This was a wonderful graphic novel. The art work is so beautiful and I recommended this one to so many of my friends!

I loved this graphic novel series. My favorite thing about it was that it touched on deeper topics, such as mental health and grief. I also liked that it explores the nuances of family and friendship. The illustration style was also incredibly beautiful.

Such a beautiful graphic novel, from an author who is hugely talented. Lovely artwork and a great plot. Fantastic read.

It was the perfect ending for such a sweet and amazing trilogy! The fact we could explore more of Wendell’s past was really good, even though I couldn’t help it and cried like a baby 🫣
This trilogy has such a powerful message, and the characters development is really noticeable.

Thank you so so much for giving me the opportunity to get to know this lovely characters and this amazing story. It is definitely a must to read this story!!!

I love the illustrations, sheets was one of my favorites last year it was so cute and this was the same I loved every second of this cute graphic novel!

The perfect conclusion to an unfailingly beautiful series. Precious Wendell’s story was finally explored in full and was absolutely done justice, even if it did make me cry. All three volumes are so lovingly made, with breathtaking illustrations and colour palettes, wonderful stories and most importantly the most fantastic characters. This is a series I will always return to and love with my whole heart.

Thank you so much to the publisher for the e-arc, I’m ever so grateful.

A bittersweet end to the Sheets trilogy, capturing a journey of hope, friendship and growth.

Volume three starts off right where volume two ends. Marjorie and Eliza are learning how to become friends with each other while Wendall is coming to terms with Marjorie having more friends. Volume three focuses primarily on uncovering the cause of Wendall’s death and his life before he became a ghost.

The story is captivating mainly because it focuses on a mystery with Wendall as the prime focus. Wendall is such a sweet and precious character. Throughout the story we relive parts of his life through flashbacks which not only add to the mystery but helps define Wendall’s character more. Marjorie’s story is also interwoven throughout as she struggles with keeping her friendship with Eliza and her previous friends who bullied Eliza. However, it’s not that interesting because there’s an obvious lack of growth and communication which makes it more frustrating.

The pacing is much better in this volume. I think because it was centered around a mystery, the story progresses more evenly. As a reader, I could feel the characters’ emotions more stronger in this volume. The dialogues were as usual, short and crisp, with meaningful quotes sprinkled throughout. In many places, instead of written dialogues there was simple, expressive artwork which progressed the story through its tone and emotions.

The artwork is reminiscent of the first two volumes but uses more pink tones during Wendall’s flashbacks. I love how this trilogy has managed to keep a color theme, with primarily pastel tones to depict such tough and emotional topics without losing the focus. The character designs felt a little different to me in this volume. As Marjorie and her friends were high schoolers, I thought they looked a bit too old, similar to other older characters.

Overall, I’m glad I gave this trilogy a chance because it’s so powerful. In each volume there were subtle messages hidden throughout and one main message which was developed throughout. The ending is bittersweet and I hope we get a short story or two, because I’ll miss the characters. But I’m also glad our characters are getting the happy ending they wanted and have grown, even if it’s a little bit.

Having thoroughly enjoyed the first two installments in this trilogy I was really excited to see the third one coming out. I really loved that in this one we saw more of Wendell's past and what led to him becoming a ghost. We also see real growth with both Marjorie and Eliza, with a special emphasis on how you can have different types of friends that you do different things with, and that's ok. Not only was this a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy, it was wonderful to see where Marjorie started and where she ended up by the end. A wonderful coming of age story on multiple fronts.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to read this book early! I really enjoyed it. I thought the writing was very well done, and the story kept me interested. I love this series of graphic novels.

I did enjoy both of the previous installments as well. I'm not sure if I would have picked this up without knowing about the previous.

This is the third book in the Sheets series. I absolutely loved Sheets and Delicates! I'm sad it's the last one though, and honestly this entire volume was kind of sad too. I definitely could identify with Eliza, when Marjorie reconnected with her former friends. I think I would feel really conflicted, you want your friends to be happy, but if the friends are responsible for your own unhappines.. it sucks. I relaly loved Eliza, so so much. And Wendell!

Again, I'm really sad it's over, I'm glad we got to know more about Wendell, but I really don't want the story to end!

I've been a fan since the first one and it was great to see how things played out. It is heartwarming and I get all tear eyed. Cannot wait for more Brenna Thummler!

Super cute book, love the art style and the messages of the story. I feel there is some missing logic and backstory though

This is the third in a series, and I am torn between calling it an excellent standalone for just one reason. The reason is that the emotional ride the characters have been in in the past two books makes this more satisfying, but even if you stumbled on this without prior knowledge, I'd think it would still be deep and meaningful (or so I'd assume since I cannot confirm that fact).
We have two girls who bonded over the course of the last story over a ghost who is trying to explore his new world. In this book, finally, we get to know Wendell's past. Wendell has been a restless ghost, and we get to know why that might be the case. Both girls, who are of different temperaments, were thrown together when both behaved outside the norm of the 'regular' girls in school. It is now up to them to see their friendship through, even as they have different ideas as to how to help Wendell.
The dynamics of friendship are both intriguing and fragile, as many of us might have experienced ourselves.
All the emotions are set forward so simply that they will definitely take the reader by surprise at their simplicity.
I definitely liked this the best of the three and think that together, they pose a perfect package. It is one of the easier graphic novels to understand while being deep enough to evoke emotional reactions from the readers.
I received an ARC thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.

Well, much like the first two in the series, I cried at some point. Lights takes the reader on a journey through Wendell's past, which is sad but I think most of us knew it would be, and Marjorie and Eliza's friendship continuing to work. I found the emotions to be very real throughout the whole series, it can be hard to find your people and to keep those relationships in good repair when you're still trying to figure out who you are. Marjorie, Eliza, and Wendell all learn that friendship is a give and take on both sides but that it helps make life worth so much. I still enjoyed the artwork with the cool color pallet, especially since the weather is set in November at this point in the graphic, and as always Wendell is a highlight for me because I find him so dang adorable. A great finale to the series that I was happy with, even through a few shed tears.

Lights concludes Brenna Thummler's Sheets trilogy, a trilogy that when I read the first volume I didn't even imagine was something that was more than one volume.

To conclude Marjorie's journey of growth and her relationship with Wendell - a friendly little ghost who settled in Marjorie's family's laundry room and befriended her - all that was left was to discover the cause of his death.

I've always really liked the colors and style of this comic (everything apart from the noses), but what caught me most about this volume was the story that tied together the stories of the three characters that gained more focus in the other volumes, with the girls consolidating friendships and with the little ghost Wendell the whole mystery of what happened to be a ghost.

It's cool to see the themes within friendship relationships being addressed in each volume, here the friendships are well consolidated, but what if each person starts to have an interest or starts to mature at different speeds, how long will the friendship last? This is one of the main plots of the volume.

The mysteries and relationships were developed, and although everything has an atmosphere that will point to villains and good guys, this is not what happens and everyone has the chance to tell their own side of the story and it is possible to defend the secondary characters calmly.

This was an enjoyable conclusion to the Sheets trilogy. The illustrations were beautiful, and it gave a nice conclusion to the series. It had some fun moments, some friendship-building moments, and some heart-wrenching moments. This is the perfect read for this time of year (or really any time of year!). A fun story that I won't quickly forget.

Brenna never fails to write an absolutely brilliant story. Beautiful illustration, just an all round incredible finale.

the good news is that this finale to the sheets series has what we've been eagerly awaiting: backstory for our sweet dead ghost boy, wendell! the bad news is that his backstory is sad as hell! (although that might not be bad news, depending on how you roll)

overall, this volume of the series is rather sad. marjorie and eliza's friendship reaches a low point when marjorie reconnects with her former friends who used to bully eliza. their relationship is emotionally fraught as eliza is repeatedly deprioritized. meanwhile wendell is torn between the two, as well as torn up inside as he stirs up memories of his life, and tries to solve the mystery of his death.

and oh my goodness, wendell is so earnest and funny. flashback kiddo wendell is so fucking alive, soft and vulnerable, and nearly as cute as ghostie wendell.

eliza is a fantastic character too, so brave and clever and thoughtful. she's also funny as hell. i love the moment where marjorie suggests they become friendly with theater staff members to acquire information to aid in their investigation, and eliza snaps back, "BEFRIEND them? That could take years." she always keeps it real and i love her.

4 stars

I have greatly enjoyed the Sheets series since I discovered it years ago. I loved learning about Wendell's life before he was a ghost, but this plot didn't move me as much as Delicates did. I don't know if reading Delicates a few months ago left such an impact on me and I expected to have the same feeling with Lights. I didn't, but the art was still spectacular and the character development was still complex and emotionally moving. I love what Thummler has to say about grief, friendships, and growing up and how uncomfortable it can be when you are in middle school. I did enjoy this, but Delicates is such a standout sequel (and my favorite of the series) that's it a hard one to follow up.