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Six Angry Girls

Adrienne Kisner

3.91 · Rating details · 837 ratings · 266 reviews

A story of mock trial, feminism, and the inherent power found in a pair of knitting needles.

Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs.

Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Moc ...more

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Nov 10, 2019 Kai marked it as to-read

Shelves: queer, feminist-as-fuck, to-buy

these six angry girls and this one angry guy aka me will get along splendidly, that's for sure ...more

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Apr 03, 2020 Jasmine from How Useful It Is rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult, from-publisher, lgbt

This book is a fantastic read! I like how Millie stays positive by saying her daily affirmative lines. Knitting group! Love it. I used to go to one and made some great friends but stopped going because I had to move. I really missed it now that I'm reading about knitting group again. Knitting activism is pretty cool in this story! Mock Trial is cool as well and it's my first time learning about it reading this book. My high school never had anything like this. I like Raina's realization about ho This book is a fantastic read! I like how Millie stays positive by saying her daily affirmative lines. Knitting group! Love it. I used to go to one and made some great friends but stopped going because I had to move. I really missed it now that I'm reading about knitting group again. Knitting activism is pretty cool in this story! Mock Trial is cool as well and it's my first time learning about it reading this book. My high school never had anything like this. I like Raina's realization about how her boyfriend kept her back from experiencing more. Definitely great advice for teens.

 This book is told in the first person point of view following Raina, high school senior as she talks about performing in a play and feeling angry when Brandon, her boyfriend of 5 years who dumped her out of nowhere. The alternating view is Emilia aka Millie, 18. She's upset because the boys got together to come up with a new topic for Mock Trial without including her. Now she's unprepared and basically got kicked out. With the suggestion of Raina, Millie decided to form her own Mock Trial team. Between love, mock trial and drama, the girls discovered something in themselves when they have the freedom to lead. This book is organized by date, beginning January and ends in September in a lawsuit style.

 Six Angry Girls is well written and a fast paced read! I enjoyed the humor and how the story is easy to read. I love the awkward moments of crushing on someone and the beginning of dating. They are so cute. This book is very diverse where the characters and their family are same sex dating/married. How quaint that the author bring up Rachel Maddow in this book where that news reporter was her focus for her debut. (See link above for my review). One supporting character irritates me is Millie's dad. The librarian is too awesome! Love how the girls defend themselves from the guys. I recommend everyone to read this book!

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Jul 29, 2020 Mimi rated it it was amazing

"Let's go be angry. Or motivated. But triumphant, either way."

GIRLS GET SHIT DONE. ...more

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Nov 09, 2019 nadia | notabookshelf marked it as to-read

Shelves: ya, library

"smash patriarchy in the process" is the one single phrase that makes me feel so conflicted on the inside that i start to burn and ache to read any version of the narrative that claims to be doing this, i'm READY ...more

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Aug 22, 2020 cameron rated it it was ok

This is definitely one of those books that lean more towards the “grrl power” and “smash the patriarchy” trendy side of feminism rather than being something that is meaningful to feminism in the long run. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, there’s a place to talk about the smaller ways men can bring women down, but I do wish this book covered more. This is a very simplistic and silly view of feminism. I don’t want to sound like I’m bashing knitting activism, it’s just I don’t think knitting a g This is definitely one of those books that lean more towards the “grrl power” and “smash the patriarchy” trendy side of feminism rather than being something that is meaningful to feminism in the long run. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, there’s a place to talk about the smaller ways men can bring women down, but I do wish this book covered more. This is a very simplistic and silly view of feminism. I don’t want to sound like I’m bashing knitting activism, it’s just I don’t think knitting a giant vagina is what takes down the patriarchy.

Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a servant, and the all-boy Mock Trial team votes her out, even after she spent the last three years helping to build its success. Raina inspires Millie to start a rival team where the two join together with four other angry girls to not only take on Mock Trial, but to smash the patriarchy in the process.

