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Alice Oseman

Solitaire Kindle Edition

by Alice Oseman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The acclaimed debut novel from Alice Oseman, featuring the characters that inspired the beloved webcomic and graphic novel series Heartstopper – soon to be a major Netflix series.

“The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age” The Times

My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one day I really will have to start talking to people – I had friends. Things were very different, I guess, but that’s all over now.

Now there’s Solitaire. And Michael Holden.

I don’t know what Solitaire are trying to do, and I don’t care about Michael Holden.
I really don’t.

This incredible debut novel by outstanding young author Alice Oseman is perfect for fans of John Green, Rainbow Rowell and all unflinchingly honest writers.

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31 July 2014
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“The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age” The Times

“The most honest and authentic account of modern teenage life that you’ll read this year… outstanding contemporary fiction with appeal to fans of John Green.” The Bookseller

‘A very authentic, teenage voice’ – Sunday Times

“Full of wit, cynicism, sarcasm and humour. This book is relatable yet original at the same time.” Goodreads review

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

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My name is Victoria Spring.
Sometimes I hate people.
This is probably very bad for my mental health.

Tori has friends. She has brothers. She has parents. Sometimes she can be bothered to talk to them. Most of the time, though, she would prefer not to have to deal with other people.

Until the day she follows a trail of Post-its from her locker to a deserted computer lab, where she finds a message from a mysterious group called Solitaire. It's also where she meets Michael Holden. Irrepressibly cheerful, weird, and determined to be her friend, Michael is everything Tori normally hates.

And that's it. That's where it starts.

Soon Solitaire has launched a series of pranks across the school. For once, Tori feels connected, like someone is on her wavelength--making jokes about her favorite movies, blasting her favorite song on repeat over the intercom. Then Solitaire's pranks start to go too far, and no one else seems to be concerned. Tori doesn't like getting involved. But this time, the idea of doing nothing is even worse.

Solitaire is a novel about finding friends, finding yourself, and discovering that one person can change everything.

--The Times (London) --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

ASIN : B00I7K4CLS
Publisher : HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks; edition (31 July 2014)
Language : English
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Thegoangirlreads

Not your usual YA

Reviewed in India on 17 January 2021

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Solitaire was my first read of 2021 and I couldn’t have picked up a better book to begin the year with.
Alice oseman is a genius and the universe she’s created is absolute magic. This book was published much before “Heartstopper”but this story takes place after Charlie & Nick are a couple, in that universe.
This story is not about Nick and Charlie, it’s about Victoria, Charlie’s elder sister.
“This is not a love story” as mentioned on the cover, this is not a lighthearted cliché YA story as one might expect, and is quite dense and intense.
Victoria, Tori, is a 17 year old compulsive pessimist, she has few friends, hates making new friends and is super involved with her blog. One day Tori bumps into a senior, the very peculiar Michael Holden and on the very same day she uncovers solitaire.co.uk, a havoc wrecking website that sets in motion a series of pranks in the school and the town.
The story follows Tori as she navigates school life, domestic issues, looks out for her younger brothers while fighting her own mental and emotional demons.

This book explores the complex minds of teenagers, the mental issues/illnesses/disorders/coping mechanisms that they might be silently or not so silently be dealing with. This book explores how Its not easy being a teenager, and figuring out life and it’s intricacies.
The first part of the book is super fun, light and fast with underlying currents of mental health. The second part gets a tad bit intense and delves into mental illness, it’s implications and the tempo slows down considerably. The story line is predicatable and the plot isn’t spectacular. However, It is inspiring is because Alice managed to write this book when she was merely 17. When you see it from that view point you can’t help but marvel at the complexity of the story and the intricacy of its characters.

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Aishee B

She gets it, Ms Oseman

Reviewed in India on 16 October 2019

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She totally understands the mindset of teens, which is why this book works so well. I absolutely loved Tori Spring. This book is worth a reread.

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Sumaiya

... is not the bubbly and girly type of book like the title suggests

Reviewed in India on 9 June 2016

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This is not the bubbly and girly type of book like the title suggests.It is deep and will leave you wondering. I still haven't decided whether I like it or not. I guess it is because I expected too much.It is a good book but don't expect too much.

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.•Akankshya•°.🌙•.

🏆WON MY HEART 🏆

Reviewed in India on 18 July 2017

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Writing - 5
Characters - 5
Plot - 5
Cover - 4.5
Writing was raw and deep, truly a piece of art. This is one of the best book I ever read.

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Tuba Sayed

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on 4 May 2015

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A perfect ya read.
I genuinely liked the writing style.
I enjoyed it .

