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Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich ★ ★ “I do stupid things when I'm nervous, which means I'm constantly doing stupid things.”  Before reading this, I had previously knew the story, hence the musical and listening to the soundtrack, when I really liked, that all being said...I had no idea there was going to be so much in this book that made me uncomfortable. While reading, I realized I had to separate this book and the musical, because this book was turning something I adored, into something that made me cringe. It seems like you shouldn't mess with something an enormous amount of people love and try to adapt it into a book or the other way around into a movie, sometimes it works, and in this case, it didn't.  I cannot stand when a character continuously lies to people, especially when it's a huge lie that could tear someone's heart out. Anxiety is something that doesn't just disappear like the author said it did as soon as Evan started to h