I read this all in one day and I'm like, still processing it? I mean on one level, I obviously couldn't put it down, so that's something. But also: what is this

IDK I feel like this was definitely ambiguous on purpose, but I think for me as a reader, I would have appreciated a tiny bit more of like...what actually happened?

The character voices were great though!

Also: +1 star for Iowa nostalgia. Take me 2 the Taco John's plz!!!

I wasn't very familiar with the Mockingbird character until this run made news for making MRAs mad on the internet, and then I was like, hell yeah gotta read that! DID NOT DISAPPOINT, super funny and just, like, everything that I like about Marvel comics--~girl power~, musings on the nature of heroism, making fun of Hawkeye... just perfection.

I mean this was just like real goofy and I was pretty into it. Recommended to 90s kidz.

I was so skeptical of this book based on what I knew of it, it sounded like it had the potential to be really cheesy. But, everyone kept raving about it, and also I had loved Nicola Yoon's previous book, [book:Everything, Everything|18692431], so I finally picked it up, and... read it all in one day because I couldn't put it down. IT'S GREAT.

I especially love the way the stories of side characters (or like, side abstract concepts) are woven in, and I know that's something I would have eaten up as a teen.

This was really fun, and I'm glad it exists, especially for kids who might be turned off by graphic novels but are interested in the character of Squirrel Girl. Or just squirrels. IDK.

There is a lot of Marvel Universe injokey stuff (Doreen's texts to all the other Avengers) but I think it mostly would still be funny on some level even to kids who aren't as familiar.

I also loved that Doreen's friend is a hearing impaired Latina girl!

I will say that for me, personally, I didn't like it as much as I like Ryan North's comics (the humor is a little more silly and a little less...whatever Ryan North is), but, also, this book isn't really for me, and I think this will be a lot of fun for a lot of middle-grade readers.

I debated between 3 & 4 stars for this but I'm rounding up to 4 mainly for Tony Stark's text messages and Doreen's footnotes.

whew there is a lot going on in here, needed more Volturi tho

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-67-the-chemist/

This was a lot of fun, and, as evidenced by its shiny new ~Stonewall Award~, an exciting representation of a genderfluid & transgender character! And a deepening of a Muslim character! Also a lot of dumb jokes that made me LOL! Also some ~feels~?! Woo!

(I don't have it in me to write separate reviews for all of these--I read them all so close together that they all blur together. I enjoyed them all, obviously.)

I'm still really enjoying this series and I messy cried at the end :'''(

This felt a little bit like the [book:Farmer Boy|8252] of the series, I guess mostly just because it's...about a boy. But also it has more of an active-adventurey plot compared to the more methodical earlier books?

Also since it's a new generation of the story I do think a reader could start with this one and skip the first three if they wanted something a little more plot-driven. (And then: get captivated by the characters and go back and read the first 3 after)!