Synopsis:
Ever felt anxious or alone? Like you don’t belong anywhere? Like you’re almost… invisible? Find your kindred spirits at The Sad Ghost Club. (You are not alone. Shhh. Pass it on.)
When two strangers meet at a party and realise they both feel different from everyone else there, they start the The Sad Ghost Club – a secret society for the anxious and alone, a club for people who think they don’t belong.
But when a third ghost wants to join the club, things get a bit more complicated. Can the two ghosts overcome their insecurities and uncertainties in their new friendship, and find a way to welcome new members to the club?
Stunningly illustrated, this is Volume 2 in a new graphic novel series, for fans of Heartstopper and Jennifer Niven, and for anyone who’s ever felt invisible.
Review:
It’s taken me a very long time to get to The Ghost Club Vol. 2. I read volume one just over two years ago and I’ve been saying since then that I need to continue reading the series. This is such an easy read with a very lovely message. I’m not usually a fan of books about mental health as I read to escape, not remember my problems, you know? But I do really enjoy these graphic novels.
The art of The Sad Ghost Club is very simple, and that is one of the reasons why I like it, but telling the difference between the ghosts is getting very difficult. The only difference between them all is their trousers and shoes and I can’t remember who is who most of the time. I quite liked what Sheets by Brenna Thummler did, which was give each ghost an accessory or different type of sheet so you can tell them apart.
I really related to Socks in this instalment. The constant questioning of whether or not SG still likes them because SG made a new friend was ridiculously relatable. The self doubt hit home a little too much but this series is just so endearing.
There’s not a lot going on but The Sad Ghost Club is very much driven by its characters. Speaking of, we have some new (I assume) occurring characters. The very first one, who I can’t remember the name of right now (sorry I read this weeks ago and didn’t make notes) gave us the first real drama of this series. This character, while unintentionally fuel for drama, showed that even though someone is very outwardly confident, it doesn’t mean they don’t have their own issues going on behind closed doors.
This moment gave Socks the chance to bond and show empathy to SG’s new friend – bringing us nicely to the end of the instalment with a bunch of new potential friends.
Which brings me to ending this review with a promise to check out volume three of The Sad Ghost Club soon. I was very gratefully gifted a physical copy of the non-fiction companion book for this series and I still feel awful that I never got around to reading and reviewing it when it was published.
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