For the first few chapters of this book I actually didn’t read all the mess at the beginning of each chapter, so I didn’t realize this book had two perspectives. Here’s the thing, I read chapters of this book think Millie was the main character I was reading from and nothing confused me about it. The only time I realized it wasn’t her was when Raina’s chapter said “Millie” and I checked and saw that it was an alternating perspective story. That’s not good. These characters have almost interchangeable voices. I had to remind myself who I was reading from each chapter.

The knitting plot didn’t really go anywhere. These characters connect through knitting, which was a fun hobby to read about in Young Adult, and you think the knitting activism might be meaningful for a little bit, but then it gets almost dropped by the story. The Mock Trial and knitting was supposed to be balanced, but it felt like both were underdeveloped. I didn’t find any of the trials interesting to read about except maybe the last one. Maybe I could have found the story more exciting if Raina and Millie’s perspectives switched more often, but the book lingered on each one for too long at a time.

Lastly, I want to warn people about the ace rep. I feel like a lot of readers, especially ace readers, have hyped themselves up for this book having ace rep, but I have to say it wasn’t the best. The ace character doesn’t even use the word “asexual,” and instead the book describes it as “not liking sex.” It’s just very vague and could easily pass by as the character not being ace. There’s also an implication that only ace people could feel fulfilled in a relationship together. I feel like I sound like I hate this book because I don’t have anything positive to say except for the feminist message, I just felt like this was an average book. ...more

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Jun 20, 2020 Bethany rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq

Oh my goodness this is just so good! All the happy, inclusive, girl power feels about taking down toxic masculinity and intolerance, plus it's laugh out loud funny. I definitely recommend giving this one a look.

Raina is excited about her senior year in drama, when her long-time boyfriend suddenly dumps her for someone else and she starts to rethink all her plans. Millie is dedicated to the mock trial team, but then the boys dump her despite her hard work, and at home her father basically treats Oh my goodness this is just so good! All the happy, inclusive, girl power feels about taking down toxic masculinity and intolerance, plus it's laugh out loud funny. I definitely recommend giving this one a look.

Raina is excited about her senior year in drama, when her long-time boyfriend suddenly dumps her for someone else and she starts to rethink all her plans. Millie is dedicated to the mock trial team, but then the boys dump her despite her hard work, and at home her father basically treats her like a servant. The two girls end up working together to build an all-girl mock trial team while also getting involved their feminist and politically active local yarn and knitting store.

The team ends up as a very diverse group including a Black writer and rock climber with a broken leg, a transgirl looking for a fresh start at a new school, and two girls on the asexual spectrum who end up with a bit of a romance. This book offers ways to be an activist against hate and misogyny, offers a powerful discussion of what it does and doesn't mean to be a girl, and uncovers systemic microagressions that are often faced. There are definitely bad actors, but the message is one of standing up and taking down patriarchy and toxic masculinity. Even if that means knitting vaginas as a means of political protest. (seriously, some of the knitting protest was kind of hilarious)

I also liked that the adults in this book are a mixed bag with some good, some bad, and some merely human. There are great parents and horrible parents, some great teachers, some oblivious ones, and a pretty misogynistic one. It doesn't feel like a monolith. Do be aware that this includes characters saying things about "traditional values" both in reference to a mock trial case about hate speech, and from a the new girlfriend of Millie's dad who expresses her support for conservative views of gender and marriage. These are not supported as correct and are actively pushed back on, but some readers will want to know that is there.

Overall, I really loved this book and thought it wrapped up nicely and offered great arcs of character growth for these seniors grappling with who they are and who they want to be. Would definitely recommend! I received an advance copy of this book for review from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
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Sep 23, 2020 Tatiana marked it as dnf

Recommends it for: fans of Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Shelves: 2020, ya

Winning message and rep, flat everything else, plus impossible to tell POVs apart.

