Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

87 reviews

aprilthelibrarian's review against another edition

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Bullying

aahrobot's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Bullying

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

drowning

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, and Child death

cutepatzie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

It's an interesting story with very interesting art. That's a nice quick read. But also surprisingly very more deep than I thought it will be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Bullying

chloebaboey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

ajparmentier's review against another edition

I really enjoyed this one! Parts of it were a little too unbelievable for me, but it's a sweet, sad story and I really enjoyed it. The art style is great and I loved the restricted color palette so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mental illness

TW: A child and a mother both died by drowning.

kateyoutka's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I don't read many graphic novels, but it's always been on my to-do list to seek out more of them. "Sheets" was heartbreaking, raw and real.

Marjorie is a 13-year-old whose mother has died, and her father is consumed by grief. She's left running her family's laundromat and caring for her younger brother while struggling with the typical young teenager stuff: Friend drama, bullies, boys and more.

Wendell is a ghost living in the Land of Ghosts, where he doesn't really fit in with his peers. He's a rule breaker, so he takes a train to the land of the living and discovers the laundromat, which is essentially a spa for ghosts who are made up almost entirely of sheets.

I wished the novel had gone a little more in-depth to some of Marjorie's relationships and Wendell's backstory, but then we got more of that in the two sequels. I think this is a must-read series for teens and adults alike, and the graphics are absolutely gorgeous.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Grief