laurasarmientov 's review for:

Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini

3.0

adventurous informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The Broadway musical is a lot better, watch the slime tutorial instead. Moral of the story is drugs are bad, stimulants are addictive and will try to kill you, peer pressure is bad. A weird writing style again, childish prose but more mature adult Highschool topics. Jeremy is a good kid, riddled with insecurity. Weed is only drug people should be experimenting with but kids are crazy. Looking at a computer’s rationale in a humans mind is something fresh in a book. It was the perfect motif in a conversation about addiction and mental health for the current audience. The feeling a kid goes through in Highschool today was accurate and presented in a respectful way but I found the ending cliché and underwhelming. I wanted more Micheal in the bathroom.