I mentioned above with Christine’s character but sometimes the dialogue felt very jumped, like it was a completely new character saying something when it wasn’t. It didn’t flow very well. WARNING: SPOILERS, SELF-HARM MENTION, SEX, SLIGHT HOMOPHOBIA. Naaah... ) gives a fresh twist to familiar messages about being loyal to one's friends and true to oneself, thanks to the over-the-top plot and tangy narrative. The characters are skeevy and one-note. Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2019. (June), Hardcover - 320 pages - 978-0-7868-3767-0, Compact Disc - 5 pages - 978-0-06-074781-7, Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-06-072287-6, Paperback - 287 pages - 978-0-7868-0996-7. The Lyceum Theatre was the place to be last night as Broadway got an upgrade! Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018. I can't even fathom the amount of love and appreciation I have for it. Warning for light spoilers. This book had a wonderful concept but executed it poorly and, at the end, I felt like I was left hanging. OTHER BOOKS. Even Christine, the girl Jeremy was trying to date, was written so weird. Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2018. I wanted to read it just for the perspective. ), WARNING: SPOILERS, SELF-HARM MENTION, SEX, SLIGHT HOMOPHOBIA. I had high hopes for this book. I learned about it through the soundtracks of the play on YouTube and learned it was a book since I'm not in a place plays often happen I chose this option which I feel holds attention and detail better from what I've heard if the play. Be More Chill (Book Review) A few months ago, I got in a discussion about how great it would be if there were a gong that went off in your head anytime an opportunity you were supposed to pursue arose. ??? Semi-cool, would-be cool and even cool readers are likely to be entertained by the wry, nearly anthropological observations of the high school caste system, from a 23-year-old author who, as a teenager, wrote for the New York Press and the New York Times Magazine . Fifteen-year-old Jeremy is tired of being abused by popular kids. He will forever be missed. Soon the squip is installed in his brain, dispensing such crucial nuggets as "You have to talk as per rap-slash-hip-hop, the dominant music of youth culture " and "Step one is that you stop pacing and get a new shirt, Jeremy ." From the 11-year-old reader: What do you do when you have a machine inside you? Readers grappling with their own social status will appreciate the fact that while the notion of coolness may be satirized here, it's certainly not demonized or dismissed. The book only gets mildly interesting in the 'post-squip' sections, which is roughly halfway through the book. 1) The girls in this book were so horribly written and one-dimensional. I first listened to the musical that was loosely based on this book and I thought it was fantastic so I decided to read the book. Be More Chill review – teen musical takes viral following off-Broadway 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. This book is every bit as engaging as that show, although the plot can differ greatly at times. Who wouldn't want an ingestible super-computer-in-a-pill designed to make the person who swallows it way cooler than he or she ever was? Nothing about them stands out in the slightest. When shy, dorky Jeremy Heere learns of the device—known as a squip—he knows he must do whatever it takes (in his case, steal and sell a portion of his unpleasant aunt's Beanie Baby collection) to raise the $600 necessary to get one. Recommended. There is a scene where the dad asks Jeremy if he is gay. I recommend this book if you're looking for a little craziness in your life. And it is never brought up again. I had high hopes for him. Ages 13-up. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Don’t worry” (page 64). In the musical, his character was important. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Hyperion $16.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0995-0. The book only gets mildly interesting in the 'post-squip' sections, which is roughly halfway through the book. Jeremy and a girl are talking and she shows him her cuts all along her legs. 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