Book Review: Be More Chill

                                                      Be More Chill Review

Be More Chill is about an unpopular high school student named Jeremy who is someone that is terribly awkward and he takes what other people think of him harder than most in fact he keeps track on a spread sheet of all the embarrassing things that happen to him which just makes his social life even harder than it has to be. Jeremy has a hopeless crush on Christine who he is in drama club with but has no idea how to get her attention. Jeremy learns from a fellow classmate that there's this pill that is a mini computer that is called a Squib that you can get that will tell you how to be cool and get girls to like you which he ends buying and following the advice of in hopes of getting Christine to like him.

Jeremy ends up following the advice of his Squib which does help him to become more popular and does give him the chance to hook up with some girls but isn't much help when it comes to Christine. The Squib ends up causing problems for Jeremy when it comes his relationship with his parents and his best friend Michael  mostly because the Squib's idea of being cool involves being asshole to most everyone especially if the Squib considers them to be uncool which is part of the reason the Squib is little to no help when it comes to Jeremy trying to get Christine in fact listening to Squib ends up causing Christine to not want anything to do with him.

Overall I really liked this book it had an interesting idea and it did a good job of blending the normal high school stuff with the Sci Fi elements. I feel like I would've like this book if I hadn't listened to the cast recording for the musical that is based on this book because the musical was a lot more dramatic which makes the book feel anti climatic in comparison which isn't really a fair comparison since the book came out first. The musical had the Squib be an outright villain which gave the musical much higher stakes, the friendship between to Jeremy and Michael became much more strained in the musical and I also found Christine's character to be so much more likable in the musical. Overall a good book but I think the musical really improved the story. Please tell me your thoughts about this book or the musical in the comment section down below.