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Jun 24, 2020 laurel [the suspected bibliophile] rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-read, arcs, lgbtq, ya-books, contemporary

Raina is going to demolish her senior year—until her boyfriend breaks up with her, and the heartbreak causes her to forget to submit her cause for a new school play and the sophomores select Our Town. Fed up, grieving and wanting more, she quits drama and joins a knitting club. Meanwhile, Millie is struggling as well. Her father wants her as a Cinderella-servant and the Mock Trial team voted her out—despite her being the reason for their success! When Millie and Raina realize they have more to g ...more

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Nov 19, 2020 Enne rated it did not like it

Shelves: in-the-trash-you-go, rep-lgbtqiap, rep-bipoc, z-2020-reads, 1-and-a-half-star, yikes, genre-contemporary, rep-lgbtqiap-main, pov-1st, age-range-new-adult

1.5 stars

I’m so disappointed to come here and report to you all that I have, yet again, wasted valuable hours of my life reading a book about “girl power!!” only to find it incredibly trans-exclusionary. Before I get into this, I just want to note that I do not speak for all trans people, and that this is my personal view on this book.

I just thought a lot of the way this book dealt with feminism was incredibly trans-exclusionary and it made me feel like I, as a transmasc nonbinary person, was 1.5 stars

I’m so disappointed to come here and report to you all that I have, yet again, wasted valuable hours of my life reading a book about “girl power!!” only to find it incredibly trans-exclusionary. Before I get into this, I just want to note that I do not speak for all trans people, and that this is my personal view on this book.

I just thought a lot of the way this book dealt with feminism was incredibly trans-exclusionary and it made me feel like I, as a transmasc nonbinary person, was not a part of any of the conversations this book was trying to have surrounding abortion, sexual assault, and other things that the author refers to as “women’s rights” issues. The entire platform of feminism in this book felt, to me, like it was based around the fact that women have vaginas and men have dicks and if that’s your view of feminism, I think you need to reevaluate everything you think you know about it.

I don’t want to get too personal or vulnerable in this review, so I’m just going to leave that there. I don’t think issues like reproductive rights should ever be branded as “women’s rights” issues because in doing that, you’re trying to take nuance out of a conversation that cannot be had without nuance. Reading this book made me feel gross and invalid and just so, so tired, but we don’t have time to unpack all of that right now, so let’s talk about the technical elements that I also didn’t like!!

I thought the writing style was bland and did absolutely nothing for the story. I also thought that the voices of the two main narrators weren’t distinctive at all, mostly because it felt like neither voice was developed enough for me to separate them from each other.

In the same vein, I also found both of the main characters completely insufferable. I don’t know what it was about them that made the author pick them as the choice narrators in a story where literally any other character would have made the book more interesting to read. I felt like both of them lacked development and did not change at all throughout the story. I also couldn’t really bring myself to care about what was going on in either of their lives for the majority of the book.

And that’s not even to mention the horrible first amendment right case that they have to argue for mock trial that got on my nerves, not only because of its content, but largely because of the way the main character decided to handle it. I just think if a member of your team tells you that they don’t want to have to argue against their own right to exist, you should respect that that matters a little more than you winning a competition. One of the main characters placing her own desire to win above the very blatant discomfort most of the team had with doing a case that literally forced them to argue against their own existence and basic human rights really was the final straw for me.

I just really don’t think there was anything at all in this one for me. I was bothered by the way this book discussed feminism and discrimination, among many other things. My dislike of it was only added to by the bland and unlikeable characters and a plot that felt very stagnant and repetitive. The only thing that made it bearable to get through were the side characters. I would like to formally apologize to all of them for having to put up with the MCs. But on the whole, do yourself a favor and skip this one. ...more

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Dec 16, 2019 anna grace marked it as to-read

Shelves: tbr-but-in-capital-letters, tbr-but-queer, 2020-releases

wow i am LIVING for this cover + the obviously sapphic feminist description

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Jul 20, 2020 Samantha (WLABB) rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, diverse, ya, lgbtqia, contemporary

After Raina is dumped out of nowhere and Millie is ousted from the mock trial team, they decide to channel their pain into forming a rival mock trial team. Though the team may have started as a means of payback, it grew into something that helped many of these young people reclaim some of their power.

Among the things I think a multitude of readers will embrace are the many facets of inclusion Kisner wove into this story. Aside from an extremely diverse cast, she also addressed inclusivity via t After Raina is dumped out of nowhere and Millie is ousted from the mock trial team, they decide to channel their pain into forming a rival mock trial team. Though the team may have started as a means of payback, it grew into something that helped many of these young people reclaim some of their power.

