“No doubt one of the wildest debuts of the year … What a gift it is to read about everyday life and adversity when it is tackled with such drive, ferocity and integrity as in this book.”
5/6 stars, Kristine Isaksen, VG

“Furiously funny debut … I seldom laugh out loud when I read books, but Girls Like Me is one of those books.”
Petra J. Helgesen, Periskop

“Angry, vulnerable and complex … Asya is not a typical character in Norwegian literature for young adults and therefore so warmly welcomed. She has a glib tounge. Sometimes rude and unsympathetic. And very vulnerable. But first and foremost, she is furious. … a debutant that writes with impressive confidence.”
5/6 stars, Maya Troberg Djuve, Dagbladet

“Dark humour is the strength of the book … it’s original … a sign of quality in itself.”
Heidi Sævareid, Barnebokkritikk

“(…) this isn’t a story filled with major, outward drama. And yet, the book rises in quiet resistance. (…) Last but not least, she’s wonderfully self-ironic when she views herself from the outside, dressed all in black, like a VIP member of the mullah mafia.
Asya is too Norwegian for her own family, and too foreign for the white majority society in which she lives. This duality is one of the book’s strengths. It’s a punchy mix of rage, shame and sharp humour that drives the story forward. The language is well suited to the target audience. The book has an energetic and captivating narrative voice, and is especially hard to put down. (…) Musavi gives a voice to a group of young girls whose everyday lives are unknown to many. Because behind the hijab, there may well be a girl who wants the same things as other teenagers?”
From the jury’s statement, the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize