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A review by theundecidedcat
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
3.0
First time reading a graphic novel, so it was a little bit difficult for me to read as I hadn’t learn the order of things before but it’s cool to try new things. I also haven’t read in agessss so it took a bit to get myself to read but I got back into my reading mind space after a while.
As far as the book itself, I just had watched the movie and was curious about the book afterwards so I read it and it is a lot different (as most book to film adaptations are) but I liked it. I think the book is a bit darker, raises the question as to whether Enid kills herself in the end or not, a bit more than the film.
Also, Enid is the self-conscious one in the film, which makes more sense to me but in the book Becky is. I wasn’t expecting the lack of Seymour as I thought he was an important character in the film and added depth to Enid’s character. Enid seemed that much more isolated and alone without the Seymour character in the film, there are scenes and elements of Seymour in Josh and Becky and smaller characters though.
Overall an interesting read and has made me curious and excited to read graphic novels in the future.
As far as the book itself, I just had watched the movie and was curious about the book afterwards so I read it and it is a lot different (as most book to film adaptations are) but I liked it. I think the book is a bit darker, raises the question as to whether Enid kills herself in the end or not, a bit more than the film.
Also, Enid is the self-conscious one in the film, which makes more sense to me but in the book Becky is. I wasn’t expecting the lack of Seymour as I thought he was an important character in the film and added depth to Enid’s character. Enid seemed that much more isolated and alone without the Seymour character in the film, there are scenes and elements of Seymour in Josh and Becky and smaller characters though.
Overall an interesting read and has made me curious and excited to read graphic novels in the future.