A review by lelalu
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
4.0
I managed to finish it in one month and I dont know how I did it. I enjoyed the read, yet there is so many things wrong, out of place and not making sense that I am quiet confused how I liked it.
1. Christopher is 7 years old. I saw this discussion in a few comments and reviews now. Let's take it down. Yes, he is a special kid. Yes, this CAN be realistic for a magically blessed child. But not a 7 year old. Make him 12, 10 if you mean, but 7 is a way too young age.
2. The fact that the mother wins in the lottery is cool while you read it but it fades as the book goes on and it has almost zero to do with the actual plot besides giving them the opportunity to move and have a new fresh beginning
3. For some reason, the mother (Kate) reminds me a lot of Joyce from Stranger things and I can not be the only one
4. Why in the world did it have to have a religious point to it? Only as soon as I ended it, I realized all the religious references and the ending was kinda whack looking at how FUCKING LONG THIS BOOK IS??
5. Really repetitive, way too often you thing "this is it" but knowing there is like 300 more pages, it takes away the effect. But since this happens so often in the book, it ruined the excitement for the finish line
6. If this was made a movie, eventually, this would have been way more sucessful
7. Even though this book is so massive, a few things happen way too fast.
I give it 3.5 Stars, because I really liked the read and would sometimes be excited to continue the read. I can understand people that dont have a christian understanding could end up confused, so here is what I remember being the references:
1. Christopher (main characters name): 'christ', the child of god, having power on earth etc.
2. Mary: the pregnant virgin, is basically really self explainitory, yet maybe worth mentioning
3. "We will die on christmas day": Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ
4. Ambrose: Western Christianity identified Ambrose as one of its four traditional Doctors of the Church
5. I could go on but dont want to overanalyze
1. Christopher is 7 years old. I saw this discussion in a few comments and reviews now. Let's take it down. Yes, he is a special kid. Yes, this CAN be realistic for a magically blessed child. But not a 7 year old. Make him 12, 10 if you mean, but 7 is a way too young age.
2. The fact that the mother wins in the lottery is cool while you read it but it fades as the book goes on and it has almost zero to do with the actual plot besides giving them the opportunity to move and have a new fresh beginning
3. For some reason, the mother (Kate) reminds me a lot of Joyce from Stranger things and I can not be the only one
4. Why in the world did it have to have a religious point to it? Only as soon as I ended it, I realized all the religious references and the ending was kinda whack looking at how FUCKING LONG THIS BOOK IS??
5. Really repetitive, way too often you thing "this is it" but knowing there is like 300 more pages, it takes away the effect. But since this happens so often in the book, it ruined the excitement for the finish line
6. If this was made a movie, eventually, this would have been way more sucessful
7. Even though this book is so massive, a few things happen way too fast.
I give it 3.5 Stars, because I really liked the read and would sometimes be excited to continue the read. I can understand people that dont have a christian understanding could end up confused, so here is what I remember being the references:
1. Christopher (main characters name): 'christ', the child of god, having power on earth etc.
2. Mary: the pregnant virgin, is basically really self explainitory, yet maybe worth mentioning
3. "We will die on christmas day": Christmas as the birthday of Jesus Christ
4. Ambrose: Western Christianity identified Ambrose as one of its four traditional Doctors of the Church
5. I could go on but dont want to overanalyze