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AMIGO IMAGINARIO by Stephen Chbosky

39 reviews

starklinqs's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

First off - I get the 3.3 rating, despite my own. The book is longer than it needs to be and the Catholic allegory in particular is strong. The author felt like he was going through a religious crisis throughout the book, and I think if you’re not a fan of religious themes then this is definitively not the book for you. 

But somehow I still really enjoyed the book, to the point where anything less than a 5 felt wrong, even though I had my criticisms of it. I was as close to spooked as I’ve ever been reading a horror book (which I haven’t been in a long time) and I honestly just loved the characters dearly and wanted the best for them. I got through this book in about 2 or 3 days so honestly, it clearly had me gripped and I’m going to be thinking about these characters for a while. And as a side note — I enjoyed how the characters felt real, female characters in particular. The women felt like real people whereas I feel like sometimes in horror (at least written by white male authors that I’ve read before) they get reduced to tropes but I didn’t feel thst here, so I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Gun violence, Child death, and Death

lycheejelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Infertility, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Trafficking

camillesuzannes's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Medical content, Cursing, Dementia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Grief, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Trafficking, Sexual content, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Incest, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit, Pedophilia, and Slavery

markedwithanm's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

sunnysoprano's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Car accident, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Medical content, Gun violence, and Dementia

kimdalia's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

sgm926's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I bought this book after seeing a recommendation for it on tiktok. It is from the same author as Perks of Being a Wallflower, and even though it's very different than his first book, it was incredibly well written. It is a slow build but managed to keep me hooked and wanting to know what happened next. The characters were multi-dimensional and I enjoyed how the story was constantly switching POV's. The imagery was vivid and truly creepy at times and I think I'll never look at a deer the same way again. I found myself scratching my arm while I was reading and had to make myself stop. The ending was intense and perhaps a bit rushed, but still good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Suicide

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I was so excited to start this book. I had heard such good things about it, it was recommended by so many people and I absolutely HATED it.  First problem? This book is WAY too long. I listened to the audiobook and it was over 24 hours!! I love long books, I’m not afraid to start a big book but this one was so unnecessarily long and repetitive and pointless, by the time I got halfway through I was so done. 

I probably should have just DNF’d this one but I only had 3 hrs left so I buckled down and finished it. And was it worth it? No, it wasn’t. 

2nd problem? It really doesn’t make any sense at all. If you think you’re going to understand or get some grand explanation about the Hissing Lady, or the Nice Man, we’ll forget it. You get an “explanation” if you can call it that, but it’s so stupid and so infuriating I would have preferred no explanation at all. 

3rd problem? They make this sound like it’s a creepy ghost mystery kinda supernatural thriller but it’s not. You spend a majority of the time reading about all the people in this stupid little town and sometimes you’re in the imaginary world but who cares because it’s just as boring as the real world. Also the twist? No, no no no no. I don’t want to spoil the twist in case you still want to torture yourself with this book, but it’s stupid. 

Overall, not my cup of tea and a huge disappointment. Also not a wry at all, and deer don’t eat meat so all the scenes with deer eating people? Stupid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Suicide

claudiaantonoaei's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Gun violence