To be fair, it's not like they repeated the exact same scenes in the same way each time. Bryce would have his own scenes and dialogue when it was his turn to speak, and then Juli would do the same later. Then they might repeat a short scene, but mostly, the spotlighted character would be narrating at the same time, so really, the viewer wasn't supposed to be thinking "Ugh, I have to sit through this again?" Instead, you're watching the same thing from a completely different point of view and forming your own opinions based on the situation and what you know about the characters.
With stories like this, it's very important to let both characters speak for themselves, rather than someone else doing it for them. Juli's narrations showed what a dynamic, independent minded person she really was, heavily influenced by a loving family, and her scenes also convinced me that Bryce was really a nice kid at heart with a secret soft spot for her. Then Bryce's narrations shed light on the peer/family pressures that threatened to harm his character if he didn't choose to stand up for what was right. Both were imperfect, but after listening to things from their perspective, you always found yourself understanding/empathizing with them at certain points. Setting up the narrations the way they did was necessary to achieve that.
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