A review by jamicuns01
Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale

5.0

I love Holly Smale for letting us into her world. Representation matters and Holly does a beautiful job of it. There is a saying that goes, “when you met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” So there is no way Holly Smale can represent all autistic people (they are not a monolith) but through her loosely autobiographical novel she does a brilliant job of showing us what the world feels like through her eyes and it’s exhausting. It shouldn’t be this way. We need to educate ourselves so that we can be helpers and not obstacle and this book is a brilliant start. I’m so proud of Cassandra and would love a sequel. I’d love to see what she does with her life.