Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Val Emmich

82 reviews

1jessicabearx's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This story beautiful.

Evan’s constant lying is frustrating and makes each chapter tense as you worry what he's going to get caught up with or try to get away with next. But that's the whole point of the story so can I really fault that. I wish Evan had faced the consequences for all his actions though, as he gets away with too many things that have ultimately caused others so much pain and frustration. 

As a fan of the musical, I found this book added a lot to the story and overall experience. Definitely give it a read if you can!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Grief

Minor: Drug use

simbarabbit20's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Child death, Suicide attempt, and Death

indigocrayon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Minor: Gaslighting and Bullying

sargentreads95's review against another edition

Sometimes musicals don't translate well onto pages. Maybe I'll pick up where I left off later, but for now this book is a no go for me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Death

kendalljo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

A very close friend of mine got me to read this by saying I’d love it. She was definitely right since I already had seen the musical and loved that so much. Dear Evan Hansen is such a great story and the book is able to add quite a bit to the that by explaining the characters more. I do think it would be better to read this first before having seen the musical as I personally still liked the musical more, but the book is still so well done. Plus the extra Connor parts are very nice to see in the book. Took me a while to get through, but a good read. (I also wish it was a little less YA, but still a great story!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

m4yli's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

allows for a lot of empathy that you might not get from the musical

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Death

Minor: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

catsandbooksarethebest's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

taliynmarie's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

This story can be triggering. Having known of the broadway musical I approached with that in mind. THis captured the story quite well and the reflections of the main character make you want to go from hugging to smacking on the backside of the head and back to hugging again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

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 against another edition

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