Only to realise that there’s no specific textbook definition for it. I really admire Michelle Quach for including all the patriarchal ideas and microaggressions in an easy flowing writing style.ĭespite the warning of “this book contains an unlikeable female character” I loved following Eliza’s journey in addressing the school’s sexist history head on and how she questions what it really means to be a feminist. She has her uncertainties, she makes mistakes. She isn’t perfect by any means, Not Here To Be Liked very aptly incorporates the process of learning and unlearning, realising in a teen’s life through conversations with people around her. I grinned so wide at her girlboss moments. She doesn’t care what others think of her, one quality I desperately wish I had, she’s driven, she knows what she’s worth and she wants to be acknowledged for it. feminist contemporary with an “unlikeable” heroineĪs the title suggests, Eliza is not here to be liked. I don’t know if my review will do justice to the book but here we go. What follows is the start of a feminist movement in her school, questioning the sexist behaviour prevalent. And she’s the perfect choice, until Len, the ex baseball star runs against her and wins. Not Here To Be Liked is the YA contemporary I needed! It follows Eliza Quan the hard-working managing director of her school’s newspaper running for the post of editor-in-chief. First of all, can we talk about the covers!!! Both of them have such beautiful art, I was immediately drawn in.
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