Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts are my own.
“Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she’s worked for.
Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.”
Sheets is a cute graphic novel with a deeper plot. The colours were stunning, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the art style. The emotion in the characters tugged at my heartstrings, but other characters were quite annoying and frustrating. Also, yes, I know this is about ghosts, but it seemed kind of unrealistic. How did a kid get away with running their laundromat? Did their father get help or did he just make promises?
I thought the ghost world was cute! I loved Wendall. What a sweetheart. I thought the other ghosts were endearing. I hated the “bad guy” and I thought he was completely overexaggerated. The plot didn’t flow very smoothly, and I was confused by the dialogue sometimes.
Marjorie, while a child, was honestly a complete doormat. She let everyone walk all over her, she let Mr. Saubertuck do whatever he wanted in her shop, leaving pamphlets and advertisements. Like, how dare he? That was infuriating, and she just let it happen! Nobody stopped him!
I did enjoy parts of this graphic novel. There were cute bits, especially in the ghost world. Wendell was a dear, but his death was super sad. Ugh. Just all-around sad.
Decent graphic novel! I’d recommend it to some people and I’ll check out more by Brenna Thummler in the future for sure!
