Reviews

In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda

carolineabeachum's review

4.0

Highly recommend listening to the soundtrack along with this script!

morganbrabender's review

5.0

I loved every second of teaching this musical! Lin-Manuel Miranda is obviously a genius, but I also loved how meaningful and powerful this was.

elmur_04's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

cinderrunner's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A beautiful story about family and community. Inspiring, emotional, atmospheric, and unique. I'm seeing too many reviews comparing it to Hamilton which is unfair and weird. It's Lin's music and voice but the shows are vastly different in terms of subject matter, plot, characters,& culture. Don't bother reading it if you're just gonna treat it like a little Lin prequel musical warm up to Hamilton. 

erincrandall28's review

medium-paced

4.0

mariahdesiree_xx's review

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

elenawinter's review

5.0

what i‘d do to see this on broadway

marybinzley's review

4.0

replacing romeo and juliet in the freshman english curriculum

suthsoph's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bowienerd_82's review

4.0

I love the music, but it was nice to see it all in book form, along with the dialogue that doesn't show up on the OBC album.

I have to say though- as a book this is nothing when compared to the Hamiltome. It's a small paperback with just a tiny collection of photos in the middle, and other than a brief intro, it doesn't have any extras. No story of the show and how it came to be, no footnotes, no anecdotes. It's pretty bare bones.

But that is not a reflection at all upon the story or the music- just that the book itself is small and plain.