{"id":3489,"date":"2023-06-14T15:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2023-05-09T20:56:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:56:57","slug":"book-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-squirrels-just-want-to-have-fun-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/14\/book-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-squirrels-just-want-to-have-fun-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl &#8211; Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft \" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1629115582i\/56755978.jpg\" alt=\"The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun<br \/><\/u><\/strong>Year: 2021<br \/>Author: Ryan North<br \/>Length: 224 pages<\/p>\n<p>After reading the second collection of <a href=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/23\/book-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-big-squirrels-dont-cry-2020\/\">The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl<\/a>, I was a little worried that this third collection would be more of the same. Comedic situations involving a variety of Marvel heroes and villains punctuated by some silly squirrel-based shenanigans. And while <em>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun<\/em> has these things, there was also a fair amount of character growth for the titular superhero.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciated that this volume included some of the lore surrounding Squirrel Girl, especially since we&#8217;ve only seen her in modern settings in most of these issues. Knowing what it was like growing up as Squirrel Girl helped ground the character a little more and make her relatable. The arc where she teamed up with Ant-Man was also entertaining because of the change of scenery (everything is in New York, give Canada a chance!). Still, these comics were a bit &#8220;samey&#8221; to the rest of the ones in the previous two volumes.<\/p>\n<p>What really struck me in this collection was the &#8220;flying squirrel&#8221; arc. Being unbeatable can become a bore after a while, so giving an antagonist that was clever enough to push Squirrel Girl to grow as a hero was a refreshing change. Perhaps my exposure to shonen-type mangas where the characters power up and grow stronger in each arc is what drew me to this story. Because while having the powers of and over squirrels is a neat trick, being able to fly is a significant upgrade to this superhero&#8217;s arsenal of abilities. Plus, flying squirrels are inherently cool creatures anyway.<\/p>\n<p>More Squirrel Girl adventures with good character growth added in, I give <em>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun<\/em> 4.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-647\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/255px-Five-pointed_star_svg-150x150.png\" alt=\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/>\u00a01\/2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/bmw-the-critic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" src=\"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BMW-the-Critic-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BMW-the-Critic-v2.jpg 820w, https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BMW-the-Critic-v2-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BMW-the-Critic-v2-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BMW-the-Critic-v2-640x244.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrels Just Want to Have FunYear: 2021Author: Ryan NorthLength: 224 pages After reading the second collection of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, I was a little worried that this third collection would be more of the same. Comedic situations involving a variety of Marvel heroes and villains punctuated by some silly squirrel-based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,54,3358],"tags":[2715,55,1380,84,8,860,2960,3384,39,2958],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-5-stars","category-book","category-graphic-novel","tag-2715","tag-book","tag-graphic-novel","tag-marvel","tag-review","tag-ryan-north","tag-squirrel-girl","tag-squirrels-just-want-to-have-fun","tag-superhero","tag-the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}