Book review: Women walking a new line on screen

'Unlikeable Female Characters' grapples with the interesting question of why there is often pressure on women, whether fictitious or real-life to be likeable
Book review: Women walking a new line on screen

Jody Comer as Villanelle in ‘Killing Eve’, a character who is imperfect, thus helping to smash certain stereotypes.

  • Unlikeable Female Characters, The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate 
  • Anna Bogutskaya 
  • Source Books, £12.99

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