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....that was SO GOOD. just finished this book and it's left me feeling a bit teary-eyed and hopeful and all around astounded. Went into this without thinking much of it and left it feeling utterly delighted. I loved our main character Marin, and grew to adore the friends she makes along the way. but ultimately i loved how self-aware Marin was of how little she knew of feminism at the beginning of the book and how much she's hoping to learn. Now I would just like a Gray of my own to come to my feminist book club and be the book club dad
I LOVE THIS BOOK!! It's so important, everybody should read this
3.5 stars
Rules for Being a Girl was a short, sharp feminist novel about a girl navigating the expectations, constraints and rules society puts upon women whilst fighting to make her voice heard.
Plot: 4/5
Characters: 3.5/5
Writing: 3.5/5
Marin was a top student and co-editor of the school newspaper along with her best friend, Chloe. Everyone, including her, admired their interesting and charismatic English teacher, Mr Beckett (or 'Bex') but that all changed until he tried to kiss Marin. There were so many red flags and I could painfully see how he had gradually manipulated her. Marin was horrified- she trusted him and thought he valued her for her skill as a student. What angered her more was that it felt like there was nothing she could do, her school suggesting she was to blame or that she misread the situation, when what he did was wrong. This triggered her to write an article in her school newspaper titled, 'Rules for Being a Girl' expressing outrage at a world where girls are scrutinised and dismissed.
Over the course of the book, Marin's eyes gradually opened to the casual sexism all around her and she started to talk about it and fight back against it. With the help of another teacher she started a feminist book club (my favourite aspect of this book) giving her a place to meet like-minded people and start conversations about intersectional feminism. The book was also rife with feminist book recommendations for example, Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay and We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I wished we got to learn more about Marin and see smaller details and nuances to her character. But I did love the strong support network around her from her parents to her friends from the book club that gave her the strength to speak out for herself and for others. Her friend Chloe represented how sometimes people can be dismissed by those closest to them which was also important.
It was a short, simple read better suited to younger end of the YA audience. Whilst the straightforward style was perfect for getting the message across it felt a bit too simplistic for me at times but I would still say Rules for Being a Girl is a worthwhile, thought provoking read.
Thank you to My Kinda Book for providing me with a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Rules for Being a Girl was a short, sharp feminist novel about a girl navigating the expectations, constraints and rules society puts upon women whilst fighting to make her voice heard.
Plot: 4/5
Characters: 3.5/5
Writing: 3.5/5
Marin was a top student and co-editor of the school newspaper along with her best friend, Chloe. Everyone, including her, admired their interesting and charismatic English teacher, Mr Beckett (or 'Bex') but that all changed until he tried to kiss Marin. There were so many red flags and I could painfully see how he had gradually manipulated her. Marin was horrified- she trusted him and thought he valued her for her skill as a student. What angered her more was that it felt like there was nothing she could do, her school suggesting she was to blame or that she misread the situation, when what he did was wrong. This triggered her to write an article in her school newspaper titled, 'Rules for Being a Girl' expressing outrage at a world where girls are scrutinised and dismissed.
Over the course of the book, Marin's eyes gradually opened to the casual sexism all around her and she started to talk about it and fight back against it. With the help of another teacher she started a feminist book club (my favourite aspect of this book) giving her a place to meet like-minded people and start conversations about intersectional feminism. The book was also rife with feminist book recommendations for example, Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay and We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I wished we got to learn more about Marin and see smaller details and nuances to her character. But I did love the strong support network around her from her parents to her friends from the book club that gave her the strength to speak out for herself and for others. Her friend Chloe represented how sometimes people can be dismissed by those closest to them which was also important.
It was a short, simple read better suited to younger end of the YA audience. Whilst the straightforward style was perfect for getting the message across it felt a bit too simplistic for me at times but I would still say Rules for Being a Girl is a worthwhile, thought provoking read.
Thank you to My Kinda Book for providing me with a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
من مدت‌هاست مثل قبل فرصت یانگ ادالت خوندن ندارم اما هر از گاهی برای بالانس کردن ذهنم و رها شدن از مشکلات بزرگسالی میام سراغش.
این کتاب از اون دسته داستانایی بود که واقعا از خوندنش لذت بردم.
داستان یه دختر سال آخر دبیرستانی که یکی از معلماش می‌خواد ازش سوءاستفاده کنه، و دختر قبل از اینکه کار از کار بگذره خودشو عقب می‌کشه. اما دبیر که از عواقب این اتفاق می‌ترسه شروع می‌کنه به هر نحوی دختر رو در چشم بقیه بی‌اعتبار کردن، طوری که دختر داستان با خودش فکر می‌کنه نکنه من اشتباه کرده بودم، نکنه اشتباه برداشت کردم؟ اما یه جایی به ابن نتیجه می‌رسه که شک کردن به خودش غلطه و مقابله می‌کنه.
این کتاب از اون دسته داستانایی بود که واقعا از خوندنش لذت بردم.
