Anya's Ghost

Cute illustration and touches on some more sophisticated subjects like body image, assimilation, bullying, etc. Pretty good introduction to those kinda things for younger audience, but I would've loved to see a bit more resolution to some of them. For example: Dima, the only other russian student at her school, is being bullied for their accent and look. The solution to their problem is reduced down to it just being high school so it doesn't matter in the long run. This non-chalantness becomes illogical, if not completely against the point. To be fair though, this graphic novel never promoted itself for being a positive lesson for kids. I just find it weird to pluck in details of her dieting, being bullied, etc, just for nothing to come out of it.

The creepiness was pretty good. It wasn't scary or gory but had a great twist. Honestly the scariest part was the illustration of the ghost throughout the book. (What was with her chafing appearance though?). Overall, it was a pretty good spooky story with a realistically written young girl as an MC. Anyone can enjoy this. Definitely a low effort read that takes about 45 minutes-hour to finish.