Batgirl, Vol. 4: Strange Loop

The art is great! The stories are a bunch of one shots that are alright. I'm all for fun one shots, but the Christmas one in here AGAIN pretty much anyone who wanted to snoop around could find out who batgirl is based on bring her friends along her missions. - If I remember right I had the same issue with the last volume.
I'd hoping to get a more out of this volume, all in all it was an enjoyable read.
~Ashley

A collection of one and two-part stories concluding Hope Larson's run, and with a couple of guest writers before Mairghread Scott takes over. There's no arc here, although there are some links back to earlier stories and... some work, and some don't. There's a comedy Christmas piece that doesn't make an awful lot of sense (and probably isn't meant to), some shenanigans with Penguin and Two-Face, and a story featuring a rather over-used plot device that at least does a reasonable job of showing us Larson's interpretation of Batgirl's persona. As it happens, Scott's story is possibly the strongest, although it's more of an interlude than a regular Batgirl tale, and only stands out by being different. But, while there's nothing truly bad in the collection, there's nothing particularly great, either... just a selection of short and largely forgettable sketches.