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Critical reception
Reflection received generally positive reviews from music critics. Awarding the album three and a half stars by Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos describes an album where "in a post-Beyoncé world, female empowerment is the name of the game" and this project creates an atmosphere where "high self-esteem feels like a party." Matt Collar, assigning the album four stars from AllMusic, indicates the group is offering "a glint of tongue-in-cheek humor" setting the stage for "an undeniably fun listen from beginning to end" because the group "have crafted an album that is very much a savvy pop product of the moment." Judging the album to be a four star work, Billboard's Jason Lipshutz mentions, "Fifth Harmony is giving teen girls a soundtrack to impenetrable control, refracted through the image of five females who forever have each other's backs", and highlighting that "Reflection represents a promising first step for a girl group that has long been awaiting stardom and has quickly established itself as a wrecking crew of positive role models." In a B review by Glenn Gamboa from Newsday, he conceives, "That all makes for a pretty attractive, if slightly predictable, package." Writing for Time, Jamieson Cox states in a positive review that "The girls have plenty of time to find a distinct musical identity, but it’s clear from Reflection that they have more important pieces in place: precision, agility and a strong sense of self." Christian Lee, writing for Idolator, gives the album three and a half starts out of five, saying, that even though Fifth Harmony on the album "tries too hard to capture the zeitgeist" they do so in a manner where the group "nails every song with absolute precision", and this alone "is bound to move [them] on the next round in this pop game".