Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Val Emmich

11 reviews

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Addiction, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

remwandering's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Connor's moments in the book are the greatest. You get more insight into who he is

/was

.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, and Mental illness

saoirse_the_thespian's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

As a fan of the musical, I can say this is a great stage to page adaptation. It is emotional and will have you crying. Also, it uses direct quotes from the musical which is always a nice touch for all the theatre nerds out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Death

amerikinz14's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book gives more detail about the characters than the musical does.
Chapters are divided between Evan Hansen’s POV and Connor Murphy’s POV; both boys share similarities with their perspectives.

This book does have difficult subject matter and adult language but this story still matters in today’s world!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Death, and Suicide

emilyrose23's review

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Toxic relationship and Stalking

isadreamsof's review

emotional hopeful sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I definitely think this is only something you can fully appreciate as a fan of the musical. Supplementary reading, if you will. Dear Evan Hansen doesn’t feel as great without the music, but to the book's credit, it wasn't bad. The strength of the novelization is that the structure gives more nuance to the characters because there's just more time and space for them. The most notable addition, of course, would be Connor's point of view and his backstory, along with the addition of Miguel.

Overall, a good read for a seasoned fan of the stage version, but I'd probably pass on it if I wasn't familiar with the source material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia

unreadbass's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

jcdudley's review

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Painful to read but I'm glad I finally got around to reading it. This isn't exactly a wholesome read (see the content warnings below), but it was written very well and I do recommend giving it a read if you enjoy the musical and/or the movie when it releases.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying and Toxic friendship

jstarshine16's review

challenging emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Grief, Suicide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Addiction, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Racism, Misogyny, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Stalking

yossy_cookie's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Mass/school shootings