Optional Book Club Discussion: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes - May 2013 (may contain spoilers)

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Hello everyone. This is the topic for our Optional Book Club Discussion for May 2013, Ghost World by Daniel Clowes.

The discussion will occur during this whole month of May.

If your post will contain spoilers, then please type SPOILERS in capital letters at the top of your post (or use the html code for spoilers) so that members who are still reading or have not yet read the book can avoid critical details that can spoil their reading.

Enjoy our optional book club discussion everyone.

[Lucy]

Potential SPOILERS:

I only joined a couple weeks ago, so this is my first comment. I actually just read Ghost World, as I saw it on the optional reading list for this group so it gave me the push to finally get it. I'm still not sure wether I liked it or not. Sure, it touched on many issues faced by teenagers and their pursuit of identity. I'm feel it perhaps needed more direction, I was left expecting more by the end. It seemed to finish abruptly. It was certainly amusing and funny in parts and the observational commentary of the two main characters of the people around them, though harsh, is perhaps an interesting portrayal of the way some people can judge others by appearances. I'd be interested to hear what others think?

[Karen]

I'm about halfway through this one, and I am liking it just fine. I'm pretty sure I am not at risk of becoming a slavering Ghost World fan-girl, but still, I'm enjoying it enough that I will be happy for time spent reading it.

[Lucy]

Karen: I am also glad I read it. Something I did not consider in my first comment is that it was originally serialised in a comic book. So it is a combination of stories. In that respect it left me wanting more. I'd be interested to know what you think once finished.

[Cyndi]

I have to admit to being a Clowes snob. Ghost World is pretty fab, however I confess to favoring . I enjoy visiting Clowes' surreal characters and the world they live. Good choice.

[Peter]

I really dug this book. It was the first Daniel Clowes I've read.
It was a good slice of life, character study of these two girls. Great characters! They seemed very real, like I've known people like them. Kind of a melancholy feeling to much of the book, but really funny at times as well.
Really excelled at capturing the vapid, soul-less suburban wasteland, and these aimless teenagers growing up in it.
I'm going to have to read more of his books.