I must say that the idea of Sheets is surely refreshing (pun intended). It's a sad and hopeful story about a teenage girl named Marjorie, who's mom has just died. She lives with her younger sibling and dad, who's unable to function after the mom's death and now Marjorie has to run the laundry by herself. There family isn't making that much money and the weirdo from the neighborhood does everything he can to obtain the location for his own business. Marjorie is all alone and bullied until she meets a ghost who eventually helps her. I really liked the combination of the sheet ghosts and the laundry! Thummler creates this sad and hollow world in candy colors and breathes so much life into the ghosts and at the same time it's Marjorie who's the real ghost in a sense. I loved it. What bothered me though was that the pacing doesn't fully work and the rhythm is off. The ending would've needed more space and the best parts were surely the moments of Marjorie's loneliness. The story structure is too sporadic, sadly so and thus the three stars.

The art though? It's wonderful and fits so very well this. There's a hint of 1990s in it and it works. The colors are beautiful and somehow distant at the same time and I liked the rough cuteness in the comic. Sheets is a good comic and quite different and familiar - it's a good mixture even if not perfectly balanced. Still, it's about an important topic and the way it's handled too is nice. Points for that.

4.5 stars
This book is so cute but yet sad as well! I loveee the illustration, and the story of course. It's simple and heartwarming. I want to hug Marjorie tightly!
Plus, It definitely make me want to do more laundry :D

I admit that I was a little confused in the beginning. But other that that, there's nothing else that I did not like about this book :)

This book is gorgeous! The artwork is beautiful and the use of colour is really effective in building the world the story is set in. The storyline follows a lonely young girl struggling to run a laundrette after her mother dies and her father appears to be going through grief related depression. At the same time, there's a young ghost trying to figure out where he fits in after death. For what sounds like quite dark subject matter, it was a very sweet and optimistic plot. The ending felt a little rushed, but it was still a really great story. I would love to read a sequel about the adventures the two friends have after the end of this book!

This is amazing!!! The story is so lovely and sad. I smile and cry at the same time. I can understand Marjorie's lost and it hurts me even more. This comic connected me so much. At first i thought cute comic book about ghosts but it deeper than that and i love it even more. I love color scheme so much.

So, let me start this by saying that I am a huge fan of graphic novels as a whole, but it's true gems like these that having me ranting and raving at my local comic book shop, asking everyone what they're reading and immediately adding it to my TBR.

I would like to say that I was swept up from the very first page, but that's not true. I was pulled in from the first time I seen the cover photo. Honestly, look at that sweet little sheet ghost stuck in the washing machine. I had high expectations going in, and this GN still blew me out of the waters. I loved every page. I don"t want to ruin it for you, so please just download it, buy it, request it at you local library.... whatever you've got to do. Just read it. connect with it. And love it.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I truly appreciate it!

This wasn't my favorite graphic novel. Read it with my 12 year old and we both had trouble following what was happening at the start of the book. The plot with villain was far fetched, in addition to how the father let the girl handle everything. I like the idea of the story (the message), but the book wasn't what I was expecting or hoping for.

Sheets ***RATING 5/5 stars***
by Brenna Thummler - Pub date Aug 28, 2018

Thanks to NetGalley and Diamond Book Distributors for my advanced copy in return for my honest review



We follow Marjorie, who sometimes feels like a ghost. Like any thirteen-year-old can feel like sometimes. Marjorie doesn’t have many friends and has way more responsibilities than most kids her age, she runs her family’s laundromat and takes care of her little brother and her dad.
Trying to handle her Mothers death and the family business, we are introduced to Wendell a boy…a ghost boy. Who is also trying to deal with being a ghost.

Let’s stop for a second and talk about how beautiful this book is! I read it on my iPad, but the colors and illustrations were simple but still amazing! I loved the simple colors used. I just want a huge poster of every panel from this comic!


