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Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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cookie_lover's review against another edition

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

4.25


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issabbelle's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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chaneoosthuizen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5


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briely's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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ejj0rd44n123's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.25


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elleceeveee's review against another edition

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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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ttlymental's review against another edition

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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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oliviagarby's review against another edition

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

2.75


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charlie_1313's review against another edition

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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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isabelle_boknert's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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