 Hi everyone! Today we're going to be talking about Brenna Thumbler's sheets. So stay tuned! Welcome back to the channel, Geo here, and finally I gave Sheets a try. I've had this book for quite a while in my collection and I finally read it. This is published by Lionforge's young adult division called Cubhouse, which I think is insanely cool. I love that idea. What the heck is Sheets all about? Basically it's sort of this slice of life tale of the Glatt family. We follow Marjorie Glatt, our main character. She, after experiencing a family tragedy, she just inherited this laundromat and she is running it by herself, mostly, and it's putting quite a stress and pressure on her because she is in middle school. I think she's 13, 14, something like that, and to have that type of responsibility so early on can be heartbreaking. You know, it's an insecure time when you're growing up, especially in school, with so many characters and bullies and of course you're working, so you've got people that are kind of rude and unbearable. You've got people plotting to take over that place, stuff like that, so right out of the gate you have a character that you feel sorry for and that you understand her sadness and her why she's grieving throughout the book, you know? Every character in this story has a sense of, I want to say dread, but it's more like there's a weight on their shoulders because of this tragedy and they're trying to overcome it, but circumstances keep happening and stuff happens. So the flip side of this book, and you're probably wondering if you've never read it, why is it called Sheets and why does it have this ghost on the cover? Is because it is sort of a supernatural tale. On the other side of the story we go to the land of Ghost where the other main character in the story, a young boy named Wendell, passed away way too soon and the character is now a ghost. So to sort of retain his essence or who he is and stuff, these ghosts wear sheets like the traditional method of scaring kids, you know cutting two holes on the bed sheet and pretending you're a ghost floating around. So Wendell, he is a wholesome young boy, he exaggerates a few things, how he passed away, the people that he grew up with and it's sort of like this extravagant lifestyle with like food and animals and hunting things and safari or something. And he, one of the brilliant parts about this book that I really loved, it was the council therapy where the ghost would gather on their alternate plane of existence I guess, which kind of looks like a rundown, old western town, something like that, you know. So they would gather and like an AA meeting and discuss how they died and all that stuff. It's through that window that we meet our second protagonist and how both the Glatt family and in the case of Wendell, they're experiencing grief and being and feeling lost, you know, for very different circumstances but there is a common thread in there and the book sort of follows her journey not only to make amends with what has happened but to move forward and in that insecurity, how can she run a business when the case of the laundromat and with Wendell, you're following a story about, you know, confusion because it is, I think he was like an 11 year old kid when he passed away which is way too young and him not really fitting in this land of ghosts and wanting to find another purpose and in this case in the world of the living. Another aspect that I really liked about Sheets is that the people on earth, even if they're bullies, even if it's the main protagonist, Marjorie and all that stuff, they have very set expressions to the way they behave and look, you know, the Glatt family is sad and depressed and you see it. Bullies and all that stuff, they have mean scowling faces but it is the dead people, the ghosts that have the most expressions and I love that so much even through a sheet of a blanket you can have sort of these wonderful beautiful expressions through the eye sockets and the way they gesture and all that stuff and raise their, I guess, hands because they don't really have a physical body, it's, you know, energy and all that stuff and they're using the sheet to sort of materialize and interact. They also, they also lose part of themselves if they are forgotten, I assume they mean in the real world with us, forgetting about people that passed away and all that stuff so that was pretty interesting. The main selling point for me though with this story has to be the artwork. This thing just looks and feels and has just this amazing atmosphere. It's a beautiful story to look at. The backgrounds, the characters, the way they look, it's all just gorgeous and I loved it so much. This is probably one of my favorite panels right there where, by the way, yeah, look at the expression on both characters. She is in this scene, of course, she's a little bit angry and Wendell, you see sort of his frown and how worried he is and yeah, over there, look at the amount of detail and the coloring used on that page. It just looks amazing. I love this so much. There's a blue-ish tone or hue throughout the story that really makes it sort of like an ethereal read and it goes along with the paranormal stuff which I liked. It's sort of foggy looking, I guess. Look at the artwork right there with Wendell and how much expression there is on those eyes. But when you go to the land of ghosts, and I'm probably saying that wrong, but when you go there, it sort of has this ink blot, like a pen art that it's supposed to be black and white, but it looks very hollow and empty and you sort of, it gives you a sense of dread, obviously, because they are forgotten characters, but, and you sort of feel sad for them. There's some really cool art right there. Here's what I meant earlier with the town looking kind of like Old West with all the ghosts and they have their meetings right there. Looking pretty interesting. I just love the whole concept of basically giving a voice to the deceased in a very interesting way. This is not a scary book. This is not a book that dwells on that stuff. Also, I don't know if it's me, but everybody in this freaking book has wonderful, interesting-looking hair. It looks really awesome and it just flows fantastic. You know, the author has a real knack for movement in this. It has sort of that indie charm, but the way the characters move from panel to panel, I've really enjoyed it. I thought it was really well done. You get a villain of sorts to the story, which I thought was pretty interesting. The way that ends was pretty awesome and it's probably my favorite thing. This book really reminded me of reading or watching the Casper animated shows or reading stuff like that. It really brought me back to a more simpler time and I really enjoyed it. I think, like I said, the younger crowd will really get a kick out of it, especially kids in middle school and even high school. Or us adults as well can enjoy a simple story about a character grieving and allowing herself to grow as a person because of things that have happened and meeting a friend in a twist that she didn't see coming, which I think is fabulous and the characters are very well realized and their dialogue is pretty real and pretty interesting. I really enjoyed reading Sheets. This is a wonderful graphic novel that you can get for a few bucks and you will be rewarded with a story unlike Caves and Cows that goes off the beaten path with a different sort of plot. So yeah, Sheets, you've probably read it. Let me know in the comment section down below what you thought of it. If not, don't worry about it. Do me another favor. If you can, subscribe to the channel here at We Can Get Them. That was terrible, but I'll go with it. Subscribe to the channel here, like, comment, and just keep on being awesome because I really appreciate you guys. We are on the road to 2,000 subscribers. I cannot wrap my head around that stuff. 2,000 viewers watching my videos. That's awesome. Thank you so much everybody. You can follow me on social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all that fun stuff. I'm usually there posting and sharing news and all that stuff. So yeah, thank you everybody for tuning in. I've got to go. I've got more stuff to read and review for you guys. 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