It was intriguing and unsettling and, though it was a familiar premise, it felt unique and not trite. It felt like a classic approach, with a child noticing small oddities in a simplistic and accepting childlike manner and interacting with some unseen, unknown figure. I loved the way Chbosky introduced the strange elements and set the plot in motion. I was hooked from the start and only grew more so as the story progressed-but only for so long. Imaginary Friend is an ambitious story, but it didn’t live up to its own potential. While I think Chbosky did a great job of weaving all the characters’ stories together and creating such a large-scale picture of his plot, the end result wasn’t what I had hoped for.
It had the panoramic quality that King stories often have, with a cast of secondary characters we occasionally check in with to give the story a town-wide feeling. There was a lot about Chbosky’s approach to this story and the basic setup that was reminiscent of Stephen King, and I enjoyed it. I knew to expect a thriller with notes of horror, but, sadly, I was not all that thrilled or horrified by the end of this novel. It’s been a year since I wrote that post, but I’ve finally gotten around to reading Imaginary Friend. On October 1st, his monstrous, 700-page horror thriller Imaginary Friend made its way into the world and onto my list of Five Must Read Thrillers for Autumn. Stephen Chbosky is best known for his debut novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower and his works within film and TV, but his long awaited return to novels came at last just under a year ago. Soon Kate and Christopher find themselves in the fight of their lives, caught in the middle of a war playing out between good and evil, with their small town as the battleground. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a tree house in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again. Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. It’s as far off the beaten track as they can get. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with Christopher at her side.
We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us.
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