Batgirl, Volume 1: The Darkest Reflection

I'm FINALLY getting around to reviewing these books. I'm so behind on all this!

I'm taking into consideration that Barbara Gordon's return to the suit after everything that happened is a giant thing that must be addressed, but had I not already had a love for Barbara Gordon as Batgirl I might not have kept reading after this one.

There is very little character development on the villain side. We're told a quick blurb about how they got from normal to nutso, but that's it! The one issue of Gretel seemed out of place. Barbara spends much of the issues mulling over her being out of shape and the psychological pitfalls to having been shot and left for dead.

Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that because of course this is a big deal, I just wish that there was a little more time spent on the villains.