Be More Chill

Unabridged
Author: Ned Vizzini
Narrator: Jesse Eisenberg
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's, Fiction, Harry Potter & Fantasy
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date: June 2004
Length: 6 hours
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Overview

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 defeats that come his way on his Humiliation Sheets… until he hears about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is a technological breakthrough guaranteed to make anybody cool. By instructing Jeremy on everything from what to wear, to how to walk and talk, to who to ditch, the squip transforms him from an unimaginable geek into a member of the social elite. 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 having a computer inside your brain--and it can have disastrous consequences.

Selected Reviews

be more dumb!

by Gabi
  • Book Rating: 1/5

be more chill

by Dennis Fahlstrom
  • Book Rating: 1/5

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be more dumb!

Written by Gabi on April 16th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 1/5

Warning - don't bother reading or listening to this book, it is really really dumb. The reader reads too fast, hacks off endings. It's painful to listen. The story in itself is dumb, even a teenager won't like it. It lacks any intelligence, worse then "Reality TV"..... hahaha

be more chill

Written by Dennis Fahlstrom from Mountain Grove, MO on October 2nd, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

What a terrible audio book. Absolutely the worst book I have rented from your collection. I listened to only the first CD and returned it. The narrator sounds as though he is a high school boy himself, talking quickly and as hard to follow as some kid spun up on uppers. The story line sounds interesting. Too bad I couldn't get past the objectionable part to enjoy it.

be more chill

Written by Anonymous from San Bernardino, CA on August 25th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 1/5

It is too bad I could not get pass the nasally, irritating narration to really enjoy the story. after the first 2 chapters I returned this audiobook ASAP.

Be More Chill

Written by Sabrina from El Centro, CA on June 1st, 2005

  • Book Rating: 1/5

Be More Chill was one of the worst books I have read this year. Although the language and references to pop culture may interest teenagers out there, the lack of real depth to the novel is irritating. The author had a chance to take a very imaginative storyline to the next level. With a little characterization, this could have been a pretty decent book. I was really hoping to see some sort of growth in the main character of the book, but was sorry to see that Jeremy learned very little of his own inner strength. Overall, there were too many pop culture references pieced together with a science fiction storyline that tries to sell itself to teens. Teens may read it, but I want to believe that most have more depth and higher expectations to enjoy it.

Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing...

Written by J. Stephens from Murrieta, CA on May 10th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 2/5

The best thing is the narration by Jesse Eisenberg, who stutters his way through this high school fantasy with wonderfully neurotic aplomb. Unfortunately, the book itself, which has a promising concept, is too busy trying to be cool to tell a decent or complete story. It ends on a phoned-in payoff that doesn’t fit the setup and the entire tale concentrates too much on would-be controversial scenes to dictate the storyline rather than on an internal growth in Jeremy. It’s like a music video that desperately tries to be cool, but in the end, doesn’t mean anything. It would be nice if the story were a better vehicle to carry some of the heavy issues it does, such as drug use, teen sex, etc, but ultimately it does nothing with these but use them as fodder to appear cool in hopes of winning the reader’s love. Young teens will likely appreciate the many pop culture references (which lose relevance as each day passes) and the somewhat graphic but pointless scenes involving teen partying.

Selected Reviews

be more dumb!

by Gabi
  • Book Rating: 1/5

be more chill

by Dennis Fahlstrom
  • Book Rating: 1/5

More...

Read All 5