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makingoutwithbooks

Michael holden you’re my favorite ❤️

Reviewed in India on 17 October 2019

3.5/5
~Well all i’ve got to say about this book is.......it did betray me.
~the first part of the book was soo good, i stayed up all night reading it & i was totally into this book.
~like literally it did have potential to become one of my favorites but the ending was kinda unsatisfying to me & there was a lot of chaos in part two.
~the best part of this book was Michael Holden......i absolutely adored his character, he’s like my favorite fictional character of the year. he’s so mysterious & different, one of a kind !!!!
~alice oseman writing is wonderful as always & all her books are so relatable to me including this book !!!!
~here’s the thing the book dealt with complex themes like anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self harm, high school issues.
~I love the book totally but as i said part two did really messed it all.
~so there’s Tori spring our main character & she’s so confused when this weird boy, michael holden, enters into her life (again this is not a love story but kinda.....cute). and there’s solitaire ( a mysterious group run by some unknown students or maybe one ) who started to create annoyance & irritation by their pranks at school everyday.........and it’s bothering everyone !!!! including tori.
~As i said michael did save this book totally for me......i loved him so much & he’s so relatable, i don’t think so i’ll ever stop talking about him.
~it was really a good read though, just pick this book atleast for michael holden(5/5 ⭐️ to him ) lol.

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Raw and beautiful

Reviewed in India on 24 December 2017

This book stole my heart in the first chapter . I saw it as a mixture of two books namely Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and Made You Up based on the similarity of the lead male charectors . The writing was raw amd beautiful . It was not some cliché chick flick or a dramatic sadistic type of book but rather somewhere in the middle . I read the book in 5 hours straight . It gets better and better as you ascend forwrd .
Its about a girl named Victoria Springs who prefers to be called Tori . She's in her Year 12 and she is close to her brother , Charlie and his boyfriend , Nick . One dy out of no where a guy named Micheal Holden comes in her life and so does a primary school bestie , Lucas . And so the books goes on with their friendship and later grow relationship (was that not obvious) .
I give this book 4 stars only because of the somewhat predictable plot , but i also have to give the author credit for being original at the same time .

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impana halgeri

A really well thought out book with a great quotes. The writer is brutally honest and doesn't ...

Reviewed in India on 2 January 2017

A really well thought out book with a great quotes. The writer is brutally honest and doesn't gloss over real issues like depression and eating disorders. Unlike so many YA books she doesn't romanticize mental illness but potrays it as an actual serious problem. An excellent read that will really make you question the way you live your life especially if you're a pessimistic introvert.

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Bookloverkate

Great read with something for everyone

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2019

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I really connected with our protagonist; Tori. She is really introverted, doesn’t have a lot of energy and she doesn’t have a whole load of friends. She explains that she doesn’t really know where her place is at school, despite feeling pretty ordinary, which really spoke to me. I also loved that Tori only drinks diet lemonade throughout the book as I pretty much survive off Pepsi Max. She also manages to explain how I feel about talking on the phone, which was fun to see.

“I hate the phone. It’s the worst invention in the history of the world because, if you don’t talk, nothing happens. You can’t get by with simply listening and nodding your head in all the right places. You have to talk. You have no option.”

Tori is a very relatable character, not just for me, but for anyone who is or has been a teenager. Especially if you have ever felt like an outsider. She is a blogger and introvert which is something a lot of readers can relate too. However if this isn’t you, there is Michael who (outwardly, and at first) seems so cheery and positive. He was a wonderful character and friend. I really liked his personality. He grows throughout the book and we learn so much more about him and how he keeps a lot inside, which is a lot of peoples coping mechanism. Also, he could well have been bi or ace or any sexuality at all but he refuses to label his sexuality as he doesn’t see why he has to and that’s a really interesting choice.

There is wonderful rep in this book, not many labels are used so I can’t specify with confidence, however I’m pretty sure I spotted depression, anxiety and definitely homosexuality. Specifically, Tori’s brother has really struggled with his mental health and we watch as Tori herself slowly realises she might be struggling too. We see how her mental health effects her relationships with everyone and how they cannot possibly know what is going on inside her head. She tells everyone she’s fine because that is what is expected from her. Tori’s relationship with her parents played a minimal role in the book and I would have found it interesting to explore that more and see how it affected Tori’s mental health.

Whilst I generally enjoy plot driven books and find less enjoyment in the character development, with Solitaire, I was all in for the characters and only mildly interested in the actual plot. I wanted to know who was behind Solitaire, however, I felt the “pranks” they were pulling off were unrealistic which took me out of it slightly. They were dramatic and added an element of mystery to the book, but I feel like the real meat of the story had nothing to do with Solitaire.

Overall, I think this was a wonderful read with something for everyone that tackled a bunch of really tough topics really well.

