There are so many quotes I want to put in this review but I know I can't make them all work. When it was announced that Val Emmich was doing a novelization of the hit Broadway musical, I was so excited as this was the closest I was ever going to get to seeing the show as the tour has already been here and gone in Chicago. After being tasked by his therapist to write letters to himself, anxiety-ridden Evan Hansen writes one that is taken by outcast Connor Murphy. When Connor commits suicide with Evan's letter still in his pocket, his family assumes that they were friends. Unable to tell them otherwise, Evan pretends that they were and makes fake emails from him to Connor and back for his parents and sister. When things get out of hand, Evan starts to unwind and admits to everything.
This Novelization was so spot-on, I couldn't ask for more. With the addition of actual quotes and lines from the show being placed in it still felt like its own telling but still showed how close tot he source material it was. With an incredible message of "No one deserves to be forgotten", Dear Evan Hansen is the book to pick up if you ever feel alone.
Pros:
No One deserves to be forgotten
Cons:
KINKY!
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