Cassandra in Reverse - Holly Smale

Cassandra in Reverse

By Holly Smale

  • Release Date: 2023-06-06
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
4
From 278 Ratings

Description

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK from the author of the GEEK GIRL series, now on NETFLIX! 

"Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she discovers she has the power to go back in time. You'd think you would know how this book is going to end, but it really surprised me. There's a twist at the end that I did not see coming!" —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 Pick)

If you had the power to change the past…where would you start?
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order…until now.
She's just been dumped. She's just been fired. Her local café has run out of banana muffins.
Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.

“A great read-alike for The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore, and The Boys by Katie Hafner.” —Booklist (STARRED)

Reviews

  • Annoyed

    2
    By trdurant
    It was ok. I am annoyed that from like page 10 it was clear that she is neurodivergent in this day and age, I would like to think that we are more educated and that the world around her would have helped her into a diagnosis and help and that as educated as she is, she would have known that she was on the spectrum. I also do not like how they painted her as a super annoying person with all these quirks instead of highlighting some of the amazingness that most people on the spectrum hold.
  • Happy I read this

    5
    By L. Moon
    A unique perspective and a fun story that kept me turning the pages.
  • Overwhelming Main Character

    1
    By DeniReads
    Cassandra, the main character is very overwhelming. Cerebral overload. There is too much going on in the head of the main character and she is completely unrelatable. The story jumps all over the place and it’s exhausting trying to keep up. Having to listen to her melt downs over and over again is too much.
  • Loved it

    5
    By Anonymous205
    This was really really clever and a great read.