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A review by unluckycat13
Batgirl, Vol. 2: Son of Penguin by Hope Larson
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Bad. Just bad. Almost Burnside bad. Characters are OOC both towards their past versions and towards other times Larson has written them. Moments appear weirdly fetishy, and in general the writing is bad. It at least remembers and isn't afraid of the fact Alysia is trans, which is cool, too bad Alysia personality was taken out back and shot sometime during Burnside. Not that Frankie or even Dick fair much better in these books.
Batgirl has been turned into an uncurious 10 year old with seemingly no knowledge of the DC universe, but also she's the SHE.E.O of her own girl boss company. Just absolutely end me.
The art isn't even particularly good.
It's honestly so hard to pick the worst part. The very special episode where they teach kids and data theft and how is dangerous to play Pokemon Go (but not about the dangerous gambling and mtx that often come with mobile games), or saying the problem with the gig economy is that it hires dangerous people who do things Barbara would do anyways. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
She used to be a super hacker who used social media to boost her image and now she's petulantly afraid of technology.
Batgirl has been turned into an uncurious 10 year old with seemingly no knowledge of the DC universe, but also she's the SHE.E.O of her own girl boss company. Just absolutely end me.
The art isn't even particularly good.
It's honestly so hard to pick the worst part. The very special episode where they teach kids and data theft and how is dangerous to play Pokemon Go (but not about the dangerous gambling and mtx that often come with mobile games), or saying the problem with the gig economy is that it hires dangerous people who do things Barbara would do anyways. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
She used to be a super hacker who used social media to boost her image and now she's petulantly afraid of technology.