The groundbreaking novel that inspired the Broadway musical! 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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"This book was pretty good. The main character,Jeremy,is in high school and has social life problems. He's considered much of a dork. He really likes this girl called Christine. Of course,Jeremy isn't Prince Charming. So in desperate need to change his life around he buys a "squip", a micro computer that gives you advice for having a perfect social life. Pretty neat huh? Not exactly. Jeremy starts realizing that the squip isn't working on the girl of his dreams. The squip also starts making Jeremy do stuff he doesn't feel so comfortable....it starts making Jeremy think...was the squip really worth it?" — 7706michael (4 out of 5 stars)
"This book was pretty good. The main character,Jeremy,is in high school and has social life problems. He's considered much of a dork. He really likes this girl called Christine. Of course,Jeremy isn't Prince Charming. So in desperate need to change his life around he buys a "squip", a micro computer that gives you advice for having a perfect social life. Pretty neat huh? Not exactly. Jeremy starts realizing that the squip isn't working on the girl of his dreams. The squip also starts making Jeremy do stuff he doesn't feel so comfortable....it starts making Jeremy think...was the squip really worth it?"
" This was a good story, but i could have done without all the teenage boy sex angst, which was a little more detailed than I really needed. Other than that, I enjoyed the story and the writing was good. "
" Loved the whole book... Until the ending "
" graphic book for high school teenagers who have always wanted to be part of the "in crowd". Lots of profanity, but VERY VERY FUNNY---boys and girls alike have loved this book, couldn't keep it on my shelf! "
" I love this book so much. I really didnt want it too end, and i just couldnt put it down. "
" Wow suprising book , alot of drug refrences ,sexual scenes. just all around crazy . good book you can learn a thing or 2 from it ! "
" Interesting concept but overall I just didn't get into the writing.. "
" it was okay but not better than the first book Ned Vizzini made "
" I thought that this book was a very comical and cute young adult about the problems that an average "weird" high school boy goes through. I especially loved the ending it was really cute! "
" Short but entertaining. I just felt short with the conflict and ending. I wish Vizzini would write a follow up to this! "
" Funny little read. I enjoyed it. "
" not catcher in the rye material but clever and interesting. a bit too sci-fi for me. a mini computer that takes control of your brain. really? "
" very very very good! "
" neat idea, fast read "
" So far they are doing a play called A Mid Summer night's dream.Their teacher says their are very important roles. "
" I realize that I'm in the minority -- but the best thing about this book is the cover. Moderately entertaining with a twist (computer that provides instructions on how to become popular) -- I never was able to like...any...of the characters enough to care what happened to them. "
" Be More Chill is a science fiction book about a boy who ingests a super computer to make him cool.Fans of science fiction books might like this book but I personally thought the main characters were super shallow. "
" it was an amazing book you should read it if you love teenage suersidle books "
" Very fun and fast read. Addresses social acclimation that most teens experience. It even has a slight moral twist to an otherwise weak ending. "
" Cool de chez cool ? Nul de chez nul ! "
" BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD "
" A good book for all teens. "
" I see how other readers found this book to be offensively sexist. I saw it through the whole book, but it felt like a playful (though still dangerous)throwback to the boy-likes-girl movies from the 80's. "
" read this one so long ago...but I remember it well...great premise. wish I had a copy to give a student.... "
Ned Vizzini (1981–2013) began writing for New York Press at the age of fifteen. At nineteen, he had his first book published, Teen Angst? Naaah…. His book Be More Chill was the first young adult novel ever chosen as a Today Show Book Club pick, as well as one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top Ten Books for 2004.
Ramón de Ocampo, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, was a cowinner in 2018 of the Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. A graduate of the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, he has been seen on television, film, and stages all over the world, including recurring roles on such television shows as The West Wing, 12 Monkeys, Sons of Anarchy, and Medium. He is the winner of a prestigious Obie Award for his stage work.
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