genre: adult fictionWhat if our imaginary friends are more than just imaginary friends? What if once they leave us, they still exist, traveling on to help the next lonely child who needs them? That's the premise of this story. Jane's life as the daughter of a big-time Broadway producer is so loveless that her imaginary friend Michael is the only thing that shines with any warmth or kindness. And when it's time for Michael to leave her (like imaginary friends must), eventually she's supposed to forget all about him.
But she doesn't.
And when years later Jane is STILL lonely and STILL thinking about Michael who made life happy, the unexpected happens: she sees him again.
Since I've never read any Patterson, I didn't know quite what to expect. Honestly? This was too much for me. Too much cheese, too many caricatured characters, even the magical realism of this imaginary friend/angel/lover was just too much for me. It never felt real enough to be believed, like I'd be a sucker if I suspended my disbelief this much. Maybe I've just read enough romantic stories with more depth that this one only skimmed the surface. But at least now I can talk about it at book club, right?
4 comments:
You're not the first person to say this one's a little over the top. I think I'll skip it.
Cheesy definitely is a good word to describe this book! I also thought Jane and Michael's relationship was a bit creepy.
I agree there was too much cheese in this for me. It has made it on to so many '100 books to read before you die' lists and it doesn't deserve to be there in my opinion. Check out my new book review blog, The secret Life of Books :) http://lily-bookhaven.blogspot.com/
i agree with your review as well as anna's comment above. i didn't find the writing or the characters engaging at all.
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