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Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale

10 reviews

marycage's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, and Emotional abuse

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book will start with me for a long while. Really disliked Will, but I loved all the characters. I was prepared to hate Artemis, but because Cassandra could love her, so did I. While I often dislike the Groundhog Day trope, it worked really well in this case because Cassandra was so well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Alcohol, Infidelity, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Death of parent, and Stalking

hgunsch's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Ableism

h4ppycupcake's review

challenging emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Ableism, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent

heytherekaity's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

oh my gods. this. this is why words are important! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Car accident

leslibellules's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Self harm, and Sexual content

naomi_k's review

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Grief, Bullying, and Ableism

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Death of parent

kirstym25's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Grief

cameronreads's review against another edition

3.5

This book felt like someone aged me up ten years, gave me the power of time travel, and then wrote down every thought I had. This made it feel both incredibly relatable, raw, and realistic, but also at times like I was reading through a list of thoughts I could have had by myself and therefore not always the most enjoyable experience. I think this is partially because whilst it did have time travel elements, they were largely unexplained and just an addition to the main character’s life, leaving it still feeling like a contemporary which is very much not my thing (although obviously a me problem). The writing style was very casual, which made you feel connected to the main character and made it an easy read, but it wasn’t my favourite style, and also I think skewed the pacing sometimes. I would have liked to see a bit more of Cassie dealing with her diagnosis, as she spends the majority of this book unaware of her autism and only realised it near the end. I think coming to terms with it, especially after not having even considered it before, is a really important experience that was left out here. Still, I think this book has amazing autism representation, and you can really tell the author put her heart and soul into it. Cassie was an incredibly relatable and meaningful character to me, and watching her story arc and coming to terms with herself was very powerful. The story arc itself was great too, I loved how the relationships changed and developed

especially the sister relationship. I also love that things didn’t work out with Will - sometimes, as much as you try, you just aren’t compatible with someone, and that’s ok.

. I think I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes contemporary a bit more than me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Ableism

Minor: Car accident, Stalking, Bullying, Sexual content, and Grief

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book. Cassandra is a fantastic MC. I loved the plot and the time travel element was well done and also not *over* done.

I adored the female friendships and thought the secondary characters brought so much to the book.

Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Grief, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcohol, and Gaslighting