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    Gossip Girl 1 - TV tie-in edition

    By Cecily von Ziegesar

    3.5/5

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    The #1 New York Times bestselling series returns with a fresh new cover in time for the highly anticipated HBO MAX series reboot.

    '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 first in the established and well-loved Gossip Girl series about the most popular high school crowd. Set in glamorous New York City the narrative takes a voyeuristic look into the troubled, raw and indulgent lives of Upper East Side's finest.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 5, 2012
    ISBN9781408834572
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    Cecily von Ziegesar

    Cecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.

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    • 2/5
      I've been so burned by "literary" books lately that I'm reading some real pablum, because hey, at least it lives up (or down?) to expectations.

      Gossip Girl is eerily reminiscent of Pretty Little Liars. I honestly don't know which came first, and I don't care enough to look it up. The point is, if you like PLL, you'll like GG, and if you hate PLL, I can't imagine you liking GG. They're two privileged, gossipy high-school peas in a pod.

      It may be due mostly to primacy bias (by which I mean, because I read it first), but I give PLL the slight edge. As you may recall from my reviews, the PLL books each ended on a fairly dramatic cliffhanger that sent me scrambling for the next book in the series. Also, there was only one character referred to by an initial, the mysterious and threatening "A". In GG, annoyingly, the little gossip columns scattered throughout refer to everyone within initials: "D and J might hook up! But B might have something to say about that, unless N gets there first! I and K are totally getting fat, and I think J has a crush on S!" You get the picture -- and it's a pretty annoying picture. Fortunately I think the gossip columns are pretty easily skimmed and otherwise ignored -- I don't much care about the identity of GG. As a mysterious figure she just can't hold a candle to A.

      One thing that really bothers me: the gigantic closeup of some part of Serena's body that is everywhere as "art", but no one seems to know what it is. Her eye? Her belly button? Her pursed lips? I am really deeply afraid that it's something unmentionable, because why else all the secrecy? Ick!

      For commitment-phobes, though, this is a very quick and easy read. I began and finished it during a nice long soak in the tub -- maybe an hour and a half, if that long. It might get you through a doctor's appointment, but don't take it to the beach unless you have room in your tote bag for the next two books in the series as well.
    • 3/5
      Fun, easy trash.
    • 1/5
      absolute trash.
    • 3/5
      Quick fun read, nice fluff novels.
    • 5/5
      sassy, decritive....overall an amazing book!
    • 4/5
      i found this book on ibooks and it looked like it was pretty popular so i thought why not try it out. as soon as i started reading i couldn't stop, i finished in two days and later moved on to the second book. the book is a lot different from the TV series (which i have finished) but i also think the books are lot better. i really recommend this book, the characters are like real people and once you learn about them, you want to keep reading about them. Their is soon bad things in the book, but thats not what the books about it's about growing up, they learn lessons that you can learn from. The charters could be your friends, there just like you and me and everyone can relate on a lot of different levels.I also like how the writer kind of dumbs it down for her audience, wich is teenage girls and gives us things we can learn from. the book also keeps you guessing ''who's the gossip girl" and the writing obviously knows a alot is she the gossip girl?
    • 2/5
      I suppose it was alright, I read this since I was pretty fond of the It Girl books and thought logicically, well these were the original so they must be better, right? wrong. The characters really need to pull their heads out of their own asses and get a grip on reality.
    • 4/5
      I always heard of the series. I was never interested in reading it. Recently I thought I would try reading the first book to see if I would like it. I borrowed it from the library. It was a good book! I can see why gossip girl is popular. I think teens 17 and older should read it. I thought this book wouldn't be my type cause I hate gossip. I wanted to read something different. I was halfway into the book and wanted to see the show. So far I saw the first three episodes. The show is really good! I had no idea I would like it. Anyway this book is good and is worth checking out.
    • 1/5
      DISCLAIMER: I am not the age group this book is geared towards. I have not seen the TV series (although curiosity about made me put this book in he TBR pile).

