A review by snowhitereads
Solitaire by Alice Oseman

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

2.5

 

As you all probably know by now, I absolutely love the Heartstopper series. I particularly love Tori, the sister of Heartstopper's main character, Charlie, so I knew I had to pick this one up

The book focuses on Tori Spring, who is an extremely pessimistic teenager and hates just about everything. Although I love Tori in Heartstopper, I did find her frustrating in this book.

Though Heartstopper features the same characters, this book felt so completely different in terms of tone and character personalities that it might as well have been an entirely different series. 

Even though this book is very easy to read, unfortunately the plot and character development felt underdeveloped and confusing, very surface level.

The ending was abrupt and left me feeling confused at what I had just read. I don't know what to think about this book. 

It’s important to note that there should be so many trigger warnings surrounding this book. There are a lot of dark things that are addressed, such as eating disorders, self-harm and depression.Besides that, there are constant HP references which drove me crazy.

Overall, it's not terrible, but you can definitely tell this is a debut by a 17 year old.

 
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