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blewballoon 's review for:
Not Quite a Ghost
by Anne Ursu
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book really took me back to being in 6th grade, starting out middle school. I imagine this would be highly relatable especially for middle grade girls. There are also mentions of the covid pandemic and references to modern media, so I think this book will serve as a bit of a time capsule for this specific early 2020s time period. It takes a long time for the horror elements to show up, but they are there. The real story though is about the difficulty of navigating adolescence and an "invisible" illness.
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Gaslighting
Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment