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A review by hey_hail
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel by Val Emmich
1.0
I hated it. I really did.
The beginning was promising and I related to the invisible in High School feeling (despite being very much no longer in HS) and then the Connor Murphy event happened. Everything turned so sour. Benefiting off of someone's suicide? Not okay, not cool at all. Evan's repercussions for doing this are NOT at all fitting for what he did. His life doesn't crumble, families don't react the way they should really. He, for the most part, gets off scott free. His biggest "downfall" is losing his girlfriend.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the "let's not make the anxiety ridden also slightly suicidal for that one moment kid pay too hard for his crimes" but? It doesn't work that they don't apply more effect for the cause. He rode someone's suicide off into the sunset. Gaining a family, a girl friend, and notoriety. and nothing really bad happens to him. He's not called out via the Connor Murphy project, Jared doesn't spill his secret, the Murphys barely even yell at him, and his mom says nothing about the situation. It's ultimately unsatisfying. Especially after you spend the entire book waiting for everything to crash and burn. It just doesn't. There's nothing.
All around I'm incredibly disappointed. The idea of a kid benefiting from someone else's mental issues is terrible. I'm sure the broadway play was great
The beginning was promising and I related to the invisible in High School feeling (despite being very much no longer in HS) and then the Connor Murphy event happened. Everything turned so sour. Benefiting off of someone's suicide? Not okay, not cool at all. Evan's repercussions for doing this are NOT at all fitting for what he did. His life doesn't crumble, families don't react the way they should really. He, for the most part, gets off scott free. His biggest "downfall" is losing his girlfriend.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the "let's not make the anxiety ridden also slightly suicidal for that one moment kid pay too hard for his crimes" but? It doesn't work that they don't apply more effect for the cause. He rode someone's suicide off into the sunset. Gaining a family, a girl friend, and notoriety. and nothing really bad happens to him. He's not called out via the Connor Murphy project, Jared doesn't spill his secret, the Murphys barely even yell at him, and his mom says nothing about the situation. It's ultimately unsatisfying. Especially after you spend the entire book waiting for everything to crash and burn. It just doesn't. There's nothing.
All around I'm incredibly disappointed. The idea of a kid benefiting from someone else's mental issues is terrible. I'm sure the broadway play was great