Not Here to Be Liked

"Eliza, the Chinese Vietnamese American heroine of Michelle Quach’s marvelous debut novel, Not Here to Be Liked, has worked tirelessly on Willoughby High School’s Bugle newspaper for years. So when an inexperienced ex-basketball player with tons of charisma walks away with the editor-in-chief position, she’s understandably upset. After her rant about the situation is unintentionally published, Eliza finds herself held up as the Voice of Feminism. But the more she gets to know the handsome and kind “face of the patriarchy,” the more she likes him. Is following through with her activism worth killing their budding relationship? Not Here to Be Liked is a truly excellent book, helmed by two captivating main characters and an author who is not shy about tackling weighty subjects."