Among the things I think a multitude of readers will embrace are the many facets of inclusion Kisner wove into this story. Aside from an extremely diverse cast, she also addressed inclusivity via the case studies. It was an interesting way to attack the issue, and I appreciated the way each character's opinion and reactions were explored.

I never knew a lot about the mock trial world, and therefore, I learned a lot as I read this story. It was quite fascinating to see what it involved and how they harnessed professionals from the community. I also loved being able to cheer on this team. They had to work really hard to get up and running, and obviously I wanted them to be amazing.

Though mock trial was a big part of this story, it also focused on the personal journeys of Millie and Raina. Raina had been in a relationship for five years, and it took a break up for her to realize her boyfriend was sort of limiting her. It was wonderful seeing her branching out, making new connections, and exploring different options for her future.

Millie was trapped in her situation by a kind of guilt. Her mother divorced her dad, left the family, and remarried. Though Millie kept in touch with her mother, she felt obligated to her father because he stayed. This was a tricky situation for her to navigate, but I was very happy with her choices. It was nice seeing her expanding her social circle as well and finding someone who understood her romantically. I won't lie, this little touch of romance made my big-sap heart happy.

How could I not love a group of young women who harnessed their hurt and rejection in such a fabulous way? I loved that they sought their revenge via mock trial, but I also appreciated the focus on friendship, trust, setting boundaries, trying new things, and discovering the hidden parts of yourself.

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Nov 04, 2020 Althea rated it liked it

Shelves: 2020-releases, ace-and-aro, bi, lgbt-authors, pansexual, sapphic, contemporary, protags-of-colour, trans-and-nonbinary, i-m-in-love-with-this-cover

3.5/ 5 Stars

I’m going to start this review by saying that this is one of the most beautiful and most aesthetically pleasing books that I have ever seen – not just the front cover but the whole design of the book, and even the chapter headings were both pretty and funny (I loved the case numbers!). So of course, I was already sold by that, but the synopsis was equally as intriguing! It follows two teens, Raina and Millie – Raina has just been dumped by her boyfriend after he cheated on her and, t 3.5/ 5 Stars

I’m going to start this review by saying that this is one of the most beautiful and most aesthetically pleasing books that I have ever seen – not just the front cover but the whole design of the book, and even the chapter headings were both pretty and funny (I loved the case numbers!). So of course, I was already sold by that, but the synopsis was equally as intriguing! It follows two teens, Raina and Millie – Raina has just been dumped by her boyfriend after he cheated on her and, thanks to an advice column, has decided to take up knitting; and Millie was the drive behind her school’s Mock Trial team until the all-male team (including Raina’s ex) decides to vote her out, despite all her hard work. So, the two of them decide to start their own Mock Trial team, made up of six very angry girls!

This book sounded right up my street from the get go! Living in Scotland, we don’t really have societies or clubs like Mock Trial (at least not in public schools like mine was) so I didn’t really know what I was getting myself in for, and to be honest, I didn’t really pick it up fully until about halfway through the book. Despite that, I loved the concept of the six, scorned girls going up against cocky, sexist boys – particularly since it felt very much like the experiences I have had being part of a women’s rugby team. I was also really interested in reading another sapphic book in which knitting was a main focus, as it’s a hobby that I’m really interested in picking up, and I loved the focus on using knitting and crocheting as a form of political activism. However, regarding said activism, I did have a couple of issues – in fact they were the main issues I had with the book, and why I docked a star and a half. At the knitting store/club that Raina and another main character, Grace, attend, they decide to protest the backwards anti-abortion stance of one of their legal representatives and so decide to send them knitted reproductive organs and go yarn-bombing. Which, okay, fine. However, so many times throughout the book does it focus on saying these viewpoints and laws are violence against women and that these are female reproductive organs, and not once is it challenged. At one point in the book a trans character is introduced into the Mock Trial team and they discuss what it really means to be a girl, and there is no biological essentialism involved in their discussion at all, which is great. But it never felt like enough – the majority of these girls attend the knitting group at one point or another and not one of them actively challenged the leaders’ cissexism. I don’t know if it was just an oversight on the part of the author, but made me very uncomfortable and it sat in the back of my head throughout the whole book. We also never got any closure regarding said activism either, even if the lawmaker didn’t change his point of view, as is the most realistic ending, I suppose, I’d have liked to at least have got that, but we got absolutely nothing which was frustrating.