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Anamelia Regan (EldritchFae)

Really enjoyed this!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2020

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I really liked that Tori honestly felt like a teenager who was really struggling with her mental health problems, but was trying to almost convince herself she was fine. She pushed away her friends, couldn't focus on anything but scrolling through her blog, and started messing up at school, too. I was never as mean as Tori was while my depression was undiagnosed and untreated (at least, I hope I wasn't) but honestly, depression is difficult and not everyone experiences it the same way, and having Tori reflect some aspects of depression I never see in media was what really made this book for me. Tori isn't always likeable, and she doesn't like herself. She struggles with self loathing, which then turns to hating the people around her (or just feeling totally numb) and making awful jokes with gallows humour to get herself through. It's not a good way to cope, but honestly a lot of coping mechanisms you develop for yourself (especially as a teen) aren't good.

I loved Tori's relationship with Charlie. They love each other so much but they're both really struggling. You can't always help someone else when you don't know how to deal with yourself, and that's a difficult thing to learn. Tori sees some signs Charlie isn't ok (and he sees them in her) but doesn't want to believe he isn't ok. It's heart breaking but also realistic.
I think its also important that this book showed that recovery isn't linear, you can still have bad periods while in therapy (as Charlie is) and it doesn't mean that you've failed. You're still worthy and loveable. I saw a parts of my teen self in both Tori and Charlie, and also in their school lives.

For me this book has such a focus on the characters, and so, I can definitely see why people wouldn't like it, because Tori would be hard to connect to if you didn't understand why she is the way she is. But for me, this book really made me cry and my teenage self would really have appreciated this book, and the lessons in it. Sometimes you just need to reach out to someone. They won't fix you, but they can try and help you fix yourself. Also sometimes it's easier to make yourself do something for another person. Again, not the best/healthiest coping mechanism, but I have done it a LOT in my life, and I finally realised I should be doing it for me, it just took a while.

Solitaire were really a secondary plot point for me, as I figured out who it was and why they were doing it early on but that didn't make it less interesting. It was intriguing watching Tori's experience of the pranks, seeing her learn how to feel something, and care about what was happening around her
There was a lot of development in her character done through parallels to Solitaire's actions so I enjoyed reading about them.

I had a very personal reading of this book, and so a lot of moments hit me quite hard. There's suicidal thoughts/feelings/actions, self harm, an eating disorder and bullying. They were hard to read about, and I cried multiple times reading this book. It wasn't an easy read and I can understand why Solitaire might not work for other people, but this felt personal and important to me. I'm not saying it 5 Stars because I didn't agree with everything in the book, and Tori was judgemental and sometimes awful - I know it's her character but still! But I really loved this book, and I have read it during a difficult patch, and connected to it on so many levels. I'm looking forward to reading more of Oseman's work, as this and Heartstopper have been a definitely hit for me!

Sarah

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 August 2019

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I found this book very interesting, i first met Tori in the heart stopper volumes, i i thought she was great. When i read this book i realised there is more to Tori than I originally thought. My first thoughts of Tori in this book was wow she is kinda depressing, however, to realise that she actually has many layers and and just wants to be herself, not many people understand that like the other characters within the book, however, there are a select few that understand, like Micheal. I can say that overall I found this book interesting.

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W H Brown

... view of the world and on this evidence it's pretty much the same as when I grew up in ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 April 2016

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This was an enjoyable insight into a modern teenager's view of the world and on this evidence it's pretty much the same as when I grew up in the 80s - despondency, confusion and inexplicable bouts of full-on depression for little or no apparent reason! In this sense, it was strangely comforting to know that the youth of today are not so different after all.

The proliferation of social media throughout the book is well handled, as you would expect from such a young author and the writing style is straightforward but with a maturity that is also impressive in a writer of such a young age.

The story itself is quite slender and not overplotted but this only adds to the realism of the story. But these types of first person story stand or fall on whether or not you want to spend time with the main protagonist and in this case I did: Tori Spring is a very likeable protagonist and though her sometimes inexplicable bad moods can sometimes become a bit repetitive, this is exactly what being a teenager suffering from angst is like!

So, on the whole, this was an interesting, realistic and enjoyable read, if a little middle of the road for my tastes, but this could be a reflection of the YA nature of the book itself. But if you want an intriguing story about teenagers that's not filled with graphic violence and bad language but has a warm, relatable heart, then this could be for you.

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Jumbled debut novel, expect good things to come

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2019

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This was a surprisingly slow read for me, possibly because I wasn’t enjoying it all that much. It felt like Oseman was trying to pack too much into one novel, and the sort of love triangle didn’t work for me. Tori’s character was almost hyper realistic which found her hard to follow.
I think Oseman’s writing was great, but the central character and her relationships didn’t quite ring true. She was too much of a stereotype trying not to be one.
I think Oseman’s books will probably improve as she writes more so I’d be interested to read a later novel of hers

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