Jennifer's Reviews > Imaginary Girls

I wanted to like this book more than I did. Unfortunately, the beauty of the language, the wonderful specificity of details that made it so lyrical and visual couldn't account for the lack of characterization or plot resolution. Ruby and Chloe's sister relationship never came alive or seemed real to me, though there were hints that it could rise to the occassion once they started hiding secrets from one another. London was the most interesting character. And the girls mom should have either been cut entirely or we should have gotten more from the scenes that she was in. Ruby would have benefitted from a variety of views about her a la Olive Kittredge -- there is a scene with Chloe, London and the boys out driving in which they begin to talk negatively about Ruby and I had hope she'd become a more well rounded person rather than this fantasy/projection. I did appreciate the way the paranormal/supernatural aspects were woven into the story rather than spelled out -- it really kept me interested in WHAT gave Ruby her power. The lack of resolution though made it more of a tease and in the end led me to feel let down.