Besides that, however, I did enjoy the book, and this isn’t a rant review, I promise! I do want you all to pick this book up! As I was reading the book I couldn’t help but feel like this was if Pitch Perfect were about Mock Trial, and I really enjoyed the vibes that gave me! I loved the two main characters, Raina and Millie, and really felt for them in both of their situations. We have some great representation in the book – Millie is bi/pan and ace, Grace is sapphic and also potentially ace, Izzy is a trans girl, Veronica is Black and Nikita is Asian! It was really heart warming to see their passion and their drive and to see people fighting for them to get the respect and recognition that they deserved. In fact, reading this book made me feel like I could be the seventh angry…well…nonbinary person! I felt so connected to the characters and their anger. The only thing I would have liked is to have seen more of Izzy, Veronica and Nikita, as I didn’t feel like they were fleshed out enough for my liking!

All in all, this was a short and enjoyable read that I think could have benefitted from, not only being slightly longer, but also being edited to get rid of the cissexism. Despite my annoyances with the book, this is still one that I would recommend for a quick, sapphic read to get you out of a reading slump! ...more

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Aug 29, 2020 Claude's Bookzone rated it it was amazing

How is it that I have never heard of the Mock Trial Competition! We don't have it in NZ but I am still amazed that I knew nothing about this incredibly cool activity. When I was at school I would have lived and breathed a club like this. I have even mentioned it to a teacher at the school I work at and we are contemplating how we can make this happen. Mock Trial fan-girling aside.

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Nov 03, 2020 Alex rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 12-and-13

My main high school extra-curriculars were debate and theatre (I know, I was clearly incredibly cool) so when I hear theatre kids, mock trial, feminism, and queerdom, I'm legally obligated to read it.

I listened to this in audio and the narrator rocks this. A lot of the time with YA, even really good narrators make it hard to buy that they're narrating for teenagers, but Khristine Hvam fully inhabits the perspective characters.

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Dec 28, 2020 Michaela rated it really liked it

Shelves: my-favourites, gay

4.5 ⭐️

THE REP THE REP THE REP!!! I loved this book so much, it was such a nice, light contemporary that dealt with so many feminist issues really well. It was a really quick read and I loved all of the characters!!

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Jan 17, 2020 Eva B. rated it it was ok

Shelves: friendships-are-magic, queer-rep-leads, queer-rep-sides, 2-star, badass-ladies, that-cover-though

As an angry girl who loves theatre, social justice, and law, this was a mix of my some of my favorite things, but this didn't do it for me. The final case was handled really well, although I was really annoyed with Grace throughout the lead-up to it (joining Mock Trial means that you need to be willing to take positions you don't agree with, and she treated Millie horribly because of her dislike for the final case. The final case was shitty and awful but you can't just dip out on your team bef ...more

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Aug 17, 2020 Carlie Schadler rated it really liked it

I listened to this adorable audiobook and really enjoyed it! It’s jam packed with feminist and girl power, several LGBTQIA+ main characters, knitters for social justice, mock trial, found family, self discovery, and a whole bunch of sass!! If you want to set fire to the Patriarchy and you love contemporary reads then this book is for you! ❣️

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Feb 09, 2020 Gerardine Betancourt rated it really liked it

"Being a girl its in how you stand up to all that stuff that's thrown at you and how you kick ass after "
Six angry high school girls get together in this story, in a difficult time of their lives. All of them have on thing and one goal only, break the patriarchy in the process.
4.5 stars

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Sep 04, 2020 Paula Phillips rated it really liked it

Lately, I have been reading a lot more YA books as I go through different phases with my reading. I wasn't sure what to expect with Six Angry Girls but I found myself loving this book as it talked about Social Justice and Feminism. The book starts with one of the main girls Raina being dumped by her long-time boyfriend and so she writes a letter to an Agony Aunt who tells her to get a hobby like knitting. She then joins an LYC - Local Yarn Club and finds comfort in knitting and these knitters ar ...more

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Aug 02, 2020 Emily rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Angry (or motivated) girls were several orders of magnitude more efficient than the calmest of men. They were already team players.

