This Winter by Alice Oseman

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This Winter
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Author(s) Alice Oseman
Published November 5, 2015
Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books
Genre(s) Contemporary
Age group Young Adult


This Winter by Alice Oseman is a young adult contemporary novella, originally published on November 5, 2015. It is book 0.5 in the Solitaire series.

Trigger Warnings

Author-Provided Warnings

The book contains the following warning at the beginning:

This book contains discussions of mental illness, including descriptions of disordered eating, references to self-harm, and ignorant view regarding mental illness. Please read safely and responsibly.

Additionally, the following content warnings are listed on the author's website:

THIS WINTER is a story about mental illness that includes very frank and frequent discussions of mental illness. Please read safely and responsibly.

  • Eating disorder - discussion and behaviour
  • Depression - discussion and behaviour
  • References to past self-harm, including a major self-harm relapse
  • References to time spent at a psychiatric ward
  • Ignorant views regarding mental illness

Additional Trigger Warnings

  • Ableism (including internalized)
  • Attempted suicide (mentioned, past)
  • Biphobia (discussed)
  • Psychiatric hospital (discussed)

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Depression (main characters)
  • Gay main character
  • Anxiety (main character)
  • Bisexual love interest

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