A review by ezrasreadingcorner
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

3.0

3,5 stars. This was just a really cute middle grade story with an interesting premise and a nice setting. I really liked how this book talked about friendship, justice and family without shying away from hard aspects of those themes (and how the book in general, despite being a children’s book, wasn't holding back in terms of spookiness and darker topics). It was nice to see how the book was whimsical and funny, yet very dark and sad at the same time, and how the author trusted the readership with a number of complicated feelings and relationships despite the target audience being mainly children. Also, I really liked the Malaysian elements in this book! However, I feel like the pacing was a bit of and especially the ending could have used a little more space to properly unfold, but otherwise this was a really well done book.