      That said, I am not following the trend of other reviewers that rate a 5 if they are under 20 and a 1 if an old fogey passing moral judgments. I am almost 50 but even in my day teenagers sought the next party, did not police their friends actions, knew where to get drugs/alcholol whether or not they indulged and never thought about consequences so no judgment on that (although I would warn a parent before they let their kids read this series that there is a lot of underage sex, drinking, drugs and sexual assault with some bulleimia (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) thrown in for atmosphere).

      The 1 star I am giving this book is because I did not like the writing. I felt it was poorly-edited, choppy, uneven (even if shooting for a blog style or gossip column style of thing) and never brought the characters or story to life where I could connect to either. The story and characters were run of the mill cardboard cutouts I have read in dozens of other books so I was pretty bored. Throw in endless bad behavior, parties, brand name dropping ... nothing ever got interesting. And no character ever got remotely interesting or likable. And while the age group is very accepting of almost anything their friends are doing, the unwanted sexual advances stuff that got accepted as "oh that's just the way he is" did really challenge my determination to not be judgmental. Not what I want to read about; thank you very much -- and I will read and enjoy almost anything if you give me characters, worlds or plots to get into. On the plus side, did not spend entire book in the halls of their high schools dripping with teenage angst and avoided the I-don't-know-love-triangles a lot of YA fiction devolves into.

      The brand names were very dated for time book was written and read more like cadged from People magazine, Sex and The City or a resort mall walk through. None of these chic New Yorkers shopped little boutiques, had coutere items from overseas design houses, or any of status symbol items you are likely to have to get on a waiting list and have the clout or funds to bribe purveyors to get. And more likely popular with the moms-who-lunched crowd than these purported teenagers. So just boring brand name repetition you can get in any grocery store magazine selection or hundreds of chick lit reads. Even the explanation of parents allowing teens to drink, sex, and do drugs practically in front of them as safer at home than not being a quasi-European tradition did not wash (Eurotrash fallout I guess) for someone who has lived in Europe. In Europe, admittedly, drinking ages mostly lower and wine or weak ales, watered down appropriately for ages and body weights of children at table, were served with food--the only tradition I saw that might make author put that explanation in. But chugging back scotch after scotch? And teens, not bartenders or parents, pouring for themselves and friends?

      What was the plot of this thing anyway?
    • 1/5
      I hate read this and live blogged it knowing it would be bad. I didn't know it's be totally boring as well. All the things that I love about the show are not in the books. The show was a success because it changed so much of the book and I am much more thankful for the show now that I know what it COULD have been had it stayed with the book.


      Of course, I'm probably going to end up reading the rest of the series because they don't take long to read and hate reading fuels my life.

      You know you love me,
      xoxo The Show Is Much Better Gossip Girl
    • 3/5
      I see that the tv show changed a lot from the books. At first when I started reading the book I didn’t understand why but when I kept reading I saw why. I feel in the tv show at least I like a little bit of everyone and starting liking more some of the characters. Here in the book I think most of the characters annoy me completely. Some I like but some I can’t stand them. It’s an ok book but I only feel relatable to very few characters like Blair, Kati and Isabel which is weird because they are represented as mean and bitchy in the tv show but not exactly in the book. Well in the end all I have to say its an okay book to pass the time but get ready to get annoyed by the majority of characters in the book. At least that’s my opinion not necessarily everyone else’s.
    • 4/5
      The novel Gossip Girl is about these high schoolers Serena, Blair, Chuck , Nathan, Dan and Jenny. They all live in the Upper East Side Manhattan and are very rich. Besides Dan and Jenny Humphrey they live in Brooklyn. In this book it starts off with Serena coming back from boarding school and her old best friend Blair is mad and jealous because Blair finally had the private school Constance to her self. So, throughout the book Serena and Blair are in this argument. Serena then meets Dan from this play that Vanessa Abrams is directing. Dan has always had a crush on Serena but he was always scared to talk to her because he is from “dirty poor Brooklyn” and she is from the Upper East Side. By the end of the book though Dan and Serena go on a date. The book then ends on if Serena and Dan will go on another date or not. Overall Gossip Girl was a very good book. I liked the setting of the book. I also liked what the book was about. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
    • 3/5
      The Book on its own: The book reads very fast. The topic is - obviously - very drama filled and catty. However, it is funny and you really do feel like you are getting an insider's look at the life of rich youth running around New York. At its heart, the book is about high school cliques and the awkwardness and potentially-traumatizing period of growing up, but just from the point of view of a very upper class.

