Guestbook: Ghost Stories

What a strange and creepy book! Not what I expected, but definitely creative and affecting. Reading these stories, paired with the images, did bring up the same feelings as hearing a ghost story around a campfire. I did love also that in one story, a character tried to talk about ghosts at a cocktail party and her partner thought that was weird. Relatable!

Wonderful that books like this exist. I liked the Tennis story. I did not understand, and perhaps am not meant to, Edward Mintz. On there own, the stories are just lines of code—with the photos or art, we get caught in something that echoes reality.

Some of these pieces are moving, but too many fall flat, and the overall piece doesn't hold together. Maybe this is because Shapton's ghosts are not mine, but the found-photograph element seems contrived at times.

I am not leaving a star rating because I couldnt finish this book.
I recieved it from a goodreads giveaway and am grateful the publisher sent it to me.
Unfortunately I found this book super confusing.
It did have lovely pictures but I def was completely lost with rest of it.