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A review by deetour8
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
3.0
Kamala Khan is your average Muslim girl living in Jersey City. She doesn’t quite fit in because she doesn’t have blonde hair, has way overprotective parents, and eats weird food. You know just your average Muslim teenager trying to stay true to her heritage while trying to fit in. In a fit of rebellion against her parents she sneaks out to go to a party and this weird fog over takes everything and suddenly Kamala has superpowers. But how is she supposed to control them, and what exactly can she do, and why? What should she do with her new powers?
I love that they made not just a Muslim into a superhero, but a Muslim girl. What more says girl power than that? I like this storyline a lot better than most graphic novels, I tend to read them for the information about the characters and feel disappointed without a great storyline. This story has depth, and is something that a lot of immigrants can probably relate to (I’m just you’re average American girl so I can’t say that first hand). Learning how to bring your family’s culture to a new world where everyone thinks you’re weird because you’re different, but that difference is an integral part of you throw superpowers on top of that, and the fact that you’re just a teenager trying to save your small part of the world. The one thing I wasn’t a big fan of with this graphic novel is the drawing, it’s just a style I don’t like and found it to be kind of distracting.
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I love that they made not just a Muslim into a superhero, but a Muslim girl. What more says girl power than that? I like this storyline a lot better than most graphic novels, I tend to read them for the information about the characters and feel disappointed without a great storyline. This story has depth, and is something that a lot of immigrants can probably relate to (I’m just you’re average American girl so I can’t say that first hand). Learning how to bring your family’s culture to a new world where everyone thinks you’re weird because you’re different, but that difference is an integral part of you throw superpowers on top of that, and the fact that you’re just a teenager trying to save your small part of the world. The one thing I wasn’t a big fan of with this graphic novel is the drawing, it’s just a style I don’t like and found it to be kind of distracting.
For more book reviews, check out my blog!