oof

if i could review this lower i..probably would honestly. full disclosure: i do know and love the musical, but i approached this book as a standalone novel because i think that adaptations should work on their own, you know?

but wow... i could not get through this. i got to page i think 62 and just stopped. for a variety of reasons, but mostly i just could not get through evan's inner monologues. i understand that he tends to go on tangents and ramble, but it was just hard to wade through. and evan is like???? really mean???? in his head?? it was a lot

i do know how things pan out and change throughout the story, because someone i was with skimmed the rest of the book while i was in the room and gave some updates, and i'm just a bit confused by some of the character choices and development, as well as the structure, but since i didn't read through those parts, i can't comment more on them.

i might try to finish this at some point but man. it's rough.