Book description
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...…
Why read it?
1 author picked Imaginary Friend as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is one of the books that made me wonder at the world. What begins as a conventional story of a boy haunted by an “imaginary friend” turns into something far more complex and frightening. For most of the novel I had no idea of a theological element in the book, so when that element hit it was a surprise, at least to me. The effect reminded me of Rudolf Otto’s description of meeting a supernatural being as “mysterious, tremendous, and fascinating”—I was pulled in even as I was drawn away.
From Michael's list on in theological horror.
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