Unlikeable Female Characters

Easy to read and free of the somewhat prohibitive lingo of academic media analysis, Unlikable Female Characters provides a short and interesting history of female representation in American movie and television through the lense of the women we are meant to dislike.
I wish more time was spent on certain types of unlikable women but considering the amount of history and examples the author managed to cram in relatively few pages I can't really hold it against the book. I particularly enjoyed the author's criticism of the idea that women representation necessarily has to be feminist in some kind of way to be worthy (edited to add; this book has a resolutely feminist bent so please do not read this comment as an implication that the book is somehow against feminism).
I received an eARC of this book from SOURCEBOOKS through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

enjoyed this as a primer and a really great long piece exploration on character archetypes. a lot of the specific characters and media called out were really great examples and especially if it's something you'd never dug deeper into before, i think it's good this book exists. i think if you're expecting something of a deeper exploration or more sociology (which i think i was a little) then this isn't really it, and it gets a smidge repetitive. but it was still a fun read for someone who has consumed a lot of pop media in my life.

also there's a lot of spoilers for all kinds of movies and tv shows in here, be warned!