I Am Not Starfire
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2.3 • 20 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
From New York Times bestselling author Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass) and artist Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets) comes a story about Mandy, the daughter of super-famous superhero Starfire. Seventeen-year-old Mandy, daughter of Starfire, is not like her mother. Starfire is gorgeous, tall, sparkly, and a hero. Mandy is not a sparkly superhero. Mandy has no powers. She�s a kid who dyes her hair black and hates everyone but her best friend, Lincoln. To Starfire, who is from another planet, Mandy seems like an alien, like some distant, angry, light-years away moon. And ever since she walked out on her SATs, which her mom doesn�t know about, Mandy has been even more distant. Everyone thinks Mandy needs to go to college and become whoever you become at college, but Mandy has other plans. Or she did until she gets partnered with Claire, the person she intensely denies liking but definitely likes a lot, for a school project. When someone from Starfire�s past arrives, Mandy must make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything to save her mom. I Am Not Starfire is a story about teenagers and/as aliens; about knowing where you come from and where you are going; and about mothers.
Customer Reviews
Has potential but missed it
Mandy’s character development makes absolutely no sense and lacks a lot of depth and details that are critical in terms of her journey. It lacked in her background, when she started resenting her mom, what made her not want to go to college, etc.. I wish there was more background to her story, her queer identity. It was missing so much and was rushed in places there could’ve more depth and was super slow in areas that didn’t at all matter but were just transitioning scenes. Overall, I wish it was better written and that our main characters was ACTUALLY RELATABLE and not just a bitter person that changed when she got her powers and started getting attention for it 🥲.
Waste
It has zero decent character and almost not character development and a whole lot more but I’m tired
Basically just a fanfic with a badly written main character
Spoiler alert: Ok I really like dc comics but when this came out I was pretty disappointed. It is just a self insert to say the least. Not only that but the main character frequently says she’s being bullied and criticized but she herself is making the exact same remarks that she would consider bullying. She isn’t even that likable not only that but her powers show up only for plot convince. Don’t waste your money.