appreciate how far I have come.
I don't think my mental health will ever stop being something I struggle with, but I also know that things are constantly changing. Just as the bad times keep coming back, so do the goods, and sometimes all you can do is reach out to a friend and just exist. Without any pressures to be happy but also without forgetting that you won't fight depression away from standing in the same place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol