A review by mischief_in_the_library
Watch Us Rise by Ellen Hagan, Renée Watson

1.0

I was so keen on this book, the blurb sounded excellent. But I just didn't really get it? They go to a school focused on social justice, where even the science class doesn't actually teach science but discusses social justice aspects of science (which would be a mad interesting class, but also like...not sufficient science education). Do these schools exist? And for a school that focusses on social justice, they seemed really prejudiced. Like moreso than average. I get that was the point the book tried to make but...wouldn't a school focused on social justice actually be keen on activism?

I just felt like I was bashed over the head with raging against the patriarchy and really explicit explanations of why it is bad. Do these characters have other interests? I feel like no. I don't see any. I rarely back down from a fight when a fight is necessary but this book exhausted me with the constant rage.