A review by cpalmerpatel
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

reflective medium-paced

2.0

This made me all kinds of uncomfortable with the raging stereotypes. Looked up bio and sure enough, Gwendolyn Willow Wilson was raised atheist and converted during her university years. Not that I have anything against converting. But the book is about a Muslim teenager struggling to fit in while her parents are ultra-strict stereotypes. This doesn't seem to reflect the author's own experience. Perpetuating stereotypes shouldn't be celebrated as diversity/representation. It's the worst form of orientalism. 
That being said, I give 2 stars for applauding a Muslim superhero and the story does smooth out whenever it's doing the superhero thing and not the teenager dealing with stereotypical strict parents stick. 
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