The Phantom Twin
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A young woman is haunted by the ghost of her conjoined twin, in Lisa Brown's The Phantom Twin, a sweetly spooky graphic novel set in a turn-of-the-century sideshow. Isabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show—until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death. Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: Her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?
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This was creepy and weird but in a good way! I've never really heard about these freak shows, so I was new to that, but the story about Jane and Issy was cute. I liked that she still saw her sister and Jane wasn't gone gone. The end was nice as they were finally free from that creep carnival. Also, it was nice that the author put on resources and stuff in the end about freak shows. I never thought I'd read something like this, but hey it was good! I recommend!
Really great art, just ok story that could have been more emotionally resonant.
Recently watched Nightmare Alley, so yay for carnivals, circuses, sideshows and the like. I also very much love Neil Gaiman, so his endorsement was a big draw. It's a good story, a little repetitive and uneven at times, but overall good. Bonus star for saying that Florida is “where the freaks retire” even though it's based on historical carnival workers retiring in Gibsonton, FL and it's sometimes called Gibtown. I appreciated the author's note at the end that gave a little history and perspective.
