It's the first thing I write when I write a story, because it feels like an outline. I can hear the voices better that way, which brings out the characters in my head.

You do that too? :)

Seriously, the outlines of my stories (heck, even the bare bones first drafts) look like scripts. Then I fill in blocking and description and setting later. Ahaha. I tend to "hear" a scene before I see it.

Dude, don't read the book. Just give it to someone else for a birthday "present" or something. Life's too short to waste time reading books you don't like. :)