Well I enjoyed this volume a lot more than the last. It still had some issues but overall it finally found it's groove. Batgirl this time around is faced with the Knightfall! A dangerous group ready to take the lives of the villains, and heroes if they get in the way. Can the hot red head badass batgirl save the day? Well duh, of course she can!

What I liked: The zero issue was great. Seeing backstory of barb is always good. I also really enjoyed her inner dialog. It was a lot of fun, reminded me of a female version of Spider-man. I also loved the art. Very easy to follow and good action. I thought the ending was great too and builds on tension very well.

What I didn't like: The Villains. They seemed just meh. I wanted to care more about them. Fear them. I just didn't. Which is a shame. Babs needs a good villain.

These were around, so I read them. I don't think I'd either read them again or recommend them.

There's a lot going on I this volume. Overall, I really enjoyed it. Watching Babs come back into her own and establish a pretty great and unique rogues gallery is great. I don't recognize any of the villains she's come up against so far, except maybe grotesque, and they continue to stand apart from the rest.

The art is gorgeous, and the writing is top notch. Barbara has a clear voice and this book is wonderfully about who she is. I wondered about this a couple of times though. How many other heroes are constantly showed as being so compassionate? Sure, it sets her apart and makes sense for her character, but when's the last time Wonder Woman or Batwoman spent a whole arc worried about a 16 year old boy and telling him how brave he is being? I could be wrong, it just felt a little...emphasized at times.

There were two stories, the zero issue and the Night of the Owls tie-in, that stood pretty independently. Both were decent. The zero issue was great, though I'd like to know more about why she started her hiatus before being shot. It actually all makes me more excited for the Zero Year event. As for the Owls issue, it was mediocre on its own. I haven't read the whole event yet, and by itself this story just didn't tell anything really. It was an interesting tale, though.

Overall, this continues to bring quality, as have all of the other bat-books I'm reading. I'm excited to see where this goes, and this book especially has definitely set up some more long-term conflicts.

This is another that makes me feel a little conflicted in assigning a rating, much like the first volume. The story was ok to decent, with some moments I didn't like. There were some themes and characters that I'm tired of returning to. The ending was kind of unsatisfying, and I didn't like the cliffhanger. But, the art was good, the characterization and internal commentary from Barbara are very enjoyable, and this again left me eager to read more because I want to spend more time with the character. Simone does a wonderful job with her. So four stars because I loved it, but realize the story is nothing special. I really liked how Batwoman's appearance was accompanied by a shift to her typically ornate style of art on action sequences; they brought her atmosphere along with her.

This volume's a bit of a mixed bag if I'm being *completely* honest, but I think there's way more good than bad. I noticed a pretty significant shift in the art this volume (it's not bad, there's just some VERY weird posing that looked very *ahem*...gratuitous compared to last volume), but I still love how Simone writes Barbara Gordon. Barbara's ability to show empathy, even to those who minutes prior tried to hurt her, is surprisingly endearing and really sets her character apart from the rest of the Batfamily. The new origin for Batgirl is miles better than the original and the direction Simone took the story revolving around one of Joker's henchmen was surprisingly touching. I was not expecting that from a story related to Killing Joke. The one-shot story revolving around the Court of Owls was really cool too and referenced a real life event from WW2 that I didn't know existed. Knightfall's dialogue was pretty hammy at times, but she's probably the best of the villains so far. Most of the flaws from volume 1 are still here, but the highlights are still here too and that's good enough for me.

This however was starting to suffer quite badly from 'you-need-to-have-read-a-dozen-other-titles-to-know-what's-going-on-itis', so as a result the KNightfall and Talon stories were just... pretty meaningless to me.

I still quite enjoyed spending time with Barbara Gordon, just, yeah. Wtf was up with the story.

I absolutely loved the first volume in the New 52 Batgirl and was not disappointed in this second volume. Barbara is more in fighting form this time, although still struggling with the after effects of her disability.

This starts off with a nice little origin story flashback with a very brief Batman appearance, and I liked the revamp of the first time Barbara donned a batsuit. The Night of Owls issue feels a bit random in this collection, but I liked the character interactions and ideas behind it so no real complaints there. Knightfall, the main focus of this volume, was an interesting villain and the arc kept me hooked and wanting more.

I liked this better than the first book, and will definitely keep reading now. It’s gritty and goofy, cute and cruel. What more could you ask for?