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Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel

door Ned Vizzini

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The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical??now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan.

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip."

A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school.

But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life??and it can have disastrous consequences… (meer)

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Quick read. It was ok, takes place in 2004 however, Siri & Alexa weren’t around then, right? The lesson learned is to be careful with technology. It may help you with some things, but not with the heart. That’s why we have free will. Technology cannot determine who will be the person you will end up with. I’d be interested in reading the original book. The illustrations were good, the colors discerning between Jeremy & the Squib. ( )
  Z_Brarian | Dec 12, 2022 |
The afterword mentions that Vizzini wrote this when he was a teenager, which makes sense: the emotions and interactions and confusions feel incredibly real, but it doesn't quite live up to it's potential. It feels thin and underdeveloped, and the ending is unsatisfying (the fact that Rich went literally insane because of his Squip isn't mentioned again, even though that's a HUGE concern! And the squip just decides to deactivate itself rather than try to force the host to buy a new version? And there's no accountability for Jeremy because he just writes a letter?). ( )
  Elna_McIntosh | Sep 29, 2021 |
This book is gonna teach me a lesson about grabbing a book on display in the library without looking it up. Text on the front reads New York Times best-selling author, text on the back says inspired a Tony Nominated Broadway Musical. I generally enjoy coming of age stories, and I loved “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel. Let it be known, just because the general accolades are the same, the substance is far from the same.

First mistake – I missed that this graphic novel is an adaptation from a book. That’s a warning sign. Always go for the source.
Second mistake – Believing all the hype on the front and back covers.
Third mistake – Should have browsed through the artwork a bit more and decide if I like the style. (Not really)

Ultimately, the worst is the book’s premise that a person can pop a pill that will then tell the person how to “be more chill”, i.e. be popular, be accepted, to date the hot chicks, etc. Insert ‘eye roll’. The science in me rebels against such a theme. Plot is something like dumb stuff, stupid move, are-you-for-real, why-would-you-believe-that, and close with why-would-that-fix-everything. My mockery is now complete. For a moment there, I thought, “Did I age out of the ‘coming of age’ genre?” Then I watched “Sex Education” on Netflix and laughed my head off. Nope, I did not. The book is just that stupid.

So why not a much lower star rating? Because they tried to address teen angst and teen depression. That stuff is no joke, and books need to continue to address them, even if I don’t agree with the approach.

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1 stem varwenea | Sep 24, 2021 |
David Levithan takes a chainsaw to the most offensive sexist crap from the awful novel and sands off sharp corners to deliver a thin and bland, PG or PG-13 adaptation that is probably intended to appeal to fans of the musical (though it keeps the book's original ending). Frankly, I wish I had just stuck to listening to the album and not bothered with any of the books. ( )
  villemezbrown | Apr 27, 2021 |
Rating is based on the average rating from Good Reads. There are 339 ratings and reviews of this book.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358304-be-more-chill?from_search=true&... ( )
  mrsabbylee | Jun 16, 2021 |
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2021 graphic novel adapted from the 2004 novel Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini. Adaptation and afterword by David Levithan, art by Nick Bertozzi.
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Comic and Graphic Books. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical??now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan.

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip."

A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school.

But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life??and it can have disastrous consequences

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