A review by mariahcervelli
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.25

The plot I read before I actually read the book was gratifying. When I opened the first page I wanted to know how far it was going to get into those topics, there was small tangents and tid bits mostly from cassidy, and there was some depth to it, I just don’t think there was a ton of depth for any of the other gloss girls pov’s in the book. This book is the unraveling of Cassidy holmes so i think it showed it well. But, with the alongside of the other Pov’s I didn’t really like the some of the gloss girls if you think about their actions throughout the book. Rose had some secrets and they were unexpected but her development as a character never really hit, she was still the same until the last few chapters. Back to Cassies death. The real question is how exactly did she die? and another question is Why was the ending that? I honestly didn’t like the ending, the book didn’t tell me how she committed it just gave us hints at her depression which isn’t bad i just thought the entire premise of the book was about that. I felt super bad for Cassie and she made mistakes along the way but she was honestly trying her best. I wish they touched base with Cassie’s sexuality and her relationship she had (no spoilers) rather than it be constant denying. I didn’t care for Merry’s daughter and she honestly was kind of a bad person regardless of the information she was looking for and there was no big discoveries in the entire book. But I actually enjoyed hearing about her in her gloss days and sometimes it was super entertaining! This isn’t a bad review I just had the wrong expectations! 
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