Reviews

Rules for Being a Girl by Katie Cotugno, Candace Bushnell

audiobookingwithleah's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Try this if you like… 

• contemporary YA
• feminist vibes
• fighting back against sexual harassment from a teacher
• he said/she said
• with a splash of light romance

"Rules for Being a Girl" is a book that explores the implicit societal rules imposed on girls, presenting a realistic yet hopeful narrative. It stands out for its excellent writing, compelling characters, and powerful message.
 

• The narration by Julia Whelan was perfect.
• Ratings score ⬗ 8.64/10

rebecanunez's review against another edition

5.0

Divertido, ágil y sobre todo relevante. Creo que toda joven debería leerlo. Lo comencé y no paré hasta el final. Me sentí identificada como seguro le va a ocurrir a todas, ya que he pasado por una situación así y me sentí así. Creo que los personajes se sostienen bien, me vi venir por un momento a la sorpresa del final, pero porque desafortunadamente esto pasa en la realidad. Lo más importante creo que es transmitir a las demás que nosotras también pasamos por eso, que no están solas y sobre todo, que les creemos!

simonizzys's review against another edition

4.0

moxie but actually good

girliekatie's review against another edition

5.0

Loved, loved, loved this book! Such an important message, yet so sweet. I can't imagine what I'd do if it was me... It got me thinking a lot. And I must express that I'd have loved to have a feminist book club at my school!

kvreadsandrecs's review against another edition

5.0

I did not expect to read this all in one sitting. Every time I read one of Katie’s books, I just think to myself: gosh dang I wish it were longer. I need to know more. I want to know more.

Anyway. Badass main character. Swoon worthy love interest. Lots of drama. What a win!

astralinkwell's review against another edition

emotional informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

rahaelo's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

chetakwa's review against another edition

inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

jullebullerulle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

very relateble and eye opening, would recommend anyone to read this !!

melholmes's review against another edition

3.0

Now there's nothing inherently wrong about this book, but one think just bugged me about it: It was just too easy.

It felt like the author just collected all feminist manifestos she could find on the internet (all valid ofc) and then tried to put them all at once in a fictional empowering book. And really, no quote from @feminist gets left out.
I feel like this book would have been just so much more interesting if instead of straight up telling you its message every second page, showed you different feminist ideas trough for example character development. If the character basically gets their lesson of the story by page 20 and writes a whole article on it, there's not much to interpret there.