DEAR EVAN HANSEN by Val Emmich

Published: October 2018
Genre: Contemporary
Age-range: YA
Pages: 358
Themes: Suicide, suicidal thoughts, depression
Setting: USA

RATING

Main character: 10 (Evan)
Side characters: 9 (Connor, Connor's parents, sister)
Writing: 9
Plot: 8
Emotions: 12
Diversity: 9 (Mental Health topics)

Total: 9,5 --- 5 stars

Notes: I had never seen the musical before but I think it works really well as a novel. I loved Evan as a flawed character, I cried at the end and the soundtrack made me cry even more. I felt like I could understand Evan at least in some ways.

Read: January 7th 2019

Initial Reaction: Pushing it up to 5 the soundtrack together with the book made me cry so hard 🙈