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Imaginary Friend

From the author of The Perks Of Being a Wallflower

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Imaginary Friend

By: Stephen Chbosky
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
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Summary

 'Astonishing ... Genius ... A masterpiece'
EMMA WATSON

'Haunting and thrilling'
JOHN GREEN, author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

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IMAGINE...
Leaving your house in the middle of the night.
Knowing your mother is doing her best, but she's just as scared as you.

IMAGINE...
Starting a new school, making friends.
Seeing how happy it makes your mother.
Hearing a voice, calling out to you.

IMAGINE...
Following the signs, into the woods.
Going missing for six days.
Remembering nothing about what happened.

IMAGINE...
Something that will change everything...
And having to save everyone you love.

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'Unputdownable ... You'll fall in love with these characters. That's why they stay with you, like a haunting.'
R. J. PALACIO, author of WONDER

'An extraordinary book. The pages practically turn themselves.'
GREER HENDRICKS & SARAH PEKKANEN, authors of THE WIFE BETWEEN US

'A fearsome, remarkably ambitious novel that breaks through the boundaries of the genre to become epic - in all the best senses of the word."
LINCOLN CHILD, #1 New York Times bestseller

'A simply extraordinary reading experience. Utterly unique. A tremendous read, every bit worth the wait.'
BLAKE CROUCH, author of DARK MATTER Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Scary Suspense Paranormal
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Critic reviews

Like The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Imaginary Friend says that no matter how dark the places you have been or the things you have seen, no one and nothing and nowhere is beyond redemption. What is astonishing and laugh-out-loud genius is that Chbosky has disguised all this wisdom in an entertaining thriller. In true Stephen Chbosky style, he gives you the bran and the doughnut. Spiritual enlightenment and horror. I don't know how he did it. But he did it. It's a masterpiece
A haunting and thrilling novel pulsing with the radical empathy that makes Chbosky's work so special
Sure, this unputdownable book is the scariest thing I've read in a long time. But it's also, like everything Chbosky does, imbued with heart and soul. You'll fall in love with these characters. That's why they stay with you, like a haunting
Imaginary Friend is a simply extraordinary reading experience. Utterly unique. A tremendous read, every bit worth the wait
An unputdownable, extraordinary book. The pages practically turn themselves
Imaginary Friend has been a long time coming. And like a fine Bordeaux, it rewards that wait in countless ways. This is a fearsome, remarkably ambitious novel that breaks through the boundaries of the genre to become epic-in all the best senses of the word
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This book could easily have been 5 stars if had ended sooner and not repeated itself. I genuinely was spooked from the beginning and there was much hope of what was to come. Unfortunately towards the latter half it was just Groundhog Day.

Could have been 5 stars

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Very good horror, build up and characters well rounded with a lot of moving parts, felt a little long with a massive final act which twisted and turned a couple of times too many.
Christine Lakin's reading/performance in the audiobook is exemplary.

Quite a Battle

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Had so much potential until it got super religious. It was disappointing and Christian propaganda.

disappointed

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This book had no reviews when I came across it (usually I take this as a bad sign...) but I took a chance and downloaded it anyway and I'm so glad I did! For fans of Paul Tremblay, C J Tudor and Stephen King- this book will be right up your street.
The story begins subtly and builds to an epic battle between good and evil on a par with 'The Stand'. The group of kids have all the tradirional tropes of a Stephen King rag tag team, and the flawless characterisation totally absorbs the listener into their world. This isn't an action or adventure thriller and there are some truly scary horror story moments (plenty, especially during the parts about the hissing lady, who is not to be taken at face value!). It's insidious and cloying, almost impossible to stop listening in one long sitting. Don't listen at night! For those in search of a good horror (but not a cheesy or poorly written one- see James Herbert for that...), 10/10, take a chance like I did and you won't be disappointed!

Fantastic unexpected find!

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The book is great - it kept me awake at night as I wanted to keep listening !
Recommended

Fantastic

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