Sheets // cute graphic novel about ghosts

I’m impressed. I wanted to read this ’cause I was attracted to the cover, and it was in the graphic novels category. I wanted to read it just for the illustration, because the cover is beautifully illustrated, methinks.

What I got was a story full of all sorts of emotions, character development, and hearty thematic goodness.

I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

World-building and story

Sheets is a bit of a slow-burn. The first part has to build the world up so the reader can understand it, but I feel it was executed quite well. I liked how there weren’t any long explanations of who so-and-so is, like I tend to see in a lot of American graphic novels and comics (and why I seldom read them). Instead, the world-building is well-placed, using pacing to sprinkle it it all about as the reader needs to know about it.

Marj’s POV is wordy at the beginning, but it’s neither unbearable nor too much; Thummler spends more time showing than telling.

Illustrations

The illustration style shown on the cover is what initially drew me in, so.~ I like Thummler’s style. There’s no same-face syndrome, which tends to trip me up a lot when I’m reading comics due to my difficulty remembering faces. I didn’t have to keep looking back over what I read to figure out whether this person was the same character as earlier, just in different clothing.

Overall

I don’t have a lot more to say than this. I really enjoyed reading Sheets. It’s a quick-paced book. I liked the themes in it, especially in regard to Wendell. I felt several different emotions, Mustache Head ticking me off the most, though I feel he is an important character considering the current US president. 👌

Also worth saying Paige Braddock read and reviewed this, and I read and reviewed her Jane’s World anthology in August.