Ghost World: Bola Ocho (Ghost World: Eight Ball, Spanish Edition)
 

Ghost World: Bola Ocho (Ghost World: Eight Ball, Spanish Edition)

by Daniel Clowes

Dan Clowes described the story in Ghost World as the examination of "the lives of two recent high school graduates from the advantaged perch of a constant and (mostly) undetectable eavesdropper, with the shaky detachment of a scientist who has grown fond of the prize microbes in his petri dish." From this perch comes a revelation about adolescence that is both subtle and coolly beautiful.... (read more)

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Liked It

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Justin M
  • Rated 5 stars

Absolutely brilliant. Every panel is either hilarious or disturbing or both. Clowes even parodies himself, giving main character Enid (played by Thora Birch in the entertaining Terry Zwigoff film from 2001) a crush on the cartoonist -- then showing her disgust when she actually sees him in person. The relationship between Enid and her cuter but more insecure best friend Becky feels so true, so real and ultimately so damn heartbreaking. Clowes throws in these moments that would smack...

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Didn’t Like It

1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
librarianwho
  • Rated 1 stars

I was really disappointed with this book. I had heard such good things about it but I can't see why. Neither of the main characters are likable, especially not Enid. The plot is disjointed and so many of the characters look the same that unless they are specifically addressed by name I was at a loss to identify them without flipping back through the book. Additionally, a lot of the action was ambiguous so that it was impossible to discern what had happened. A lot of people would argue...

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  • Rated 4.126984 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • Bookworm111

    bookworm111 said:

    I have the screenplay for this book too, but for some reason Shelfari won't let me select it for my shelf. Aarrgh, it doesn't recognize the screenplay as a separate book from "Ghost World". Oh well.

    posted Saturday, September 29 2007 ( | view 2 replies )
  • mizdandy

    mizdandy said:

    One of the best comic books I've ever read. I good friend gave this to me when I left for Japan and I still treasure it. Daniel Clowes writes very good female characters, I think, in that I think I've had some of the same conversations the girls in the book had.

    posted Monday, June 18 2007
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