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Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Published by St. Martin's Press
Released: August 21st, 2012
Hardcover, 311 pages
Reviewed by Lilyan
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Review:
“Maybe we are all somebody's devil”
There are no words to describe how beautiful this book is. I've written down so many quotes from the story, it fills up 10 pages in my notebook. And I have small hand writing.
“You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are.”
After finishing this book I couldn't stop crying for 15 minutes, no joke. It wasn't the hysterical kind of cry. It was the type of cry were it's a steady stream of tears, just continuously flowing down your face, with no way to stop it.
I can honestly say, this book this probably the book that has impacted my life the most. I didn't want this to end. But, everything must eventually come to an end.
"Now I think these are the three worst things in the world:
1. Waiting
2. Not Knowing
3. Not existing”
This novel is told in the POV of an imaginary friend. His name is Budo and his human friend is Max. Max is different, he doesn't have many friends, he hates it when people touch him, he has strange peeves, like he can only where seven articles of clothing at once, he gets stuck sometimes, and he in incredibly smart.
At school he has a couple of different teachers. Mrs Gosk, which Max and Budo both love, and Mrs. Patterson, a teacher who Budo doesn't trust and Max feels uncomfortable around.
“There are two types of teachers in the world: there are those who play school and teachers that teach school”
Anyway, at home his mother keeps trying to change him, his father keep trying to pretend nothing is wrong. But they truely do love eachother, they just don't know how to get Max involved in any family activities.
"Max's father likes to tell people that he and Max play catch every night."
"But he and Max don't really play catch. Max's dad throws the ball to Max, and Max let's it hit the ground and roll, and when it stops moving, he picks it up and tries to throw it back."
"But even if Max 'steps into it' or 'gives it his all' (I don't know what either of those things mean, and I don't think Max does either), the ball never reaches his dad. If Max;s dad wants the ball to reach him, why doesn't he just stand closer?"
The last bit really got to me. Actually the whole book really got to me.
Budo is probably the oldest living imaginary friend ever. After a period of time imaginary friends fade away, sometimes because their human friends grew up and stopped need someone to reply on, or simply because they forget about them. But budo has lived for six years. That's considered ancient.
Budo was imagined really smart, he understands things even better than Max can sometimes.
He helps Max whenever he needs help and Max listens to Budo. They're best friends.
"Do you want the blue popsicle or the yellow popsicle?
Max just freezes, freezes like a popsicle.
There are just too many things for Max to think about when choosing"
There are other imaginary friends that play a huge part in the story. And they are equally amazing. Budo is extremely intuitive but explains things in such a simple way, it's beautiful. I love it.
I exactly tell you anymore without spoilers, but I can tell you that you won't regret reading this book. Even if you end up hating it, you will learn something. I can also tell you to prepare to cry your heart out.
"I step through the door anyway, knowing that the hard thing and the right thing are usually the same thing”
It's okay, let it go. Don't hold back the tears
-Lilyan (:
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