      In regards to teens reading it, I think they'll find a life they secretly yearn for. Luckily for this book, there are interesting and different types of people, which makes it better for young adults in my opinion because it shows even if you are very wealthy you still have cliques and bullying, etc. Some are the situations are adult, so I wouldn't say it's great for really young adults, but for older teens it will really work well.

      Compared to the series: I have only watched a bit of the series, but I think the series is more amusing and has developed the characters to be more lovable. The characters in the book are very strongly written and hard to fall in love with, but on the show you find yourself loving them all. I think the books might be more true to life (purging, cattiness, etc.), but in terms of entertainment, I do prefer the series.
    • 3/5
      I was pleasently surprised by this one. I just read it out of curiosity, but ended up quite enjoying it. It was definitely a fun, light distraction after a long day. The characters are all superficial and egotistical, but somewhat addictive. It wasn't great but it was all right
    • 1/5
      It reads like a TV show. There's not really an arc of story, it just feels like an episode in series. Trashy but has the same kind of appeal as gossip itself. The writing is funny--kind of sarcastic and self-aware.
    • 3/5
      Not something I would pick up on my own, but had to read it as part of a genre study for work. Trashy, ridiculous, and mostly kinda fun. The writing is as superficial as the characters, but I don't think the author was trying to win awards with this one. I'll most likely pick up another book or two just to see where it goes.
    • 2/5
      I've been in need of some easy, superficial, low commitment reading lately (yup, guilty pleasure time!), and Gossip Girl fit the bill. The characters and story lines are pretty much the same as what you see on the show: rich, consumerist, high school kids causing drama and partying their way around NYC. I didn't grow up in the ritzy Upper East Side, but I did attend a private prep school with a bunch of very wealthy teens, and the story, with its excess underage drinking and complete lack of parenting seems way over the top. It's entertaining though, so I'll probably find myself reading another Gossip Girl installment at some point. 
    • 1/5
      good book! But you have to the whole series, to understand the first book.
    • 3/5
      Another one of those book to series novels that I read after I got into the show; but this one didn't grab me, and the fact that I'm kinda going off season 4 of Gossip Girl anyway; probably not the best time for me to read it; but it was half-read and sitting on my beside so they're the books I'm trying to get through.Good things and bad things about the book. One thing I didn't like was the constant switch of characters POV mid chapter or even paragraph. At first you're reading Serena, and then Nate, and then Blair, etc. It's tiresome when all you want is a good read. The characters aren't exactly likable, which I suppose they're not meant to be. But even hated characters should have something about them that makes me want to read them. Serena's a whore, Blair's a bad friend, Nate's a pothead, Jenny's a try-hard, Chuck's just weird, and Dan (who is my favourite in the TV show) is just bland and boring. It's a series; I don't own any of the other books so it's highly unlikely I'll be reading them.
    • 5/5
      Gossip Girl, the first of the Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar, was surprisingly fun to read. It didn't seem like my type of book when I first ran into it a few years ago, but I finally decided to give it a chance.Even though I knew that they would be different, I was quite surprised by how different the book is from the television based on the series. Of course, that doesn't take away from either. (I'm new to both, so I'm not really "biased" towards or against either.)The writing was fairly good, and the characters were pretty well-developed. I felt quite drawn in by the ease at which they were presented. The only thing that really bugged me was that everyone seemed to turn a blind eye to things that struck me as being serious to ignore (i.e. Blair's budding/full-blown bulimia). I know that sometimes people tend to brush these kinds of things aside, but it seems like eventually someone would say something. Even the wealthy/powerful aren't typically that oblivious.I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who hasn't read it that enjoys young adult fiction or chick lit, since I think it fits quite well into both categories. I also thing that this might be a good beach book if you're into reading on the beach.
    • 4/5
