Cassandra in Reverse: A Reese's Book Club Pick

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The mystery woman, Diana, set the story on a whole new course that I was not expecting. After Cassandra's reconciliation with her, the storyline with Will is completely altered. At first, I was extremely annoyed. After all, wasn't this book partially a romance? Now it wasn't feeling like one so much. Then the more I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that maybe there was a reason she and Will keep having issues in every alternate reality she creates. As sweet as he is, perhaps they really are too different, and she was wrong about fate. She can keep altering it, but in the end, things will eventually realign in the way they were meant to go. Different journey, same results. So I adjusted my thinking about her new projected ending. This is all about her deciding not to time travel anymore because she finally accepts herself for who she is, differences and all. Except...she starts making mistakes again with Diana, time traveling again to fix it (after declaring that she won't anymore), and then deciding to contradict everything she claimed to have learned and start COMPLETELY over again. If you had the power to change the past, like Cassandra, what moments or decisions would you be tempted to alter? How do you think these changes might impact your life and the lives of those around you? If you give the power of time travel to a woman who eats banana muffins ever day, for three decades, you can’t go expecting her to be someone else with it” Find this title with Libby, the award-winning and much-loved app for local libraries, by OverDrive.

Next, I didn't understand how the concept of time travel worked in this novel: Cassandra just closes her eyes? Like me, she would struggle with human connection and communication; she would find relationships difficult, emotions confusing and her environment sensorily overwhelming,” the author continued. “Like me, she would be considered ‘weird’ and frequently ‘unlikeable’ and would struggle to find her place in a world that held her permanently at arms’ length.”

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I’d tell you my boss’s name and give him a brief description, but judging by this conversation, he isn’t going to be a promi­nent character for much longer. That’s essentially what Will told me this morning too. I don’t know why they’re both under the impression I must have seen the end coming when I very much did not. Anytime I see a new book pop up with a time travel theme, I'm automatically excited to read it. I'm a bit obsessed with time travel, and frankly, there isn't enough out there to whet my voracious appetite for it. Let me start off by saying that Cassandra in Reverse started off with a bang.It is the first book for adult readers by Smale, who is best known for her Geek Girl series of young adult novels. Perhaps it was my mood. Other readers who also enjoy Greek mythology, neurodivergent characters, time travel/speculative fiction, just ignore my review. I should have looked at the average rating of this book though before I tried it. It’s not horrible but it’s not as good as most books I read and should not have tried to read it. Many readers loved/liked it but it wasn’t for me. Disappointing because it had a tremendous amount of potential. Discuss the portrayal of relationships in the novel, both romantic and platonic. How do they evolve and change as Cassandra manipulates time? What insights does the book offer about the complexities of human connections?

It’s a productivity triumph. They should fire people for fun­damental personality flaws more often. I've read more novels with this premise last year than the year before and I know I'll see more novels with this narrative this year.Cassandra in Reverse is an enjoyable and quirky read about a young woman named Cassandra who struggles with fitting in. Her debut children’s book, Geek Girl, became a sensation, selling 3.4 million copies in 30 languages and winning the Waterstones YA Book Prize. It’s now in development with Netflix. Diagnosed with autism and dyspraxia at 39, Holly advocates for neurodiversity. What I loved most was the mysterious detour it leads Cassandra on—one with a surprising twist and a much bigger purpose than she intended. The utterly heartfelt, vulnerable moments along the way made my heart so full. I enjoy speculative fiction and time travel. I loved the movie Groundhog Day and loved the premise of this book.