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The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

4 reviews

louiepotterbook's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexism, Racism, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

readbycarina's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Addiction, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Car accident

jackieyvette's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I read it because I wanted a book that was similar to Daisy Jones & the Six and this one was listed everywhere as something in the same realm. I loved the premise idea, early 2000s pop girl groups are my favorite, but I think this book was just too slow. I felt like it took getting through more than half the book to really get anything of interest. I like Cassidy and Merry’s storylines, but I feel like Rose and Yumi’s fell flat which sucked because I actually really like the idea of Yumi, but Rose was just unlikeable from beginning to end. 
I wouldn’t say it’s really anything like DJ&TS other than it being the music industry, but maybe I would have liked it more if I would have found it as a stand alone book and not a similarity between the two. 


Crying Score: None, but Cassidy and Merry had me for a minute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Abortion, Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Car accident, Grief, Outing, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death

ktdakotareads's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship