When it says it's a history book, it only ever briefly touches on each moment and each haunting, never sticking around long enough that you get any real depth. Sometimes the formatting was hard to follow, some pages the information went across and others it went down the page. I understand it's a short book, but some of the things mentioned are glossed over to the point it really wasn't worth including them. If you already know your stuff then you might not get too much out of this, but it still makes a nice book to have on the shelf and loan to guests.

The illustrations are great and very easy to follow, the style is very well suited to this kind of book. I’ve shared a couple of pages in the slides to illustrate that; I found a lot of the historical parts about how different cultures approach the concept of ghosts really interesting, but as a noted pop culture fiend, I particularly enjoyed all the mentions of ghost related books and films a lot too! It never really dived into any of the stories/techniques/technology it was telling us about, so we only get a surface level of everything. Whether ghosts are the souls of the dead, windows in time or interdimensional beings, cultures through the ages have responded with fear and fascination to their horrific haunts and eerie appearances.This isn't a book I'd normally pick up myself, but Nobrow were kind enough to send me a copy and I'm glad they did! The artwork is by far and away the biggest asset to this book, it straddled the line between infographic and illustrative style in just the right way, and every page was full of fun characters and objects to make this a really visually engaging read. Boardman's artistic style is clean and crisp but I found the overall experience pretty surface level as a newbie to this series. It's weird that it doesn't work properly on the kindle app as I can read graphic novels on there no problem but this just didn't work at all.

A quickfire tour through the history of ghosts throughout history and different cultures, myths and legend, right through to modern 19th-21st century experiences and their use in pop culture.

The illustrations in this book are what really sells it though, they are so eye catching and perfect for the subject matter. Some of the information contained in the book I was aware of but some was very new to me so although this was a fun read I would also say it was an educational read too. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees. Whether you are a ghost fanatic or simply piqued by curiosity, you’ll get a robust deep dive into the experiences of paranormal occurrences, alternative explanations for these occurrences, and our culture’s fascination with them.

It did touch upon a lot of different subjects such as haunted locations, ghost legends and the media etc… but again it was too brief and was mostly a couple of sentences for each explanation. It reads a lot younger than I was expecting (especially as it is classed as Nonfiction (Adult) on Netgalley.With the quality binding and illustrations, I had higher expectations for the content, but many of the facts and stories presented here barely go beyond passing mentions.