I just finished Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover. It’s 104 ages but is a graphic novel so in book club rules that’s 52pages @internrachel @julia1

It’s a nice quick read (really, it was delivered this morning and I read it whilst my computer was performing a virus scan…) – but there isn’t much of a story. The lead character is called Annah and the reader accompanies Annah as she goes on a date with Chili. The people they pass and encounters because narrators which is actually quite interesting because they’re all so diverse and do have their ownpersonalities and voices. The narrators talk about Annah and her neuroses. In fact ’Gingerbread Girl’ doesn’t have much of a story about it but is more of a compact character study. As a result I’d say it’s not something I imagine I’d go back to again and again. The artwork is lovely, it just would have been nice to see more into Annah’s world.

There’s a lot placed on the role of the ’Gingerbread Girl’ (Annah’s sister who may or may not be real) and I think it would have been interesting to see more about that.

If anyone else has read it I’d be really interested in hearing about what you thought.