Cassandra in Reverse

De: Holly Smale

Narrado por: Kristin Atherton

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
"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)

Couldn’t Finish

After slogging through about 9 hours of this book and endless repetition of the same cringe worthy interactions, I decided that I no longer wanted to know how this book ended. I sympathize with those suffering from OCD and autism, and the difficulty that they may experience interacting with others, I did not feel inclined to experience it myself as a form of entertainment for so many hours. I would like to think that anyone able to time travel would figure out how to make better use of it than trying to keep a man who dumped her.

Such a good book with great narration

This book was funny and heart warming. I don’t know why some people didn’t like it.

Just ok

I read previous reviews that said the main character becomes more likable in the last half. I would disagree. She becomes less mean, but not sympathetic. The story is probably supposed to make her difference more understandable, but instead it paints her in a terrible light. There was nothing surprising and no 'shocking twist.' The most surprising revelation is why the original fallout occurred.
I don't regret reading this book, but will not reread.

Kinda boring

I loved the narrator but the book was underwhelming. Felt like it went in circles for the majority but I stayed hoping it’d get better… it didn’t.

Understanding of people like this character

I really liked this book. The narrator was a little hard to jive with at first but the more I learned about the character I
realized she had the perfect voice for Cassandra. The story had moments of dragging out but it was worth it. Hearing how her mind would work made me more understanding of those going through the same struggles. I also see the beauty of her processing as well.