Anya's Ghost Review

Anya's Ghost is a story written and illustrated by Vera Brosgol, about a girl Anya who essentially falls down a well and meets a ghost that becomes her friend. It a play on the classic girl who falls into a well story, but if that girl died and another girl fell nearly 100 years later and befriends the ghost.

The story has some funny parts and overall is just a cool story that is nicely illustrated as well. The drawings remind me a little bit of the cartoons from Butch Hartman, like Danny Phantom. Maybe it is just because of the ghost similarities or maybe im just imagining it, but for some reason that Nickelodeon type art style is what Anya's Ghost reminds me of.

The story might sound like a horror story but at its core its mostly a slice of life horror comedy as Anya and her new ghost friend encounter high school girl situations. While this novel might seem like its a bit more for girls, I would say you could enjoy it easily for any sex. As for ages, I think pretty much young teens it is probably fine for. Its not very scary, but I dont want to say get it for a young child because it may scare them.

I dont want to spoil the plot much, but there is more to the friendship between Anya and her new friend that escalates later on. Overall though I found this graphic novel to be a quick read and quite charming. It boasts nearly 220 pages but much of the art work and text is oversized so you will breeze through it pretty quickly. I would definitely recommend anyone that is a fan of graphic novels to check this one out. Even if you dont enjoy it for only around $10 on amazon its great for a collection and someone you know that is younger might enjoy it.