Six Angry Girls is about a group of girls who join forces to form a competitive Mock Trial team at their high school, in direct rivalry with the all-boy team their school already has. The dual POV follows Raina, who was cheated on and dumped unceremoniously by her long-time boyfriend, who is a member of the Mock Trial team and has controlled much of Raina's extracurricular life. Millie had been an invaluable member of the Mock Trial team before being voted out by the boys. Millie decides she's tired of doing all the work and receiving none of the credit, and Raina ditches drama club in favor of new hobbies that empower her. Together they form a new Mock Trial team made up of girls, take charge of their lives, and get a little revenge along the way.

There a lot of elements in this story that I really enjoyed. Kisner does a great job from the get-go of illustrating the sort of helpless frustration that entitled boys can wreak on girls' lives, and gets the reader really invested in our characters seeking justice against those who've wronged them. My reading was definitely fueled by wanting to see the all-boys Mock Trial team get their comeuppance! I liked Raina's and Millie's character arcs, and the themes of pursuing your passions and using those passions to seek social justice. The one Black character in the cast, Veronica, objects to the term "angry" and uses "motivated" instead, which struck me as a deft consideration. There is also a member of the team who is amab but uses she or they pronouns, and some discussion over whether that makes them a valid member of the all-girl Mock Trial team (yes, it does). There are also TWO ace-spectrum wlw characters who have a little romance throughout the story (plus some other wlw side characters).

However, there were a lot of things that disappointed me. The book as a whole feels unpolished (though, granted, I read an advanced copy that has not gone through final edits yet). It's pretty short (not even 300 pages) and the author tries to balance the Mock Trial plotline with a knitting activism subplot, but that balance felt really off to me. The knitting plot is okay, but takes up far too much page-time and doesn't ultimately go anywhere. I also wish the Mock Trials had gotten more attention and been more compelling to read about. The only trial that was interesting was the very last one, but all the trials are pretty short (if not skipped over completely) and also kind of boring. The balance between the two POVs also felt off-kilter, with long stretches devoted to a single character instead of switching back and forth evenly between the two. Although there are ace-spectrum characters, the word "asexual" is never actually used-- they're just described as "not liking sex," which is pretty reductive. I also think the narrative subtextually pushes the idea that ace people could only hope to have a successful relationship with another ace person, when that is certainly not the case in reality. The cover design made me think there would be fat representation too, but there isn't.

Overall, Six Angry Girls had a lot of great ideas that kept me engaged and wanting to keep reading, but the execution of those ideas felt lacking in a lot of ways. 2.5 stars

All quotes come from an advance copy and may not match the final release. Thank you so much to the publisher for providing me with this eARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review!

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Jun 30, 2020 Kristi Housman Confessions of a YA Reader rated it it was amazing

Shelves: advanced-reader, from-publisher

Six Angry Girls is definitely a new favorite!

This book had all the things I wanted. Friendships, just a bit of romance, lots of feminism, and humor. I laughed out loud more than once. I totally pictured the older women at knitting and it just made me laugh harder.

Raina has been doing theater and is sure about her future. She's going to a college where she can act and she'll be close to her boyfriend's college. They've been together for years and he was the one who encouraged her to act. Brandon Six Angry Girls is definitely a new favorite!

This book had all the things I wanted. Friendships, just a bit of romance, lots of feminism, and humor. I laughed out loud more than once. I totally pictured the older women at knitting and it just made me laugh harder.

Raina has been doing theater and is sure about her future. She's going to a college where she can act and she'll be close to her boyfriend's college. They've been together for years and he was the one who encouraged her to act. Brandon did mock trial and wants to be a lawyer. Everything was perfect. Then Brandon told her that he hooked up with another girl and he was now dating her. Raina was so broken. She wrote in to a local newspaper advice column. The answer was to try knitting. It would keep her hands and mind busy.

