The plot, though, was another strong suit that this novel carried with pride. And he isn’t trans- forthebenefitofdiversity but because Bells is Bells, and Bells is trans. Jess is biracial Vietnamese-Chinese, and I loved how she was proudly both, yet struggled with accepting herself as both.
It never felt over the top, and I never thought “what the f*ck, this does not happen”.Īlso!!! I could not get over the representation infused into this book. Something else I thought was accurate was Jess and Abby’s relationship. The friendship between Jess, Emma, and Bells was something I see daily, as a teenager in high school, with all the added arguments, jokes, and relationships that come with it.
Despite that, the characters were all still enjoyable. Lee’s characters felt authentically young, and I never felt like I was reading adults in teenager bodies. Maybe a reason the world was deeply familiar was because Lee wrote teenage characters exactly how teenagers would act. I felt immediately comfortable in the world, and felt like I knew everything that Jess knew, like I was there beside her. Lee did not skimp on the world building, but she also didn’t info-dump every chance she could get. Not only was this book a new look at the same-old-same-old superhero stories, but it was also hilarious, diverse, and realistic. The world building that Lee put obvious care and time into developed to show that something like this, with the right events happening, could actually happen. Being a superhero is a genetic mutation, and it passes from parent to child, to varying degrees. Not Your Sidekick is a fun YA that takes the general superhero idea, and adds a fun twist. Let me get this out of the way: no, this book doesn’t live up to the hype. Why this book?: I was looking for something fun, and I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve had this recommended to me. When she doesn’t, her job search lands her an internship–but with Andover’s local villains. With Jess’s parents being Andover’s local heroes, and her sister being the most recent up and coming hero, Jess is desperate to show powers before her 17th birthday.
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