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A review by tamara_reads
Solitaire by Alice Oseman
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.75
I am going to go cry because this book is just too good and definitely called me out too much.
I don't really know if I will ever be able to express how much I love this book and how much it means to me, but this is my humble attempt at doing so.
Content warnings: References to suicide and suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, and eating disorders.
-Characters and the plot:
These characters are written so well. They all had so many dimensions and I absolutely loved how I got to see more parts of them get revealed as I kept reading. Tori is such a great main character who is really deep and I related to her from the beginning of the book.
This is more of a character driven book so the plot wasn't really that visible. Solitaire was really interesting at first and I liked the way Tori was so intent on finding more about them but I though that the way they started wasn't really that good. Like, I love thatLucas started it to make Tori and the rest of the school happy but it wasn't such a great purpose.
“I don’t want people to be worried about me. There’s nothing to worry about. I don’t want people to try and understand why I’m the way I am, because I should be the first person to understand that. And I don’t understand yet. I don’t want people to interfere. I don’t want people in my head, picking out this and that, permanently picking up the broken pieces of me.”
-Pace and writing style:
The pacing of the book is quite fast. It was really easy to go through and made my reading experience 10x better. Although, it was a bit hard to get into the book at first. The writing style of Alice Oseman is really simple and refreshing, I didn't have any problem with it at all.
“There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is their default setting. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner.”
-Other ideas:
This book is definitely a favorite of mine now. It has definitely become a comfort book and I know that I will probably re-read it at every minor inconvenience in my life.
“Nobody is honest, nobody is real. You can't trust anyone or anything. Emotions are humanity's fatal disease. And we're all dying.”
I don't really know if I will ever be able to express how much I love this book and how much it means to me, but this is my humble attempt at doing so.
Content warnings: References to suicide and suicide attempts, suicidal ideation, self-harm, depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, and eating disorders.
-Characters and the plot:
These characters are written so well. They all had so many dimensions and I absolutely loved how I got to see more parts of them get revealed as I kept reading. Tori is such a great main character who is really deep and I related to her from the beginning of the book.
This is more of a character driven book so the plot wasn't really that visible. Solitaire was really interesting at first and I liked the way Tori was so intent on finding more about them but I though that the way they started wasn't really that good. Like, I love that
“I don’t want people to be worried about me. There’s nothing to worry about. I don’t want people to try and understand why I’m the way I am, because I should be the first person to understand that. And I don’t understand yet. I don’t want people to interfere. I don’t want people in my head, picking out this and that, permanently picking up the broken pieces of me.”
-Pace and writing style:
The pacing of the book is quite fast. It was really easy to go through and made my reading experience 10x better. Although, it was a bit hard to get into the book at first. The writing style of Alice Oseman is really simple and refreshing, I didn't have any problem with it at all.
“There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is their default setting. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner.”
-Other ideas:
This book is definitely a favorite of mine now. It has definitely become a comfort book and I know that I will probably re-read it at every minor inconvenience in my life.
“Nobody is honest, nobody is real. You can't trust anyone or anything. Emotions are humanity's fatal disease. And we're all dying.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia