Reviews

Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky

priceliketag's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

There’s a 4 star book in here somewhere amongst all of the repetitive world-building. It’s just so long.

katie_kelz's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

dadverine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

Anyone who thinks this book is christian propaganda is an idiot. For one thing, it is clearly criticizing fundamentalism. For another thing, fundies would want this banned for heresy.
With that out of the way, i think this book was tense and stressful in the way a long horror should be. The imagery was incredible and I loved every bit of it. Its only downfall was the rather simplistic ending, but after all that stress i do think it was a bit of a relief.

corboth's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

edsbian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

4.5

A truly epic horror story, I enjoyed both the prose and characters immensely. The final erruption of chaos in the town was masterful

mystic_bookwyrm's review against another edition

This is a me thing and a soft DNF. I plan to come back to this book. 

miranda_reyes's review against another edition

4.0

truly one of the scariest works I’ve read and a master class in slow burn horror. long, but pays off

themorticianssister's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

jaycereadss's review against another edition

2.0

2.75

I listend to this in audiobook format and some of it was boring. It was kinda like Salems Lot when it was a lot of build up and then there was a "big release" and you don't feel like you really care that something major just happened in the book that you were just listening/reading.

But the book story line was pretty fun and engaging in some areas. I found my self listening to the words very carefully in some areas.

I would recommend this book to some people. But I don't think there were that many horror aspects in this book. It was more of a thriller/mystery/fantasy I would say.

The ratings that are on Goodreads are pretty accurate for what the book is for.

stressgirl70's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Is there anything better than a really great 700 page horror book? Nope.