I have read this before, and recall liking it. However, this time around Enid annoyed me. She was far too cynical and concerned about social labels. It did not impress me the second time.

This teen graphic novel is not for me, but it seems very popular with high school students and older teens. Enid and Rebecca are best friends, just out of high school. Enid seems very anti-establishment and tries on different "looks" as she searches for her identity. Rebecca is more the follower in this relationship and talks about following Enid to another city and moving in with her if she goes away to college. She lacks self-confidence and feels second best to Enid in terms of attractiveness. Enid is drawn to those on the fringes of society: the verbally abusive politically incorrect record store owner John Ellis; an old man, Bob Skeetes, who does astrological and psychic readings; an odd-looking couple Enid labels Satanists. The girls still engage in annoying childish behaviour like crank calls and describe others with politically incorrect racist terms and cruel comments. As I said, not my cup of tea, but I can see how it would appeal to young women at the age of discovering themselves.

I'm not much of a graphic novel reader but Ghost World was really good. For whatever reason I found myself compelled to keep reading the story and the artwork is just fantastic! The movie was pretty good to.

I decided to pick this up after watching the movie awhile back and being a fan. I loved the graphic novel way more and I wish there were more novels of this type. I HIGHLY reccomend this novel to all females of the age 16-30. You will not be disapointed. Prior to reading this novel I was a fan of the movie, but after reading the novel and falling in love with every aspect of it the movie just wasnt as great. Sadly another case of a book being waaaaaay better then the movie.

I read this graphic novel shortly after I viewed the movie. There are some substantial differences in the story line. For one, a major character in the movie was only a simple side note in the novel. Enid did not attend the art class summer school either. Her book of drawings only received one brief showing too. It was an enjoyable story nonetheless, and the theme of the story's closing is the same. The book's ending seemed to be a little more amicable, but by-and-large the same. There is more allusion to what the title conveys; in the movie I only began to understand the reference from viewing some of the bonus material.