We are giving this book a 5/5 star’s, we loved every single minute of It. Overall the story was great. It doesn’t come out till August but make sure you put it in your amazon wish list because you do not want to miss out on this one!

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This was sweet story with stunning artwork and a wonderful color palette that instantly had me hooked.
However I felt the ending was very rushed and I think the plot in general could've been more fleshed out.

I really liked this. It was very much like a comic book, but the story was good. I liked the art work and it was a quick read. There was also a nice moral to it. Well done!

First of all, this graphic novel has a really striking and unusual color scheme, with saturated aquas and bright pinks featured in every panel, and some really beautiful full-age illustrations throughout. The story, unfortunately, never quite gelled for me. On one hand, the protagonist is experiencing grief and angst that is protrayed authentically, and the ghost she befriends hails from a ghost world that is rife with the sort of dark humor that pairs well with teen angst (and is featured in other books of the teen angst/ghosts variety, like Anya's Ghost and Graveyard Shakes) - but this dynamic is paired with a lighthearted plot straight out of Scooby Doo that seems geared towrad a much younger audience, with a comical villian who is trying to steal the family business - the contrast in tone never quite gels.

This was a gorgeous comic that had me crying, smiling, the works. The art style itself and color scheme was breathtaking and beautiful. I loved the mix story of Marjorie and the ghost and how their world's collided. It had a touch of realism and the fantasy itself was a special blend. I really couldn't get enough of this story!

I really did love this comic and if this is ever in print or I find it in physical copy I will definitely get a copy for myself and my friends. Absolutely stunning and stellar. I loved it!

This was really good fun to read, but sad as well.

Majorie has lost her mother. Her father isn't coping with her mother's death. He stays in his room all day grieving. Marjorie does her best to look after her little brother and keep their laundromat open but she hates it. Majorie hates a number of things including laundry, some of her customers and of course ghosts.

Majorie is doing her best to keep her family afloat but things take a turn for the worse when Wendell the ghost turns up. Wendell just wants to be friends. He is tired of living in ghost town amd wants to get to know Marjorie. He tries to do this in his normal bumbling way and he gets blamed for some mischief that someone else does.

Not everyone likes Marjorie's family and Wendell sees this but is there something that he and other ghosts can do to help Marjorie and her family? Can they save the laudromat and even though they are dead can they breathe life into it?

This is a lovely story about love and loss and learning to live with grief. The art is good and the story manages to convey the difficulty of coming to terms with grief in the midst of small town life. It is an enjoyable story even though it does pull on the heart. It is suitable for both adults and children. Even though it was sad in places it became uplifting at the end.

It is a beautifully told graphic novel and if you like humorous ghost stories this is a good one.

Copy provided by tpublishers via Netgalle in exvge for an unbiased review.

First up thanks for letting me try to read this one. This one was on my list for books to keep an eye on when they come out. I was happy that Netgalley had it.

Sadly, I just couldn't get through this book. Why is a little girl doing all the laundry? I get that her dad is mourning and feels shit, but this is a 10/12 year old girl we are talking about. This girl gets bitched about when she dares to come a bit later due to school (Um, duh, she has school that is more important). She has to do not only the laundry, but also so many other things. And sorry, I was just getting pissed off at the dad.

And the ghosts. I knew there would be ghosts, but I had expected a bit more from it. Not that the first we see of the ghost is some kind of AAA meeting only for ghosts..

And the art, especially the characters and how they looked was just not my cup of tea. Not at all. The backgrounds were all gorgeous, really they were, but the characters.... :(

SO yeah, I am really happy that I at least had the chance to try this one out.

Sheets is a cute and heartwarming story about a teenage girl and a ghost that has started to haunt her family's laundry. The main draw of the graphic novel is the ghost, Wendell, who, because he doesn't fit in with other ghosts, travels to the human plane (this is not exactly explained so I'm going by what I understood) for adventure but unwittingly causes problems for Marjorie, whose laundry he is 'haunting'.

