Be more chill vs Boy Who Owned the School: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: High schools, School Stories, Schools, Children's fiction, Fiction
Be more chill
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Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Boy Who Owned the School
“Jacob Freisten stood in the shadow of the dumpster in back of the Reddi-Ralph store across from the high school and studied the front of the school carefully, as if considering buying it.”
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Jacob Freisten's goal in life is to go about unnoticed. He's perfect at gliding past the jocks' lockers and sneaking into his English class. That was, until now. If Jacob wants to pass English, he must work for extra…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Boy Who Owned the School highest: Boy Who Owned the School 3.8 · Be more chill 3.6.
- Boy Who Owned the School is the quickest read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Be more chill.
- Be more chill has the widest readership — 17091 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Be more chill | Boy Who Owned the School | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (17091) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (39) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (157) | — |
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Reception
| Be more chill | Boy Who Owned the School | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17091 | 1 |
| Editions | 11 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 15423 | — |
| Reading it now | 806 | — |
| Written reviews | 2114 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 1538 | — |
| Pages | 287 | 85 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Be more chill or Boy Who Owned the School?
Boy Who Owned the School has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Boy Who Owned the School 3.8/5, Be more chill 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: Be more chill or Boy Who Owned the School?
Boy Who Owned the School is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Boy Who Owned the School (85 pages, ≈ 1 h 34 m); Be more chill (287 pages, ≈ 5 h 19 m).
Which is harder to read: Be more chill or Boy Who Owned the School?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Be more chill: Light; Boy Who Owned the School: Light.