Review by vibingjaren - Be More Chill

vibingjaren 's review for:

Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini

4.25

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Be More Chill Is one of, if not my favorite musical. So, when I heard there was a novel I was excited! The novel is fairly different from the musical, but I’m sure other fans would still enjoy it. I did find the

fetishes

a little weird, like

Jeremy with tails and Micheal fetishizing Asian girls…??

I guess it makes them more realistic, but it’s still weird. I was also a bit surprised by how much

sex, masturbation,

and so on was mentioned. It’s not like BMC has ever been child friendly, though. Overall, it was a pretty good book! Not that similar to the musical, but I still loved the characters.

I wish the novel had more of an ending, like, we got to know what happened to all of the characters

. I’m glad the musical fixes that, though. I also love how

the SQUIP seemed more like a mentor

here, and

didn’t have any Ill intentions besides doing it’s job. It was a nice twist from the evil SQUIP in the musical.

I It was a nice story, and a pretty good book.

And as a theater kid, the confession scene MADE ME UPSET. CHRISTINE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE MAD.

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