Name: Ghost World
ISBN: 9781560974277

Daniel Clowes

Ghost World

i always find it interesting when characters created and written by men somehow end up displaying clear signs of lesbianism and comphet. enid is one of these characters; she’s quite dear to me, even if she’s done some very unpleasant things.

Dani

Esta novela gráfica se centra en dos amigas adolescentes: Enid y Rebecca, que luchan por encontrar su lugar en la sociedad estadounidense, con su entorno lleno de centros comerciales, restaurantes de comida rápida, experiencias sexuales y amistad. A medida que se acerca el final de la escuela secundaria, se enfrentan a un futuro desalentador como adultos, con trabajos poco gratificantes y escasas oportunidades para el amor.

Jess Johansson

This book was pure chaos, and made me feel very old. Neither of those are compliments.

In that same vein, I'll toss it two stars because it made me thankful that I'm no longer a teenager. I'm also grateful that things have changed enough since that period in my life that nowadays a book with this much shite language/latent homophobia would likely have a harder time getting published. At least I hope so.

Bit of a turd bomb.

Emily Perkovich

In a rare turn of events, I liked the movie so much better than the book.

Brittney Wilson

Maybe *2.5* because I liked the ending but the rest just frustrated me and I thought the characters were horrid.

Athena Eloy

A skewed and toxic representation of friendship between teenage girls, written by a straight white dude. In 80 pages, Clowes manages to bring up sex, child molestation, church sex abuse, ableist language, homophobic content, all without resolving any of those instances.

It tells the story of Enid and Rebecca, two above-it-all best friends confronted with the prospect of adulthood and the uncertain future of their friendship.

Jade Flynn

Really good. Wish it could have been longer. I found the story to be very relatable.

Carolina Lopes

Never had an 80-page graphic novel stretched on for this long... Not for me.

Leafling

If you like your quirky a little less whimsical, you have got to check out this brilliant graphic novel made just for pessimists hoping life is a little less shitty and weird than it seems to be. Illustrated beautifully in just blue and white, Ghost World follows recent high school graduates, Enid and Rebecca. Neither of them are planning to go to college and their future is kind of a mystery to them. They spend their days going to diners, watching/judging the strange characters in their towns, and stirring up mostly benign mischief.

It's really easy to relate to these characters as they do weird shit and hate people. I totally related to Enid. Her relationships with the people in the graphic novel PERFECTLY paralleled my relationships with certain people in real life. But even though it's funny and on point, it gets very real by the end when the girls start having to make actual decisions about their lives. The awkward struggle with this new found control over what your life is could not have been portrayed better.

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