Charlie comes into my room and asks me what’s wrong. Just as I’m about to tell him, I start crying and it’s not even silent tears this time, it’s proper bawling and I hate myself si much for it that it makes ne literally barricade my face from the air with my arms and cry so hard that I stoo breathing properly
Solitaire is Alice Oseman’s debut novel and it’s really great! I liked it a lot (so far I enjoyed everyone of Oseman’s book).
Oseman’s writing style is not extraordinary, however, it feels so real and honest.
The author understands teenagers and captures them well.
In many situations I could relate to Tori (given that I’m rather a pessimist myself). I liked this representation of sad teenagers, feeling lost and just having this feeling that there is nothing you can do. I think many teenagers have felt/ are feeling exactly the same given the pandemic, climate crisis, war…
I also agree with Oseman that there are many things wrong with our educational system but
***spoiler***
burning down the school?
I don’t know how I feel about that…
Yes, we should improve the school system, think things over, but then again education is a massive privilege.
Maybe I have to reread the last section of the book more carefully to understand Oseman’s point.
Overall, Solitaire is a great novel and I’m looking forward to reading more of Alice Oseman’s work!
