A review by gardenstparker
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This book is sweet! It's definitely geared towards readers with absolutely no prior knowledge of the topic at hand (riot grrrl feminism), but it gives just enough background for the reader to understand within the context of the story and be able to do more research later.
Only two minor characters were sapphic (girls attracted to girls), and there were no trans girls, which would have been nice to see in a story about adapting 90s-style feminism to the present day
I think slightly more could have been done to address the topic of race, but I appreciate how the white main character recognized her own limited experience without having it spoonfed to her, and the characters of color got to exist without being shoehorned into educator roles (I'm describing what should be a low bar but this book still gets props for clearing it). 
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