Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, Val Emmich

28 reviews

reeseyyy's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

I love the music from the musical, so I was excited to read the story. Honestly it was a pretty good story. Felt very much trapped to see what would happen, and how Hansen would deal with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Bullying

unreadbass's review against another edition

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

littlefreckles's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

jcdudley's review against another edition

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

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Dear Evan Hansen is a phenomenally sad story.  DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU ENJOY CRYING! As a fan of the musical the book was an excellent addition to my love of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

audriss's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

lifebetweenthecovers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

This book should be required reading for High school - for both parents and teens. It is heartbreakingly brilliant.