Reviews

Ghost Tree, by Bobby Curnow

neonwolf9's review

adventurous mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

carleesi's review

1.75

The premise of this book was touching but the execution didn’t do it for me. 

Firstly, we’ve got a 32 year old getting flirty with an 18 year old ghost - always going to give that a huge ick. The dialogue was really strange sometimes, quite stunted and the character development was lacking. And randomly unnecessary graphic descriptions of violence from one character.

megmo's review

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Abandonment

paperbackstacks's review

emotional reflective sad

4.5

karbingut's review

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

teenytinylibrary's review

3.0

Ghost Tree is a sad, lovely tale about ghosts, what we do with our lives, and how that affects our death. I was maybe expecting a little more creepiness, but this was nice. I'm wondering with the way the book ended, if there will be another dive into the world of the ghost tree.

skipper_schutt's review

3.0

I was actually gonna to drop a 5/5 on Ghost Tree for its first three issues. This is a beautiful comic with lush art that is so soothing. A comic all about the meditation of being so concerned about fixing the world that you can’t fix yourself. It’s easy to get lost in the ghosts and get so lost in thought you can’t see what’s around you. The way this comic plays with this existential anguish in a really cool allegory I appreciated. The worldbuilding itself is really subtle but wonderfully realized and the dialogue all feels very natural and has a lot of insight in the human condition. I felt although the 4th issue had to wrap things up a little too quickly because we were so concerned with the first three issues building up the characters and relationships. I’m glad for that as well- characters > plotting for me any day of the week. However- I couldn’t help but feel underwhelmed by a big reveal. The ending of this comic is also very unsatisfying but I think in the best way possible. This comic subverts expectations and tells us how it is rather then what we want it to be. So maybe there was never supposed to be a grand reveal or a big moment. Maybe the climax is built up and then quickly resolved to show that hey- this isn’t a story about a big climax and it never will be. I dunno- the last issue just seems too rushed for me to give this a 5/5 but I could see it potentially growing on me later on. Regardless, the rest of this comic is close to perfect as comics get and it’s absolutely worth picking up.

vishal7arora's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ash_among_the_stars's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.0

cryptidjade's review

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0