At school, he continues to talk with Christine during play rehearsals, but he realizes that she already has a boyfriend, Jake Dillinger. Apparently young women lack self-esteem to such an extraordinary degree that not only do they cut themselves while purging while gossiping about their slutty ex-best-friend, but they are also willing and committed to having sex with any man who might be interested.

Michael tries to warn Jeremy of the dangers of the SQUIP, explaining that someone ended up in a mental hospital after they went crazy trying to get it out of their head. I don’t usually read that much but I thought since I love the musical that I would probably love the book and I definitely do.The young man told her that he was struggling with mental illness and hearing voices, and that he had recently read “Be More Chill,” a novel by Ned Vizzini, Ms.

The SQUIP delves into the inner psyche of the student body around him, giving Jeremy insight on the fears and insecurities of his fellow peers. Jeremy wakes up in the hospital, sharing a room with Rich, who proudly comes out to Jeremy as bisexual and is ready to finally be who he really is.Be More Chill (2004) by Ned Vizzini is a young adult novel about a teenage boy trying to increase his social status in high school. The main character, Jeremy Heere, is a socially awkward high school student who ingests a pill that contains a quantum supercomputer that advises him on how to modify his behavior, his appearance, and his mannerisms to seem cool to his peers. His writing is so readable and fluid and his characters could walk off the page and fit in at any high school in America.

Rich set a fire and he burned down the house but the reasons are unknown so we just assume it was to get rid of the squip even though there was nothing Rich said or did before this point that indicated it (Literally the last Jeremy saw him, he was laying on the couch completely calm). In the musical, Michael is an incredibly loyal best friend who is sweet and a little dorky but overall pretty awesome and ultimately heroic.What left me wanting more: The main content warnings are difficult things to read but are the same things that can spark some important discussions (e. While we feel that these instruments are essential to maintaining the integrity of the arrangement, we understand that not every theater happens to have a Theremin lying around. As they wait for the first play rehearsal to begin, Christine professes her love of theatre to Jeremy, because she can play different people and always knows what to say and performs ("I Love Play Rehearsal"). Overall, Be More Chill the musical stays true to the spirit of the book while also making some significant changes to better suit the stage/story.