داستان یه دختر سال آخر دبیرستانی که یکی از معلماش می‌خواد ازش سوءاستفاده کنه، و دختر قبل از اینکه کار از کار بگذره خودشو عقب می‌کشه. اما دبیر که از عواقب این اتفاق می‌ترسه شروع می‌کنه به هر نحوی دختر رو در چشم بقیه بی‌اعتبار کردن، طوری که دختر داستان با خودش فکر می‌کنه نکنه من اشتباه کرده بودم، نکنه اشتباه برداشت کردم؟ اما یه جایی به ابن نتیجه می‌رسه که شک کردن به خودش غلطه و مقابله می‌کنه.
A quick-paced YA novel about sexism and feminism. It reminded me of being a teenager and learning about all the stupid, unjust things in the world. It doesn't delve too deeply into any topics, but it touches on a lot of things that girls will be familiar with, so it would be a good primer sort of book for young teenage girls looking for something to relate to.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Finally some good fucking food. I love YA feminist contemp novels so much and this little baddie right here is a prime example. This one doesn't go as hard as some others I've read, like [b:The Nowhere Girls|28096541|The Nowhere Girls|Amy Reed|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1507458184l/28096541._SY75_.jpg|48100738] but it still slaps.
Rules for Being a Girl is about a girl named Marin who is in high school. She's a star student and editor of the school paper, with dreams of going to Brown University. Marin's charismatic English teacher, Mr Beckett, admires her writing and likes to talk books with her. When he takes it too far one day and makes a move on her, Marin is shocked and horrified, thinking it was somehow her fault. When she tells the school administration what happened, they don't believe her and she still has to go to his class but now he has an ax to grind. Marin isn't going to back down and decides to fight back using the school paper and starts a feminist book club.
This book did everything right for me honestly. It feels very similar to [b:Moxie|33163378|Moxie|Jennifer Mathieu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494950979l/33163378._SY75_.jpg|46824140] but that wasn't a problem for me because I still enjoyed the heck out of it. After Marin's creepy teacher tries to take advantage of her (after some classic grooming techniques that were creepy as hell to read), she opens her eyes into feminism and starts to fight back against the casual sexism from her boyfriend and people at school.
These kinds of books make me so mad but it's a good mad I guess?? I just know I want to fight creepy gross men and punch the patriarchy and sexism in the face so there's that.I mean I always do but this just gets me extra ready to fight.
I loved Marin's feminist book club and thought, dang thanks for the recs. The support system of all her friends (minus her best friend) and family was pure. I liked Marin and I loved how she stood up for herself and was tired of taking all this shit. The way we see how she was groomed and manipulated by her teacher was icky and I felt so sorry for her. She does do some things I didn't agree with but she's a teenage girl going through it so I understood. A creepy grown ass man tries to ruin her life because he's a sick fuck and if I had a car I wouldn't HESITATE but anyway.
Marin also meets a boy named Gray who has a terrible reputation but I'm weak as hell and this romance was so sweet and adorable I wanted to cry. It gets pretty rocky and I didn't exactly need a romance in this book but I really liked it.
If you liked [b:Moxie|33163378|Moxie|Jennifer Mathieu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494950979l/33163378._SY75_.jpg|46824140] or any others like it, treat yo self to another.
Rules for Being a Girl is about a girl named Marin who is in high school. She's a star student and editor of the school paper, with dreams of going to Brown University. Marin's charismatic English teacher, Mr Beckett, admires her writing and likes to talk books with her. When he takes it too far one day and makes a move on her, Marin is shocked and horrified, thinking it was somehow her fault. When she tells the school administration what happened, they don't believe her and she still has to go to his class but now he has an ax to grind. Marin isn't going to back down and decides to fight back using the school paper and starts a feminist book club.
This book did everything right for me honestly. It feels very similar to [b:Moxie|33163378|Moxie|Jennifer Mathieu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494950979l/33163378._SY75_.jpg|46824140] but that wasn't a problem for me because I still enjoyed the heck out of it. After Marin's creepy teacher tries to take advantage of her (after some classic grooming techniques that were creepy as hell to read), she opens her eyes into feminism and starts to fight back against the casual sexism from her boyfriend and people at school.
These kinds of books make me so mad but it's a good mad I guess?? I just know I want to fight creepy gross men and punch the patriarchy and sexism in the face so there's that.
I loved Marin's feminist book club and thought, dang thanks for the recs. The support system of all her friends (minus her best friend) and family was pure. I liked Marin and I loved how she stood up for herself and was tired of taking all this shit. The way we see how she was groomed and manipulated by her teacher was icky and I felt so sorry for her. She does do some things I didn't agree with but she's a teenage girl going through it so I understood. A creepy grown ass man tries to ruin her life because he's a sick fuck and if I had a car I wouldn't HESITATE but anyway.
Marin also meets a boy named Gray who has a terrible reputation but I'm weak as hell and this romance was so sweet and adorable I wanted to cry. It gets pretty rocky and I didn't exactly need a romance in this book but I really liked it.
If you liked [b:Moxie|33163378|Moxie|Jennifer Mathieu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1494950979l/33163378._SY75_.jpg|46824140] or any others like it, treat yo self to another.