Millie was looking forward to her last year of mock trial, even though she was the only girl. She knew she did much of the work for everyone and would be good. But then the boys decided to hold auditions instead of using seniority and gave Millie no notice. She didn't do well and quit. Millie was crying in the bathroom when Raina found her. She gave Millie the idea to start her own mock trial team. Millie decided that it had to be an all girl team. She would show the boys that they were wrong.

It took a little while, but Raina and Millie created a team of six girls. Each girl has her own strength that they bring to the team. Well, most of them. Millie starts to crush on the new girl, Grace, so there was a little bit of romance. But it was never the focus of the book. The knitting class ended up being super political. They fought against the newer judge in the area that tended to be tougher on women. There was a lot of knitting of body parts that were sent to the politicians. They used their knitting for activism and I loved every minute of it. There was excellent diversity in this book and lots of eff yous to the patriarchy.

I gave this book 5 stars. Thank you to Feiwel and Friends for my review copy.

Warnings for talk of women's rights, sexual assault (doesn't happen, just mentioned for court cases), misogyny, hate speech/homophobia, and some crappy parenting. ...more

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Nov 11, 2019 Lila Reads marked it as to-read

Feminism and knitting? Sign me up.
Femiknits rule!

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Sep 02, 2020 Isabel rated it it was ok

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Aug 31, 2020 Jaye Berry rated it liked it

Shelves: 2020, contemporary

Six Angry Girls is about a girl named Raina who gets dumped by her boyfriend and her future plans are ruined. She seeks an advice column and ends up getting a new hobby and new friends at a local knitting store- one where they use their knitting for activism. Millie gets treated like a servant by her father and then gets dumped by her all male mock trial team. To fight back they decide to make an all girl mock trial team.

This was cute, and actually made me want to learn to knit, deadass. (Well t ...more

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Jul 06, 2020 Vee marked it as want-to-read-new

Is this a loose retelling of one-of-the-greatest-movies-of-all-time, 12 Angry Men? We love to see it.

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May 27, 2020 USOM rated it it was amazing

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

Six Angry Girls is for everyone who needs to find a little hope. Who loves queer girls, the power of standing up to the patriarchy, and friendship. It's a story that left me with such a supreme sense of satisfaction all around. I love Six Angry Girls from every angle. It's a book that celebrates knitting out of resistance, which is awesome enough, but it also celebrates fighting ...more

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Nov 10, 2019 Mina Rehman marked it as to-read

Did someone mention smashing the patriarchy?

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Sep 05, 2020 Elyse (ElyseReadsandSpeaks) rated it it was amazing

This was great! I thought this was a realistic high school smash-the-patriarchy book. And I also think this is the first book I've read that featured mock trial. For some reason, you just don't hear about that activity in books but I remember my high school having a team.

There was a lot of good girl power stuff in here - girl finding herself after getting dumped by stupid boyfriend, girl forming an all-girl mock trial team after getting booted from the other team, female advisor dealing with mis ...more

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Jul 08, 2020 Andrew rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-that-should-be-movies, fiction, lgbtq

Six Angry Girls is told from the perspectives of two especially fed-up young ladies, Raina and Millie. Raina's boyfriend of five years dumps her (but not before finding a new girlfriend) and Millie, the backbone of the Mock Trial club, has been cut from the team for not being one of the boys, despite her running the show all throughout high school. These two join forces to create their own Mock Trial team-- all girls, all business, and guaranteed to take the boys down. I laughed, I gasped, I che ...more

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Sep 07, 2020 Jeimy rated it it was amazing

This book gave me a vicarious thrill similar to--but much lighter than--that of Moxie. Millie and Raina empower each other and both go on a journey that will see them grow stronger and more self-assured and while the book's ending is satisfying, it is also realistic; a fact that this reader appreciated. ...more

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Adrienne Kisner has master's and doctorate degrees in theology from Boston University and was inspired by her work with high school and college students to write Dear Rachel Maddow. She is also a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in writing for children and young adults. Dear Rachel Maddow is her debut. ...more

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