A review by bored_chloe
Solitaire by Alice Oseman

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

I liked this book a lot. It reminded me of how I felt when I was in high school when I was 14/15 and sometimes in a painful way, and yet, I couldn't stop reading. Like Tori, I was struggling with undiagnosed depression and feeling very apathetic after experiencing a very different kind of trauma and it makes you lash out and hurt people even when you don't mean to.

I felt very seen and heard by this book and I don't think I could have read this when I was experiencing my similarly sad thoughts because even now it kind of makes me sad and emotional to read about it. I didn't love the plot, or the ending much, but I do love how emotional and understood this had made me feel even though I definitely don't feel the same numbing sadness I did when I was younger.
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