Are you a person who loves to make a lots of friends or an introvert like me ??
Name of Book: Imaginary Friend
Author: Stephen Chbosky
Publisher: Orion
Publication Date: 26 Nov 2020
No. of Pages: 864
Format: Digital
Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. Then Christopher vanishes. For six long days, no one can find him. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again. Twenty years ago, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower made readers everywhere feel infinite. Now, Chbosky has returned with an epic work of literary horror, years in the making, whose grand scale and rich emotion redefine the genre. Read it with the lights on.
My Opinion
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky begins with the promise of an unsettling literary horror story centered on a young boy struggling with social acceptance. The eerie premise and mysterious atmosphere initially suggest a gripping and disturbing read. However, as the story unfolds, the tension never fully materializes into meaningful horror. Much of the narrative feels slow and overly focused on lengthy discussions rather than plot progression or genuine scares. After reaching the halfway mark, the lack of momentum and payoff made the experience disappointing. Expecting a chilling horror journey, I instead found a drawn-out narrative that ultimately led me to abandon the book unfinished.
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