I'm late to the game, but wanted to read Sheets before reading the other books in the series. Sheets is about a thirteen-year-old, Marjorie, who works in her family's failing laundromat. She befriends a ghost to help her with her struggles. Sheets is a fun graphic novel that will appeal to the middle school crowd. I loved the scenery spreads and the color palette. Great topics of loss, perseverance, forgiveness, and friendship.

This is my 1st ever graphic novel I have read and I really enjoyed reading it. It was such a quick fast read. The art style is absolutely amazing and done so beautifully. The story was told so well and was well written. The characters were all done so well and I really liked all the characters. Xxx

This isn’t a book I’d usually pick up, but I’ve been trying to get into graphic novels more. I think it was a good illustration of grief, feeling lonely, and friendship in the most unexpected ways.

This was a story about a girl and a ghost, each living their own life (or their own death?), and eventually meeting and becoming friends. It was a story about grief and acceptance, serious topics, while still remaining a wholesome graphic novel. I found that the illustrations were beautifully done and wished I could have seen more of them after finishing the book. I can’t wait to read the next book.

(I got an arc copy from NetGalley)

3.5⭐
Sheets is a youth graphic novel that helps us face grief in a beautiful and entertaining way.
With all the responsibility of raising her family, Marjorie little by little begins to feel like a ghost without knowing that very soon she will live with a real one.

Without a doubt, one of my favorite things in the story was the friendship that the characters develop.

Many thanks to NetGally for the ARC.

This is more of a depressing story than I expected from the cover. It is a graphic novel with a very unique and interesting illustration style. In many ways the muted colors added to the sad tone of the story. While there were some beautiful moments, I just don't see this book being one that I would have at the forefront of my mind to recommend to others. Although, I still think it is worth the read just for Wendell alone.

This was a calm, solemn, and beautifully illustrated book about loneliness, grief, and friendship. I read it in one sitting and it was bittersweet! I liked the illustration style a lot. Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC!

A tragic story about lost loved ones, a young girl filling big shoes and a ghost who feels unwelcomed.

I really enjoyed it even though I was expecting humor.

Thank you #NetGalley and Oni Press for giving me the opportunity to read this!

Beautiful art, and quite charming. I wish there was a bit more, it went by so fast! I think it tackles loss and stress, and it had some important messages, but it felt a bit too quick.

Ghosts × grief × MG × comics is always a combination I go for and it was a good match now as well.

The color palette is extremely harmonious and quite unique especially for the theme. Pinks and purples and blues a lot and still with the feeling of melancholy and fall vibes and didn't even feel strange that it resulted in quite bright nighttime scenes.

I'm a bit confused about the right audience though. The atmosphere at the beginning is really dark. The protagonist's mother had deceased, her father seems to have major depression, leaving the daughter to take care of the laundry business and their family alone, struggling with money. The ghost character turns out to be a younger child and though theirs is a very sad story as well they usually act lighthearted. The villain of the story feels like a caricature which is in contrast with the otherwise depressive atmosphere. Also, the ending seems to resolve too quickly and easily.

In general I really liked this gem and I am intrigued to read the following titles in the series but I felt some imbalance. I'm really keen on learning where the story goes in the next book. (Just to be clear this is a perfectly standalone story with a finished arc)

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book wasn't the easiest to get into but once i did i soon became attached to the characters and was sad once it ended, I believe that this could have been extended more and the story could have been longer OR it could have been a series of short stories after with the friendship of the ghost and girl.
Overall good graphic novel, the art was beautiful and I loved the style!

Randomly seen this before in my feed and was intrigued but then I accidentally refreshed it. Glad that I came across this copy in NetGalley- and I ENJOYED EVERY BIT OF IT!!!

Things I adored:
1. The palette
2. The ✨ PLOT ✨ - it was easy to follow but there l also was depth in it; I feel for Marjorie’s dad’s grief; I feel for Marjorie taking on the responsibilities; and damn Mr. Saubertuck for being selfish!
3. The ghost from the past - literally and metaphorically 🥹

Tried my best not to drop any spoilers!!! (My read to get past my reading slumps 🤭)

Sheets follows Marjorie, a girl trying to keep her family afloat by running the laundromat her mother owned before she passed away and Wendell, a ghost boy that doesn’t fit in in the ghost world. It’s a beautiful story about grief and friendship with a fun ‘defeat the big bad entrepreneur’ storyline as the backdrop.

It took me some time to get into the story, but I don’t think I’ve ever read a graphic novel that gave me the feeling that Sheets gave me. The drawings are absolutely gorgeous as well, so I can’t wait to pick up the other books in this series!

10/21/19 review- This was so cute and addresses loss and moving on in such a delicate way.

