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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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morgz_06xx's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

maisonmarsiela's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars. the premise was good and i liked the little insights we got into nick and charlie’s relationship, but the writing was not great. the dialogue was awkward, and most of the characters were giving very much jughead jones’s I’m A Weirdo speech. alice oseman’s writing has improved so much since this was published it’s insane

zoe_271's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

3.25

saneyah's review against another edition

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1.0

1.5/5 - genuinely the only redeeming feature of this book was tori and how oseman handled depicting her depression (and even that felt overdone and excessive at times)

solitaire is the 2013 tumblr dream. read on for countless pop culture references that severely age the book by page 2 (everything from “did draco malfoy and harry potter fuck?” to gratuitous explanations on why pride and prejudice is terrible to “did sherlock holmes and john watson fuck?” to at least 4 radiohead references during key scenes) a supporting cast of characters that have exactly one personality trait each, and the most contrived, nonsensical, heathers fanfiction of a plot imaginable

magda_th's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

adelle_bookworm's review against another edition

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5.0

Panebože, tuhle knihu MILUJU.
Tori je sice někdy příšerně otravná (a obzvlášť na konci), ale v téhle knize je všechno. Fakt.
Je to vtipný, protože to je pravda.

Rereading 2023: Scény s Tori v Srdcerváčích mě navnadily na to se k autorčině prvotině po devíti letech vrátit. A jo, teď bych tomu asi dala spíš ty čtyři hvězdičky, ale naprosto chápu, proč jsem to v těch čtrnácti tak milovala, a naopak jsem si tam teď našla úplně jiné věci než tenkrát. Pořád si myslím, že to je skvěle napsané.