Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

6 reviews

pandapuffs's review

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder

_honora_'s review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is not a book you read for a happy ending. I think based off the the blurb alone you should have an idea of what you are getting into. However for people still craving the writing and style of a TJR book this may be for you. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide and Rape

avabudavari's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, Cancer, Abortion, and Animal death

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

thespinystacks's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I definitely think this was overhyped, maybe if I read it earlier it would have felt more appropriately hyped.

What I enjoyed about this story was that I could remember my love and passion for the female pop groups of the late 90s and early 00s. Because of this, it was easy to think of the realities given in the book. I felt it easy to think of the challenges of the group navigating their new found fame. 

I found with the constant jump in timelines as well as character POV made it hard for me to connect with the book. I definitely became emotional in the epilogue, but up until that point things felt very disjointed and not really building the foundation I think it intended to. 

All in all, it’s an interesting read about the inner workings of a female pop group, but I don’t know that I’ll think much about Cassidy in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and Violence

stevie's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Violence