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Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker

22 reviews

swansreina's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I’m just like Cassandra fr (gay, grad student, mentally ill).

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raeaxela's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wonderfully tight prose, unhinged man hater main character, and a perfect balance of themes that had me both laughing and hurting the whole way through. Cassie chaotic evil that I will protect with my life actually !

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booksillremember's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was... excellent. Thank you to BookTuber Sophia Reads Books for the recommendation.

I'm not sure why this book doesn't get more praise. It's brilliantly written, witty, funny, dark and full of love. A beautiful study on mental health, identity, family dynamics, and love. There are so many layers to the writing, so much intertextuality, but you don't need to get any of the 'fancy' references to get the characters. The characters are all very intellectual, yet somehow, they don't come off as pretentious - because they genuinely love philosophical discourse and classical music, and don't just use them as status symbols. The main character is sympathetic and selfish, charming and delightfully obnoxious. And I love that the conflict doesn't rely on 'childhood trauma' for once. This is a loving, flawed and clearly Neurodivergent-coded family.

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gaylandtoo's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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sygritte's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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rorycallais's review against another edition

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dark funny tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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nixmixus's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

To love and be loved, to live and let live are never assured things no matter how much biology or circumstance try to engender these experiences. Cassandra is not a wholly relatable character but her struggle, her identity and ultimately her own salvation makes the book such an engaging read. The afterword by Deborah Eisenberg may be one of my favorite things I’ve read this year.

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