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A review by legbascrossroad
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
Interesting, compelling characters and a well worn but solid set-up fall apart into a slog through hundreds of pages of "The Power Of God's Love Saves All!"
Somewhere around a quarter of the way in I had the suspicion I was being proselytized to. A third of the way the author decides to repeatedly remind us that schools have to say WINTER HOLIDAY now when everyone really knows it's CHRISTMAS and I was getting annoyed. Halfway through and any attempts at subtlety had been thrown out the window in favor of literal immaculate conception and martyrdom. At this point I had to look up spoilers and see if there was any redeeming it, and no, it only gets worse. Unless you're specifically looking for a Christian novel, avoid this like the plague and read something else.
Somewhere around a quarter of the way in I had the suspicion I was being proselytized to. A third of the way the author decides to repeatedly remind us that schools have to say WINTER HOLIDAY now when everyone really knows it's CHRISTMAS and I was getting annoyed. Halfway through and any attempts at subtlety had been thrown out the window in favor of literal immaculate conception and martyrdom. At this point I had to look up spoilers and see if there was any redeeming it, and no, it only gets worse. Unless you're specifically looking for a Christian novel, avoid this like the plague and read something else.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry