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'At the lighter end of the scale, those of you who've been waiting for a new BFF to fill the gaping OC/Dawson's/90210 hole in your lives could do far worse than sign up for an upper east side preppy education in Gossip Girl (March, ITV2). Based on Cecily von Ziegesar's string of novels. It's Cruel Intentions with a noughties Abercrombie sheen - and as it's adapted by Josh Schwartz (the Seth Cohenalike behind The OC), you'd be right to expect a string of zippy one-liners, powerhouse teen bitchiness and a general fascination with the lives of the urban rich' Guardian
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'Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live and go to school and play and sleep - sometimes with each other. We're smart, we've inherited classic good looks, and we know how to party. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it.' The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour and cool - set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents.
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Nothing superb, but an easy read none the less. It was trashy and full of awful, egotistical characters, but for this reason - it was somewhat of a guilty pleasure. There's not much to say about this one apart from that it was a very light, easy and quite fun read, but not something to go crazy over.
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'Gossip Girl' is obviously the first in the series of quite famous novels by Cecily von Ziegesar about the lives of wealthy teens in Manhattan's most exclusive suburb, the Upper East Side. Because of the success of the TV show based on this novel, 'Gossip Girl' is definitely considered queen bee of its genre, which is why I was slightly disappointed when I read it. It just isn't as funny as 'Mean Girls' or its British equivalent 'Popular,' and 'Gossip Girl's' lead characters aren't anywhere near as likable or even believable when compared to characters from shows or books like 'Clueless,' 'Glee,' 'Popular,' 'Pretty Little Liars' or even 'The Gallagher Girls'. Part of the problem is that it seems to be all about clothes and labels and who's sleeping with who, which made me think the glamour had taken over from the characters/story. At times, I also found Blair Waldorf to be a little bit annoying and much preferred other queen bees like Regina George, Meredith Harper or Sharpay Evans (HSM = guilty pleasure!) But, some of the other characters, especially Serena, were really great and even if you didn't care about most of the people in 'Gossip Girl,' Cecily von Ziegesar is definitely a good enough writer to keep you interested in the storyline so you keep reading 'Gossip Girl' to the very last page.
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Although of course the book is not an action packed or adventorous in anyway, you do feel like you've fallen in to the world of the Upper East Sider.
After watching all the Gossip Girl TV shows (So far..) during the break of season 4, i brought the first book, in hope it would fill a void. I couldn't be any happier with the book, if you love Gossip Girl TV show, then you'll fall in love with the book. I was even more pleased when i saw that Blair was actually the main character as she's my favourite character.
I'd advise anyone to buy this, it's amazing :)
After watching all the Gossip Girl TV shows (So far..) during the break of season 4, i brought the first book, in hope it would fill a void. I couldn't be any happier with the book, if you love Gossip Girl TV show, then you'll fall in love with the book. I was even more pleased when i saw that Blair was actually the main character as she's my favourite character.
I'd advise anyone to buy this, it's amazing :)
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Trashy but good- a guilty pleasure
I received the prequel to this book for my birthday last year and this series of books really is hard to put down. Read more
Published on 4 April 2010 by Sarah L. James
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Enjoyable read and the plot is replicated in the pilot episode of the Gossip Girl show.
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by D. Doherty
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