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A review by lawbooks600
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
4.0
Representation: Biracial main characters, side Asian and Black characters
Trigger warnings: Near-death experiences, death of a grandmother, blood depiction, physical injury, hospitalisation
7/10, one of the two libraries I go to gave this away for free so I picked it up and now I own it and I didn't know what to expect at first since graphic novels can be a hit or miss for me and I've never read from this author before but I'm glad I read this since I enjoyed it, almost everything was executed well, there was even character development so where do I even begin? It starts with the main characters Catrina or Cat for short and her sister Maya and Cat has to move to Bahia de la Luna in California much to her dismay but that was to help Maya who turns out to have cystic fibrosis. I've heard of that condition before but I never got around to learning what it really is and this book was a starter and I might research it further later on but anyway Cat and Maya try to adjust to this new place they're living in and everything looks normal at first until Cat meets a tour guide and he said there were ghosts living in the town; initially no one believed him however only a few pages there were ghosts hence the title. Something shocking happened to Maya when Cat discovers the ghosts first then Maya then they take her breath unintentionally so someone hospitalised her but then she turns out in a sorrier state than before. Wow. Now Maya needs constant oxygen which was sad to see. At least it didn't dampen her spirits in any way so there's that and I liked the character development of Cat and her dynamic with her sister, sometimes it was imperfect but it was the author's choice to make it more realistic, that's understandable. Toward the end of the book a significant event happened called the Day of the Dead where the ghosts get to meet their relatives. Cat could enjoy this since she previously overcame her fear of ghosts ending this on a high note.
Trigger warnings: Near-death experiences, death of a grandmother, blood depiction, physical injury, hospitalisation
7/10, one of the two libraries I go to gave this away for free so I picked it up and now I own it and I didn't know what to expect at first since graphic novels can be a hit or miss for me and I've never read from this author before but I'm glad I read this since I enjoyed it, almost everything was executed well, there was even character development so where do I even begin? It starts with the main characters Catrina or Cat for short and her sister Maya and Cat has to move to Bahia de la Luna in California much to her dismay but that was to help Maya who turns out to have cystic fibrosis. I've heard of that condition before but I never got around to learning what it really is and this book was a starter and I might research it further later on but anyway Cat and Maya try to adjust to this new place they're living in and everything looks normal at first until Cat meets a tour guide and he said there were ghosts living in the town; initially no one believed him however only a few pages there were ghosts hence the title. Something shocking happened to Maya when Cat discovers the ghosts first then Maya then they take her breath unintentionally so someone hospitalised her but then she turns out in a sorrier state than before. Wow. Now Maya needs constant oxygen which was sad to see. At least it didn't dampen her spirits in any way so there's that and I liked the character development of Cat and her dynamic with her sister, sometimes it was imperfect but it was the author's choice to make it more realistic, that's understandable. Toward the end of the book a significant event happened called the Day of the Dead where the ghosts get to meet their relatives. Cat could enjoy this since she previously overcame her fear of ghosts ending this on a high note.