SUMMARY:
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.
When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt's Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
Sheets illustrates the determination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to be conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether life feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness and unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted laundromat.
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.
When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt's Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
Sheets illustrates the determination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to be conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether life feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness and unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted laundromat.
REVIEW:
This is a cute, heartbreaking and heartwarming tale about a young girl and a young ghost. The pacing for this tale was soooooo sllll-oooow! I just about fell asleep several times in the first half or so of the storyline; which is generally quite a feat while reading a graphic novel. It was just extremely boring without a whole lot of anything going on.
About the only thing that kept me going was my anger at how badly everyone in the book treated Marjorie. From kids her age to adults who should have known better, they were basically all a bunch of jerks, with very few exceptions. I really wanted to bash in some animated heads at several points during the narrative. Of course, Wendell isn't treated too much better in his world.
Once the two meet and start working together, things greatly improve for both of them. Thank goodness! Once we discover the fact that they did and how they knew each other previously, things start to fall into place even more. And they eventually are able to achieve a rather nice, if bittersweet, happily ever after, or at least happily for now, ending.
I was also not impressed with the graphics. Although the muted color schemes were attractive, I found the drawings themselve to be very simplistic. The humans especially just look quite odd.
Basically, this book just didn't "speak" to me all that much.
About the only thing that kept me going was my anger at how badly everyone in the book treated Marjorie. From kids her age to adults who should have known better, they were basically all a bunch of jerks, with very few exceptions. I really wanted to bash in some animated heads at several points during the narrative. Of course, Wendell isn't treated too much better in his world.
Once the two meet and start working together, things greatly improve for both of them. Thank goodness! Once we discover the fact that they did and how they knew each other previously, things start to fall into place even more. And they eventually are able to achieve a rather nice, if bittersweet, happily ever after, or at least happily for now, ending.
I was also not impressed with the graphics. Although the muted color schemes were attractive, I found the drawings themselve to be very simplistic. The humans especially just look quite odd.
I received a free eBook copy of this title from NetGalley,
and have willingly provided an honest review.
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