Monday, June 30, 2008

Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini. Miramax, 2005, 304 pages.


Jeremy Heere, at the bottom of the high school social hierarchy, spends his days being bullied by his social betters and keeping “humiliation sheets” that document his dork and loser status. Jeremy hangs out with his one dork friend, lusts after the beautiful Christine and spends his nights masturbating to internet porn and firmly believes that ”being Cool is obviously the most important thing on earth…”. Jeremy wants to get laid but doesn’t know how and life as a loser looks settled for Jeremy until he finds out about the squib, a microcomputer you swallow that tells you how to talk, and dress and how to be cool. Suddenly, Jeremy is the coolest kid in high school and he finds out that things don’t always turn out as you expect them to.

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