Much of the story plot is devoted to Marjorie's life - she is juggling school life, and her family's laundry which, after her mother's drowning some time ago, has fallen onto her shoulders. Her father is depressed (I assume) and is not doing much in the parenting department, and Marj is struggling to keep the laundry afloat while an evil townsman, Mr Saubertuck is trying to sabotage her business so he can buy (more like grab since he doesn't intend to pay them for the property) the prime location where her house and laundry is. But then Wendell starts haunting the laundry, and causes accidents with the clothes. For him, the dreamer that he is, it is all an adventure, even though he does have his uses when he snoops on Saubertuck later. When she finally finds and confronts him, Wendell helps her out. It has a sweet ending, with a heartwarming friendship developing between Marjorie and the ghosts.

On a story level, it is cute and adorable, especially Wendell, but on the whole it is slow-paced, too. A lot of the panels go towards establishing how apathetic Marjorie feels about her life, and I get that it was an important facet of her characterization but also I was bored by the pacing of it. The artwork is good, but I honestly couldn't differentiate between the ghosts until like mid-way. Additionally, a lot of the canon surrounding the ghosts isn't revealed until later on, which makes understanding the start difficult.

Overall, a sweet story, and a delight to read, but not something I was wholly impressed by.

Absolutely adorable! This is a must-buy for upper elementary and middle school libraries!! Students and parents both will be smitten with Marjorie and Wendall.

Sheets is such a great novel. I cannot wait until August when it gets published so my library can get it. There's just something about holding the physical book in your hands... It's a thousand times better than squinting at the artwork on your teeny tiny IPhone screen.

My favorite thing about this book was the color scheme. I usually don't like neon colors in real life but it just worked for this book!

I think this would be a great book for young people, because Marjorie is obviously suffering with depression. She's alienating herself because she doesn't know how to cope with her own grief- that and the other girls shown are bitches. She's doing her best to run the family business on her own and I'm super proud of her for being so strong.

Wendell is also super adorable. I thought that the whole "Ghost Town" thing was super interesting and adorable, I loved it!

Again. Cannot WAIT for August so I can buy this for my own library.

A really sweet, middle-grade story of a young girl, Marjorie, just trying to get over her mother's death and figure out her place in the world. But it also has ghosts.

The cool thing about these ghosts is that they wear sheets. You can't see them without the sheets and Marjorie just happens to run a laundromat.

The story is okay but graphics! Like you have never seen before. I like this style....

I requested this from Netgalley.

Solid three and a half stars.

It's a very cute story with stunning use of color (in my opinion). The art style was a little hit and a little miss for me overall, and the plot was a bit lacking. The main conflict that had been building from the beginning just kind of...ended, before the rest of the story did. It's a touching story of loss and grief, and I would recommend it, especially for the young people in your life grappling with the death of a loved one.

The last book I read about a death of a parent was one where the children were being taught to grieve. It was sad, but was not sad the way this one is. This one has the oldest daughter not even getting the chance to grieve because she has become the head of the household, as her father falls into grief that he can’t come out of.

This book reminds me a little of  bit of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Kill_Giants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I Kill Giants,</a> in that there there is something the reader doesn’t quite see, in the beginning, that would explain what is going on, and why Marjorie is trying to go to school and run the family laundry.

And then, into her life, comes a ghost.  He is the ghost of a young boy, looking for a purpose, or looking for a friend.  He wants to help, but he doens’t know how.

And a good story need a villion, and although there is a mean girl, Tessi, that is not the bad guy, not really.

Poor Marjorie.  My heart ached for her. I had to know what happened, and stayed up late to finish graphic novel.

Would recommend it to anyone who wants a good read. You don’t have to have lost a parent or loved one to sympathize with Marjorie.

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Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

I really didn't care for this story. The villain was way too ridiculous and his plan too cartoonish, which made the book too annoying to care about the better aspects of it. The art is simple but pleasant, but other than that it really didn't work for me.