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A review by readingthestars
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Val Emmich
4.0
As much as I absolutely love the musical and what it's done for me personally, if I had been introduced to the story through this book, I probably wouldn't be a huge fan. It was a faithful adaptation and I have no big issues with it, but it's so much easier to understand Evan's actions real time, when you can see him fumbling with his words and how starved the Murphy's are for information. I found it harder to sympathize with Evan while reading this than I did by listening to the musical, but that's probably just the differences between the two mediums.
Points I have:
- I'm not sure how much Miguel added. I'm glad that Connor did have a friend at some point, but he could have had a bigger role in it if they wanted to add him. Going off that, I thought that Connor would react more to Evan's actions (like affecting the world around him, throwing stuff). Maybe that's just my expectations working against me, but I thought that Connor was going to like, follow Evan around or something (a bit like in the musical).
- Why can't his name just be Evan? I understand what they were doing but can't he just be Evan?
- In trying to stay true to the musical, they used lyrics from it, which I wasn't a huge fan of because this isn't the musical, it's a book adaptation. The dialogue could also be a little abrupt at times because they were putting the script/lyrics in it, which, okay that's fine but it could have been a little different too.
I always do this. I always give a good rating and then go on to say things that I didn't like but I really did like this book lol. I enjoyed it because this musical has been a part of my life for a long time now.
Points I have:
- I'm not sure how much Miguel added. I'm glad that Connor did have a friend at some point, but he could have had a bigger role in it if they wanted to add him. Going off that, I thought that Connor would react more to Evan's actions (like affecting the world around him, throwing stuff). Maybe that's just my expectations working against me, but I thought that Connor was going to like, follow Evan around or something (a bit like in the musical).
- Why can't his name just be Evan? I understand what they were doing but can't he just be Evan?
- In trying to stay true to the musical, they used lyrics from it, which I wasn't a huge fan of because this isn't the musical, it's a book adaptation. The dialogue could also be a little abrupt at times because they were putting the script/lyrics in it, which, okay that's fine but it could have been a little different too.
I always do this. I always give a good rating and then go on to say things that I didn't like but I really did like this book lol. I enjoyed it because this musical has been a part of my life for a long time now.