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A review by dahliagreenleaf
Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel by David Levithan, Ned Vizzini
2.0
(this took such a long time to write lmao)
WHAT
WAS
THIS?!?!??!?!
I'm really confused. Why did I hate this book so much? I don't understand. This is thebook GRAPHIC NOVEL of my second favorite musical. I love the plot of the musical. I love the characters in the musical. THE ENDING MADE SENSE IN THE MUSICAL? AHHH
So I'm going to talk about each major part of the book, and then compare it to the musical. Hope this is interesting lmao.
Plot
MUSICAL: Jeremy is a loser. He kind of sucks lol. So he gets some drugs- I MEAN A PILL FROM JAPAN from the short kid who bullies him. Jeremy takes the dru-PILL and bam he's cool now. And his one friend Micheal (the best character) gets sad because Jeremy is blocking him from his life(like, the squip[that's the drug-I mean pill] is making it so that Jeremy can't see Michael.) Then Jeremy comes to his senses, chugs some Mountain Dew, and now everything is fine. (this is a very condensed recap, a lot more s**t goes down)
BOOK: Jeremy is a loser. He really sucks. He has one friend, Micheal, who is kinda a jerk not gonna lie. He has a crush on a girl named Christine Caligula, who is once again, a jerk. Christine is dating a guy named Jake. Jeremy joins theater to try to get closer to Christine, but she's a jerk and ignores him. So then Jeremy gets a SQUIP. And then he's cool. So he becomes friends with some girls and stuff, but Christine is still a jerk. Then there's a party, and Jeremy goes to it. He invites Micheal, WHO IS STILL BEING A JERK and kinda ditches him. Christine and Jeremy have a conversation in the backyard and are interrupted by Rich, who is clearly drunk. See, when someone is drunk, their squip deactivates. Then Rich sets a fire and burns down Jake's house(WHOAAAAA I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING EVERYBODY WAS SCREAMING). And then Micheal and Jeremy are friends again and WRITE CHRISTINE A BOOK???? WHAT???
Ending
Art
Sooo the musical obviously doesn't have drawings, so I'm going to talk about the choreography instead.
I love the choreography in BMC, it's really good(especially at the end of More Than Survive, it's amazing. Go watch a slime tutorial right now). I wasn't a big fan of the art style in the graphic novel. It was boring and kinda lazy. The art is important to the story, so if the art isn't good, my opinion of the book goes down. :/
Overall opinion
I didn't like this book that much, the musical is better in every aspect. I can't think of a single thing this book did better, and I'm very disappointed. Hopefully the actual novel is better than this disaster. :/
WHAT
WAS
THIS?!?!??!?!
I'm really confused. Why did I hate this book so much? I don't understand. This is the
So I'm going to talk about each major part of the book, and then compare it to the musical. Hope this is interesting lmao.
Plot
Spoiler
MUSICAL: Jeremy is a loser. He kind of sucks lol. So he gets some drugs- I MEAN A PILL FROM JAPAN from the short kid who bullies him. Jeremy takes the dru-PILL and bam he's cool now. And his one friend Micheal (the best character) gets sad because Jeremy is blocking him from his life(like, the squip[that's the drug-I mean pill] is making it so that Jeremy can't see Michael.) Then Jeremy comes to his senses, chugs some Mountain Dew, and now everything is fine. (this is a very condensed recap, a lot more s**t goes down)
BOOK: Jeremy is a loser. He really sucks. He has one friend, Micheal, who is kinda a jerk not gonna lie. He has a crush on a girl named Christine Caligula, who is once again, a jerk. Christine is dating a guy named Jake. Jeremy joins theater to try to get closer to Christine, but she's a jerk and ignores him. So then Jeremy gets a SQUIP. And then he's cool. So he becomes friends with some girls and stuff, but Christine is still a jerk. Then there's a party, and Jeremy goes to it. He invites Micheal, WHO IS STILL BEING A JERK and kinda ditches him. Christine and Jeremy have a conversation in the backyard and are interrupted by Rich, who is clearly drunk. See, when someone is drunk, their squip deactivates. Then Rich sets a fire and burns down Jake's house(WHOAAAAA I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING EVERYBODY WAS SCREAMING). And then Micheal and Jeremy are friends again and WRITE CHRISTINE A BOOK???? WHAT???
Ending
Spoiler
So in the musical, Jeremy gets rid of his squip and ends up with Christine. in the book, Jeremy still has his squip. So does he never get rid of his squip?? Also, what's with the book Jeremy and Micheal write and give to Christine??? I'm so confused by the endingArt
Sooo the musical obviously doesn't have drawings, so I'm going to talk about the choreography instead.
I love the choreography in BMC, it's really good(especially at the end of More Than Survive, it's amazing. Go watch a slime tutorial right now). I wasn't a big fan of the art style in the graphic novel. It was boring and kinda lazy. The art is important to the story, so if the art isn't good, my opinion of the book goes down. :/
Overall opinion
I didn't like this book that much, the musical is better in every aspect. I can't think of a single thing this book did better, and I'm very disappointed. Hopefully the actual novel is better than this disaster. :/