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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
i actually think it was so embarrassing that cassandra traveled back in time MULTIPLE times all for man …
3.5 rounded up bc i think the ending is more thought provoking than i can comprehend right now
3.5 stars rounded up. This is a combination time-travel rom com novel. Neuro-divergent Cassandra has just had one of the worst days of her life. She has lost her job and her boyfriend in the same day. She has received a perfumed letter which she discards without reading. And her roommates want her to move out. She melts down. As she wakes up, things are different. She has gone back in time, and she vows this time, she won’t make the same mistakes. The format was just a little repetitive for me. Too many back and forths. The ending wrapped things up nicely as Cassandra realizes she is okay just as she is.
Five stars until the very end of the book
what a dumb ending
what a dumb ending
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I finished it like an idiot.
I was disappointed by the end.
Time travel was trivial and pointless.
I was disappointed by the end.
Time travel was trivial and pointless.
3.5!
I liked this one more than expected, it could've been so much better but I understand the author's vision
I liked this one more than expected, it could've been so much better but I understand the author's vision
I honestly had no idea what to expect when I jumped into this one and I ended up loving it! I found myself listening everywhere I could and I walked around the grocery store with a huge smile on my face as I was towards the end.
Cassandra isn’t understood by anyone around her, but she doesn’t understand them either, so she lives life in mutual confusion. When she loses the job she hates and the boyfriend she loves less than 24 hours apart, she has a slight meltdown in which she discovers she can travel back in time. She decides to go back in time until she can set things right in all aspects of her life.
While I ultimately loved this book, it took some time to get into it. I found myself wondering if this was meant to be a romcom because the narrator didn’t have any comedic tone in her narration. As things continued, though, I realized she was reading this is Cassandra’s voice perfectly.
I normally don’t like books that are realistic with fantasy thrown in, but the time travel worked perfectly in this scenario. My daughter is neurodivergent, and I believe I am as well, so having a neurodivergent protagonist was a breath of fresh air. Watching Cassandra navigate her life with all of the ups and downs and going back to change a situation based on what she now knew was brilliant. This is the first book of Holly Smale’s that I’ve read, but it certainly won’t be the last!
Cassandra isn’t understood by anyone around her, but she doesn’t understand them either, so she lives life in mutual confusion. When she loses the job she hates and the boyfriend she loves less than 24 hours apart, she has a slight meltdown in which she discovers she can travel back in time. She decides to go back in time until she can set things right in all aspects of her life.
While I ultimately loved this book, it took some time to get into it. I found myself wondering if this was meant to be a romcom because the narrator didn’t have any comedic tone in her narration. As things continued, though, I realized she was reading this is Cassandra’s voice perfectly.
I normally don’t like books that are realistic with fantasy thrown in, but the time travel worked perfectly in this scenario. My daughter is neurodivergent, and I believe I am as well, so having a neurodivergent protagonist was a breath of fresh air. Watching Cassandra navigate her life with all of the ups and downs and going back to change a situation based on what she now knew was brilliant. This is the first book of Holly Smale’s that I’ve read, but it certainly won’t be the last!
I really wanted to like this one. The concept is fun and interesting - time travel, learning important lessons as you go back in time for another do-over. But the execution was mediocre at best. I didn’t have any connection to the characters, the big “reveal” at the end is obvious from the first chapter, and the sister dynamic wasn’t explained well enough for the forgiveness to make sense.