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The Broadway musical Be More Chill was based on a YA novel of the same name by the late Ned Vizzini.Now, in that magical way the entertainment world has about adapting adaptations, the book that became a musical has now been adapted into a graphic novel, by noted author David Levithan and illustrated by Rick Bertozzi. I never saw the musical or read the book, but after reading the graphic novel, I'd love to do both! Nobody pays much attention to Jeremy in high school, other than to make fun
Closer to a 2.5.
i picked this up because i like a song from the musical (voices in my head), and wanted more context. but this left me so confused as to how it connected to voices in my head that i actually had to wikipedia the plot of the musical. the art was pretty okay? it was confusing and i couldn't find a pattern as to what was blue and what was black and white.
David Levithan takes a chainsaw to the most offensive sexist crap from the awful novel and sands off sharp corners to deliver a thin and bland, PG or PG-13 adaptation that is probably intended to appeal to fans of the musical (though it keeps the book's original ending). Frankly, I wish I had just stuck to listening to the album and not bothered with any of the books.
I haven’t read the book or watched the musical that this graphic novel is based on, so maybe that’s why I didn’t find it that interesting? It felt too short to be impactful.
The ending.... what
A comic based on a sci-fi musical based on a young-adult book. What could go wrong? A lot could. But I enjoyed this. A teen gets an AI implanted that tries to help make him more popular. The AI leads him to act like a jerk, which does make him more popular, but he eventually learns to reject the advice of the AI.
Guy wants manic pixie dream girl. Guy gets chip in his head to tell him how to win her. He loses touch with his real self and we should be sad for him because men should just exist as they are without ever questioning themselves. If they are not chosen by girls it’s unjust and proof of how shallow the girls are. High school girls are dumb except the girl who is NoT lIkE oThEr GiRlZ. So rather than enjoy her company or get to know her or be a friend to her, he has to date her. No other relationsh...
the CODE RED!! 🤣
I really enjoyed this. And what a great tribute to Ned Vizzini's vision. The story really worked with the graphic novel format. I really want to see the musical now.
This... wasn’t what the musical is? I mean like it’s the book, I get that lol. But like I was so used to the musical ending that I was really prepared for a huge fight scene in the play and Michael to throw Jeremy some Red Mountain Dew and call it a day, but like the ending didn’t even include the Squip being thrown out, even after it made Rich go insane. Lol it was fine I guess
More like 2.5 stars. Story is okay I liked the artwork and use of color. I would be interested in seeing the musical version to see if the story is improved when told through a different medium.
Quick read. It was ok, takes place in 2004 however, Siri & Alexa weren’t around then, right? The lesson learned is to be careful with technology. It may help you with some things, but not with the heart. That’s why we have free will. Technology cannot determine who will be the person you will end up with. I’d be interested in reading the original book. The illustrations were good, the colors discerning between Jeremy & the Squib.
I could cry of happiness. There are some aspects of the novel that couldn't be conveyed outside of text, but it's so clearly inspired by comic books and manga that it begs for an graphic novel adaption. I have such high expectations for this one, I'm gonna have to manage them before it comes out because I've had this vision of what a graphic novel adaption of this book would look like since I first read it.I'd love it if the illustrators experimented with different styles: Like the first part wh...
Eh, it was ok. I feel like every time I read one of Ned Vizzini's books, I end up not liking the main character. Also, the artwork wasn't that great. Character's faces would be distorted in weird ways and that was pretty jarring. It would take me out of the story. I know the lesson this is trying to convey is be careful of technology, don't be to reliant on it! Combined with, be yourself! And sure I get it, I just think there books/graphic novels that did it better. Overall, I wouldn't really su...
I didn't read the novel this was adapted from, but I have seen (and listened tothe soundtrack of) Be More Chill the musical. And my only thought on this is that this plot is pretty boring without the musical numbers.Which is saying something, because I thought the musical was a little boring with the musical numbers... so...This wasn't necessarily bad, just not ,my cup of tea.
Pretty fun story to read through. I've heard of the musical before and have always wanted to watch it in person. The story felt rushed but it is a graphic novel, after all. The premise of the story was really unique, with the squip and all. The art style wasn't my favorite, but I liked how it highlighted the important parts, and those were the ones I drew my eyes first to.
Nothing against the artist for this graphic novel.Let me state I have only ever listened to/watched the musical, and I have never read the book. The musical I give 4/5 stars; I did not enjoy this graphic novel, so I know the book isn't for me.
There were some moments and themes I liked better than the musical, but there were also... moments that I disliked so much more. I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it was definitely an interesting read, especially the ending.
Loved the play so I was excited to read this. The story differs greatly from the musical but not in a bad way. The fact that the A.I. want just an evil machine was refreshing as well. My only major dislike was the ending. Not because it was all together bad, just really sudden. I was reading and it just felt like it suddenly stopped.