I'll say pleasantly surprised by this one. Kind of a typical comic book twist towards the end, but I expected that. (It's a comic book novel!) It's been on my shelf forever and I just now got around to reading it. I do wish there were more than just the two books in this set though. What about a book like this for Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Spider Woman (or Spider Gwen), Gamora, Storm, or Valkyrie? Honestly, the character list could go much further but that's all the female ones that came to my brain in 2 seconds. lol. ( )

Not a graphic novel--this is a fun twist on the chick lit genre, with She-Hulk's alternate identity as the protagonist. She's a smart, hardworking New York lawyer with the personal- and love-life issues that often accompany that career. Everything is just a bit more complicated by the fact that she occasionally turns into a giant green superheroine who doesn't always play nicely with others. Fun read, and some creative science-based song lyrics peppered throughout elevate this from your average beach read. Bonus: the legalese was pretty much appropriate, which means the author is either a lawyer herself or actually bothered to do her homework (a shockingly rare occurrence in books where law practice is a minor thread of the story). ( )

It all started with a separation of self, a bad reputation, and a long lost love.
Chickflick meets superhero comic loving nerd reading. I went into this book expecting action jackson type comic level reading. What I got was a well done mix of superhero fun with romantic drama and a lot of laughable moments.I found myself snickering and enthralled after the first few pages. I had to stop so many times to share what Jen/Shulky were up too with my family. It was too good not to pass on. I had a lot of fun reading it, laughed out loud, and still find myself giggling over a few sections.
The evil villains were a bit disappointing. I thought there would be some huge battle and perhaps a few superhero types would jump in a join her. No, but there was one super duper, nasty, wicked, lawyer, hammerhead villain that made even the bad guys look good. Oh, she was so easy to hate. I didn't understand why the other villains were up to their shenanigans. What was the purpose of the water bomb or the fat making fashion show ? They seemed thrust into the story to fill a need for evil.
Jen aka Shulky is really messed up. Shulky has torn up the town and made herself a pariah with the Avengers. They threw her out and told her to get help, psychiatric help. Jen is a top lawyer, and Shulky is hearty party girl. The two don't mix well and that causes major problems. She also has love problems, she was dumped, or not and holds some serious grudge against him when they meet up again. She might be a superbeast but she's all human in the lack of communication area.
I enjoyed the ride and plan on reading more superhero chickflick reads in the future. ( )

The story follows Jennifer Walters as she tries to get her personal, work and romantic life in order. The story is told through journal entries only through the Jennifer Walters personality, although that doesn't stop us from getting a lot of information on Shulky throughout the book. There are parts of the book that read as silly and over the top and there are parts of the book that come off as very clever. I don't necessarily think that this was the best way to appeal to existing female comic fans because it feels like pandering at times but I wonder how it did among women who've never read comics before. At the end of the day I did enjoy the silly and watching Jen and Shulky come together. At first I was really annoyed by the Bridget Jones esque style and I wanted a ore action-y novel, but then I started to enjoy the silliness. The silliness made it the right book at the right time, which sometimes is all you need. The book has also made me interested in picking up some old She-Hulk which is something I've been meaning to do forever and this may push me into finally getting around to it; so I suppose that Marvel has succeeded in getting me further drawn in. ( )

The story follows Jennifer Walters as she tries to get her personal, work and romantic life in order. The story is told through journal entries only through the Jennifer Walters personality, although that doesn't stop us from getting a lot of information on Shulky throughout the book. There are parts of the book that read as silly and over the top and there are parts of the book that come off as very clever. I don't necessarily think that this was the best way to appeal to existing female comic fans because it feels like pandering at times but I wonder how it did among women who've never read comics before. At the end of the day I did enjoy the silly and watching Jen and Shulky come together. At first I was really annoyed by the Bridget Jones esque style and I wanted a ore action-y novel, but then I started to enjoy the silliness. The silliness made it the right book at the right time, which sometimes is all you need. The book has also made me interested in picking up some old She-Hulk which is something I've been meaning to do forever and this may push me into finally getting around to it; so I suppose that Marvel has succeeded in getting me further drawn in. ( )