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sophia_sol) wrote2018-08-16 09:30 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2018-08-16 09:30 pm
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy 2 Furious, by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
A middle grade novel about Squirrel Girl, sequel to The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World. These novels act as kind of prequels to the comics about Squirrel Girl. This is another fun, charming book like the last one, which again I don't love as much as the comics but I still enjoyed.
This one is about a new mall being built in Doreen's neighbourhood which seems kinda suspiciously tied to Hydra maybe, and also about the importance of speaking up for your emotional needs in your friendships.
The main plot I could take or leave, but I am Very Invested in Doreen and Ana Sofia's friendship, and rather sad about the apparent evidence in the comics from the complete lack of mention of Ana Sofia anywhere that their friendship eventually ends!! (I mean obviously in the comics I am ALL FOR Doreen's current circle of friends and most especially Nancy whom I adore, but what happens to Ana Sofia????)
One other feature of this novel is that it's in part about Doreen's attempts to learn the skills for talking down villains instead of fighting them, which is cool since that's something she does a lot of in the comics, but it was kind of odd that after Doreen started reading books about conflict resolution she got worse at it - I think the point of this in the narrative was mostly just to make jokes but it kind of came across like this book is saying that it's not a skill that can be taught? Which is lies, it totally is!
This one is about a new mall being built in Doreen's neighbourhood which seems kinda suspiciously tied to Hydra maybe, and also about the importance of speaking up for your emotional needs in your friendships.
The main plot I could take or leave, but I am Very Invested in Doreen and Ana Sofia's friendship, and rather sad about the apparent evidence in the comics from the complete lack of mention of Ana Sofia anywhere that their friendship eventually ends!! (I mean obviously in the comics I am ALL FOR Doreen's current circle of friends and most especially Nancy whom I adore, but what happens to Ana Sofia????)
One other feature of this novel is that it's in part about Doreen's attempts to learn the skills for talking down villains instead of fighting them, which is cool since that's something she does a lot of in the comics, but it was kind of odd that after Doreen started reading books about conflict resolution she got worse at it - I think the point of this in the narrative was mostly just to make jokes but it kind of came across like this book is saying that it's not a skill that can be taught? Which is lies, it totally is!