![]() ![]() He’s not trying to save her, she doesn’t need to be saved, she needs to see she’s not alone in this world, that people like her exist. He’s angry but that doesn’t he isn’t trying to make Tori happy, really happy, not fake. Michael Holden is the softest boy you will ever meet. Hiding it because people would judge him even more, they would make him feel even more lonely than he is now. Angry at people for thinking him weird and not worthy of their attention and respect when he’s just being himself. Angry at the world for expecting him to be someone he’s not. One day she meets angry boy Michael Holden. Tori Spring was born in a world in which you should smile all the time and answer ‘I’m fine’ to every ‘How are you?’ Tori Spring was born into an extrovert and fake happy world, but why should she bend to the world’s will and be like that as well? This isn’t her. They don’t know that she’s sad 95% of the time but can do nothing about it because this isn’t just her deciding to be sad, this is her experiencing her life. They don’t know how much she actually cares about her brother Charlie, the best person in the entire world, or how the things that happened to him broke her because he’s her little brother and nothing bad should happen to him. They don’t understand what’s going on inside her head. This say she doesn’t try enough to make friends, or to care about anything, and maybe it’s true, it probably is, but they’re not her. And yet people judge her for being like this. Nothing about being sad or introvert is wrong. This is the story of sad & introvert Tori Spring. 16-year-old me wouldn’t have liked it all that much, she would have sympathised with the characters, but she wouldn’t have understood them like 21-year-old me did. This book broke me, I think I’m reading it at the exact right moment in my life. I don’t even think this book was made for happy people, they would dislike it, say everything inside this book is utter bullshit. Just because someone smiles doesn’t mean that they’re happy. I believe this is a book you either love or hate, understand or don't. It makes me very happy to see all this put into words and represented in this wonderful story.Īlthough I disliked a few characters - I did not really understand why the main character even put up with them - and did expect something else from the ending, I just have to give 5 stars. ![]() It deals with all the stuff our generation deals with, especially anxiety, depression and lgbt+ topics. Solitaire is, in general, an extremely relatable YA novel. I couldn't wait to read about all the characters I had already heard of and I instantly fell in love with Nick&Charlie. So when I finally, finally! found it at the library I think I maybe made some loud joyful sound and hugged it.yeah. I've been following Alice Oseman ever since and I desperately wanted to read her novel. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. ![]()
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