Reviews - Not Here to Be Liked

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Not Here to Be Liked

Michelle Quach

3.71 AVERAGE

donnavanblaire's review against another edition

3.75

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

celinecra's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted 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: No

Some parts of this were a bit cringey but overall a very cute story. I can see how this would be really good to have read when I was a teenager

senna_k's review against another edition

4.0

accidentally stayed up until past 4am finishing this im so tired but one of the best ya contemporaries I've read in a while! the feminism was a little too girlboss for me at times but i liked the discussions about intersectionality and girl on girl hate/name calling and overall good and realistic teen discussions/actions

hkeogh13's review against another edition

4.0

I do love a bit of YA fiction every now and again.

This is a high school story about Eliza, a hardworking, ambitious girl who works for the school paper and really wants to be the paper's editor in chief. The plan is foiled by Len, a character who you slowly get to know during the course of the story.

The book is full of feminism, drama and interesting thinking points. The main character is brilliant- I love her ambition, the fact she doesn't care about a lot of superficial things and her authenticity.

emkleinhenz's review against another edition

4.0

This book is a strong 3.5. I absolutely love the premise of the book. The main character love the school newspaper that she works at. She is really good at it and tries to inspire others to be good as well. When she tries out for the editor in chief position, she looses to a way less qualified boy who seems to not really care about the newspaper. This sparks some serious discussions about feminism in the entire school. The girl then tries to get back her rightfully deserved position and leads feminist protests. This is very similar to Moxie.

I love how the book discusses various ways to be a feminist. The book also discusses how even women who call themselves feminists can have sexist and misogynistic views. I also love that the main character is prickly. She is knows what she wants and is not afraid to tell people.

I do have some issues with the book. The love interest was not really that great. I wish they did not make the one guy a symbol of the patriarchy(in reality it is not just one guy). I also wish that the book would have had a bigger discussion on how the patriarchy affects everybody.

With that being said, I think this is a good book to offer people who are just starting to understand feminism.

iaraiaredaze's review against another edition

3.0

Se eu tivesse lido nos meus 15 anos eu teria adorado. mas eu não tenho mais 15 anos e, em nenhum momento, a obra de fato conversou comigo. eu fui sedenta porque a pauta do feminismo discutida na obra me chamou a atenção, mas por ser algo mais adolescente, garotas que estão descobrindo agora sobre o que é ser feminista, a discussão acontece, durante 90% do tempo, num plano muito superficial. tem todo um discurso em torno de vilanizar os homens (não me entenda mal, também acho homens culpados na maioria das vezes), mas sinto que faltou algo sobre como o patriarcado não é culpa exclusivamente de um indivíduo, e sim de todo um sistema que inclusive prejudica homens que não se encaixam no padrão estabelecido. além disso, cai naquilo de meninas x meninos por boa parte da história, o que me deixou de saco cheio. parece um grande mousse de militância do falecido twitter. de todos os personagens, os únicos que eu realmente me apeguei foi o doug, uma criança e o len, que supostamente é o vilão. sério. mas o romance é bonitinho.

tallyvauthor's review against another edition

3.0

I am totally not calling this a romance because no. I have a hard time getting into books that deal with misogyny since it makes me so angry but I loved Eliza, sometimes she went about stuff in the wrong way but I think that's a perfect portrayal of a teenager trying her best. Because of the way that she is portrayed, you can't really hold anything against her. She was completely right to be angry about the EOC position and the stupid bot had no right to it and he kinda made me mad throughout the entire series. He was like the "good boy" but I hated him. He refused to actually see things from her side and tried to get a rise out of her because flirting? no thank you. Go away. All in all, I can't say this book was amazing but it wasn't bad either. It is very teenybopper but it's not a bad book when it comes to feminism.