7/26/23 review- This story follows two main characters, Marjorie and Wendall. Marjorie recently lost her mom (later revealed in a swimming accident), and we follow as she deals with her own loss, running the family laundromat, caring for her much younger brother, and her father who has all but checked out of their lives from grief. Wendall is a ghost living on the other side, struggling to come to terms with his own death, when he leaves the other side and comes back to the human world. Through a series of mishaps and mistakes, Wendall and Marjorie's paths cross and Wendall causes more than one issue for the already struggling laundromat. Mr. Saubertuck through our whole story is trying to convince Marjorie to sell their families home and business to him so he can start his luxury spa- and Wendall's constant mistakes only slow down business for the Glatt's and make Mr. Saubertuck's offer more and more appealing. Once Wendall does reveal himself to Marjorie, he tries to apologize for the problems he's caused, but Marjorie, so struck with grief, doesn't want to hear it and casts him aside. Ending up back on the other side, Wendall asks for the other ghosts help in setting things straight for Marjorie and her family, which they happily do, sending Mr. Saubertuck running on his way, and causing business to boom with the use of their Ghosterizer (removes all stains!). Marjorie and Wendall end their story as friends.

Even on my second read of this book I am still left feeling so warm and fuzzy, yet heart broken for the Glatt's. I couldn't imagine the level of pain they must be experiencing, but it still infuriates me to no end that Marj's father put her in a position to take up being mother. She LOST her own mother, you need to step up and still be a father, despite your grief. I know it's hard. But come on she's a child. And this poor child not only has all of that going on at home but has apparently no friends at school either and is constantly bullied as well, she can't seem to catch a break anywhere. My only complaint about this story, pretty much every time I read it, is I wish Wendall would reveal himself to Marj sooner, so she doesn't have to deal with as much grief from the laundromat on top of everything else going on. But I get why and the whole point of the story, I just wish this little girl could catch a tiny break SOMEWHERE in her life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel. It grabbed me with the introduction to Marjorie, a young girl running her family's laundromat to support her family after the passing of her mother. The illustrations did a fantastic job at capturing the melancholy of her backstory. Then, we're introduced to Wendell, a sheet-wearing ghost; and watch their stories flip between one another until they finally weave into each other. It's a heartwarming story covering grief, family, self-reflection and so much more. I'm ready to read Delicates!

** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK FOR MY READING PLEASURE **
Copy received through Netgalley

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Interesting, but...sad.
Marjorie is a young girl in high school whose mother recently died and her father has shut himself away. Marjorie takes care of school, her little brother and her father while keeping the family laundromat afloat. All while dealing with school bullies, a secret crush, arrogant and selfish customers, and a creepy businessman trying to buy the business. There's also a ghost boy who feels like he doesn't belong in the Land of Ghosts and makes up crazy stories about how he died.

While I think it's a good story about loss and life's burdens for children, it's a bit unrealistic. I know, it's about ghosts, but...no one in this small town seems to think there's anything wrong with a young high school girl running her parents laundromat all by herself. The entire customer base treat her like a slave, with no care or thought into how they speak to or treat a literal child!

Her mother died a year ago and no one is concerned about her grief, her mental health or how she's (obviously not!) coping.

Mr Evil Moustache man calls her a six year old but I'm hoping that's his ignorance about children because the blurb says she's only 13! The amount of hours she's working, that's tantamount to child labour, but no one seems to care.

Anyway, besides that, the resolution of all their problems - Marjorie and Wendall the ghost - felt really rushed and sudden. The perfect solution to all their problems. I would have liked to see more friendly if not at least polite interaction between the two MCs before they solved their problems together because while Wendall made attempts to be nice, all Marjorie did was shout at and belittle him (for reasons) and it didn't feel like a great solution to make them permanent friends.

Overall it just felt really cliché and stereotypical, with not an ounce of realism that will actually benefit kids who might need a book like this to help them with their grief.

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Also, anyone else notice the similarities to Casper? Mischievous young boy dies because he's doing something he shouldn't be. Young girl, mother recently deceased, absent father living in a fantasy world, having to pick up the slack while juggling school and being bullied by the school "cool" girl? Oh, and a creepy person is trying to steal the house/business but the ghost miraculously saves the day and suddenly everything is fine?

No? Just me?

At least in Casper, Kat felt independent and strong, dealing with life and school with snark, completely aware of how much her situation sucks. Marjorie just accepts life but never really tries to get help or admit she's struggling. And that's not a great role model.

had me at ghosts!

this was silly and goofy and weird, and some parts of it were unrealistic to the point of being endlessly annoying — this coming from a girl who believes in ghosts and thinks it's hyperlifelike that laundromats would be like water parks for them — but i loved the ghost drawings and the town drawing and this was halloween-y. and that's enough for me

This is one of my favorite graphic novels I've ever read. I love the art. The color pallette and style is perfect for the story. If you enjoy slightly spooky or Halloween-esque reads, this is the perfect book for you. Pick up Delicates too while you're at it!

Majorie and Wendall are some of our new favorite characters! My 7 year old and I read this together. Actually, he was so excited about it that he read ahead on his own and I had to catch up (he's reading the second right now as I write this) We love how we started their stories on separate paths and then watched the author weave them together. There are so many emotions expressed throughout the pages of this book and led to a lot of good talking points for the two of us. There are heavier topics but the portrayal was so well done and the graphics add so much to the story. A beautiful graphic novel!

I've been hearing about this comic for ages and happened across it on Netgalley so had to give it a read. A cute little tale about ghosts who look like they do in cartoons - a sheet with eyes. The ghost befriend a young girl, who is running the family laundry following her mother's death - her Dad is too depressed to leave his room.

I don't weant to go into too much detail as it will ruin the story, but it was really enjoyable and I'll certainly look into reading more of Brenna's stories. Thanks Netgalley for the copy.