Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Be More Chill
Book Review: Typical High School Dork?
Summary: 4 Stars
Jeremy is your typical high school dork. He is beaten up, picked on, and keeps a list of all the times he is made fun of on pre-made "humiliation sheets." And, as with every teen-age loser, the one girl he wants, he will never be able to get.
But then, at the Halloween dance, he meets Rich, who shows Jeremy what a technological miracle, called a squip, can do for him. Simply stated, a squip enables a guy to get any girl, and a lot more. Jeremy finds that he is only $500 away from total coolness and getting that one girl, Christine.
Ned Vizzini is a Gordon-Korman-to-be. The style in which he writes is so funny and easy to read, the only time that I paused was between the fits of laughter I was suffering through. I was with Jeremy as he explored this new, chill world of parties and girls, in his quest to be cool.
Vizzini practically glued my hands to the book and my butt to the chair because I wanted to see what Jeremy's little squip would do next as the final step in winning Christine.
Book Review: Jeremy Heere... I love you.
Summary: 5 Stars
I got reccommended this book by a good friend of mine and thought that it looked strange by the reviews and well... from the selected passages I read while in our school library. But I decided to give it a go. Not only was I completely mesmerized by the ironic truths that happen in this story, because let's face it, aside from the squips, this is what some teenagers actually do, but it was such a page turner that I read it all in one day. That could be a good or bad thing. It's pretty much easy reading, but that didnt bother me much. Jeremy Heere, Michael, Nicole, Rich, the Hot Girls... they were all people I could identify with. Being 16, this book was somehow perfect for me because it's like reading about my life, just more dramatized, more drugs, and more sex. ;) But I would definitely reccomend this book because of the clever ending and the good message it gets across.Book Review: WEIRD
Summary: 2 Stars
ok this book is just freaky..sure there is fun teen dialogue and situations but this reads more like a science fiction American Pie then anything..plus the ending was so open in the air..whats that all about?
weird
Book Review: It's okay..
Summary: 2 Stars
I have to admit the first time I read this book I enjoyed it..then I read they are making it into a movie and read it over to see who I would cast in the film..and reading the book over I found myself not liking it. The ending is too abrupt, not a whole lot happens, and the book is a little..out there. But teenagers who enjoy books with a lot of sexual references (one of the things in the book i DID like) will like it, as will teens who can relate to the characters but adults most likely wont enjoy the book and I dont think it would make a good movie at allBook Review: be more discriminating
Summary: 1 Stars
If you've been out of high school for more than a few years, you're not goint to like this book. Period.
Everybody's recollections of high school and the years of their life they spent there tend to be variations on a theme: it was either completely, mostly, or at least sometimes unbearably miserable. There's no shortage of books exploring this theme. If we're going to have another one, it should at least have something new to say.
Most people tend to recall only the low points, and their explanations of those experiences tend towards narcissism and escapism (and lots of other -isms): if a girl/guy wouldn't go out with you, it was because she/he couldn't see the real you, or s/he was materialistic, or stuckup, etc, etc, etc. If your parents and teachers told you what to do (or what not to do), it was becuse they wouldn't let you express yourself, or they were jealous that you were taking risks that they were too scared to take when they were your age. Or maybe they just knew that someday you'd grow up and say "hey mom, thanks for keeping me from getting a tattoo on my forehead."
Vizzini's book offers a teenager's-eye view of the world from just about the lowest common denominator. I suppose some people would say it's "realistic," but I like to think that there's more to most teens than just partying, gossipping, and chasing around after sex. The book makes the same mistake that most others of the genre do: it's almost sociopathic in its over-indulgence in the protagonist's thoughts, feelings, and overall perspective, while casting everybody else, from parents, classmates, love interests, etc, in a wooden and one-dimensional manner.
The plot is so silly it barely requires discussion. A kid has a microcomputer implanted in his brain that gives him advice on how to do important things like impress girls and outwit bullies, and he thinks his prayers of popularity and acceptance have been answered. Then he finds out that there's more to developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships than a mini-computer telling you things like "part your lips slightly, it makes you look more sensual" (that's actually in the story). In the end, the girl of his dreams (one of the aforementioned wooden and unlikeable characters) rejects him BECAUSE OF, not in spite of, this wonderful mini-computer, and the moral (and it's an original one) appears to be that you're better off being yourself.
The end.