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Cassandra in Reverse by Holly Smale
4.0
emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was really cute (although I have SO many questions for the people who tagged this science fiction because then give me those sweet meltdown time travel powers, well, yesterday).

I really appreciated the depiction of an autistic woman and I loved watching the story evolve from the story of her fixing things to the story of finding a way into feeling less broken. It's...basically a love story of an autistic woman learning to love herself.

And I kind of couldn't believe the ending except that, the second I read it, I realized it was very much what it ought to have been.