This book is about a teenager named Tori Spring and her experience going through her last year of high school. She has never been very good with people and recently her brother has been going through some mental health problems. She feels as though all the people around her are lacking individuality and she fears that she will never truly belong. Throughout this story, she learns more about what it truly means to belong and how important it is to find people who accept you for who you are. Tori is very pessimistic about the future and people. There is also the problem of Solitaire for which the book is named after. This student-built group leads teenagers at Higgs High School into trouble starting with photoshopping the principal's face to Yoda and playing music on a loop over the school's loudspeaker but quickly escalates to having a huge crowd of people hurt. Through all this chaos Tori can find two salvations, Charlie(her brother), and Michel, a boy she met while on a mission to find out more about Solitaire. Michel teaches her about people and helps her to connect to students. He gives her a bit of hope for the future and society.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved how it was from the perspective of Tori because I felt that I could connect with her a lot. I also enjoyed the writing style because I felt as though the writer was really able to write this book truly as if it were from a teenager's perspective. I loved how this book not only focused on Solitaire but also on all the other troubles that students may have to deal with on top of school. I also really enjoyed how Michel was able to bring a little light into her life and show her that just because she might not be good with people and school doesn’t mean that she can’t have a wonderful happy life.
Overall, I thought this book was beautifully written and would recommend it to anyone who would like to read about a unique perspective of what it means to truly belong and search for your identity.
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