Review: Dear Evan Hansen

Title: Dear Evan Hansen

Author: Val Emmich

Narrator: Mike Feist, Mallory Bechtel

Published On: 10/9/19

Audio Length: 8hr 8min

Rating: 4/5

Synopsis (Found on Goodreads):

Dear Evan Hansen,

Today's going to be an amazing day, and here's why....

When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior

Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance

of a lifetime: to belong.

After reading What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, as well as

listening to the Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack I knew I was going to need this book

in my life. The audio was fantastic and I highly recommend listening to it over reading it.

There is some pretty awesome bonus content with music.

Although Evan makes some poor choices I could honestly understand that his

intentions came from the best. The story is well paced and gives just enough “Idle”

information. I`m hoping one day to see the musical in order to compare it to everything

I`ve read and listened to.

I liked how at first Evan didn`t want to write about his day because he knew he was

only lying to himself about how it was going. The because of unforeseen causes writing

how he felt actually became a therapeutic method for not only himself but for others

struggling with reality as well.

TTFN,

Ashley