      This is a quick and fun YA novel, the first in the series the hit TV show is based on. While it is interesting and entertaining to read, I find it hard to identify with these rich, privileged, city-dwelling party kids. I suppose it's a vicarious thrill, but I wonder how realistic it is. Maybe it isn't supposed to be realistic; it is fiction after all. I wonder what kind of message this is sending to the young readers and viewers, because I worry about things like that. However, that does not detract from how much (guilty) pleasure I took from reading it. If it sounds like this is a mixed review, it is. I haven't seen the show, but I'm interested enough after reading this to put it on my Netflix queue. Update to this review is forthcoming once I view it.
    • 2/5
      Gossip Girl is high drama for young adults, as readers are give an insider’s view of the upper side world of New York City teens. The story of Serena’s return to high society from boarding school and the effect it has on all her friends (…or are they really?) is told by a seemingly omniscient and omnipresent narrator who runs a gossip blog about this group of teens. Serena, perhaps as she should be, is the character with the most presence. You feel for her even when you don’t know if all the rumors are true, unlike her so-called friends. For me, the characters are interesting because of their tumultuous relationships, but all of the drugs/alcohol are a turn off. I’m not convinced that all their parents don’t care that their children are drinking non-stop or buying drugs from people in front of the Met or in Central Park. That aside, the sprinkling of narrator commentary became an annoyance. I like the blog pieces at the beginning/end of some chapters, and the hook really is wanting to know who she is and how she fits into the group, but how is she commenting on internal dialogue? There are some things she just can’t know. The writing was okay and I’m sufficiently interested to try the second book.
    • 2/5
      This Adobe PDF e-book was perfectly suited to bring out the worst in teenage girls. It focused on drinking, boys, and consumerism. The characters were basically unlikeable from an adult point of view, but if you're a teen girl who enjoys the mastery of sarcastic put-downs, stealing the boy and backstabbing friends with an added side of on-line gossip and name-dropping of clothes, shoes and purses, then this book hits home. When Serena returns from boarding school in Europe, Blair's life is turned upside down. She loses her status as the "it" girl and has to work hard to regain both her friendship with Serena and her own level in her privileged world. While this has become a somewhat popular television series - think 90210 for this generation - it does nothing to reflect the lives of real teenagers, but perhaps the fantasy of being incredibly rich and doing whatever you want is the draw!
    • 5/5
      Another East Side New York snooty girls compete over friends and boys book. I find these books to be very interesting though. They show events from different perspectives so that the reader can get a more in depth analysis of a situation. They're funny as well, because it's hard to imagine that people are really this rich and living in apartments where they can bathe in champagne and do drugs without their parents caring, as long as they don't ruin their reputations. These girls act horribly towards one another and are very materialistic as well, so it's ridiculous to read at times, but it is all around a good book. I read through it pretty fast because it was so luring. i reccommend this book for ages high school and up because it does have some content that i dont think is very appropriate for ages younger than that.
    • 2/5
      This book was no Sweet Valley High. The SWV I read was G-rated in comparison. I'm sure this book makes for a much better TV show, because it was very dialogue heavy. Even though this not a book I would necessarily recommend for high literature, it has a lot of teen appeal. This is what I consider beach reading, and if I was still in high school I am sure I would have read the entire series by now, beach or no beach.
    • 3/5
      A story told from the eyes of several different girls about boys, backstabbing, drugs, sex, and the other things you'd expect from rich girls at a private school. I found it wasn't really my taste because of the stereotypical catty rick kid characters. It is too close to real life, which makes gg almost scary.
    • 2/5
      I have to begin with an admission, the tv series Gossip Girl is one of my many guilty pleasures. This book was classic Gossip Girl at it's best. It was full of scandal, heart break and all the juicy insider secrets you could want. The problem with that is the characters are teenagers and in my opinion, teenagers should not be allowed to run around the worlds "biggest urban playground" without some sort of consequences for there actions. In the television series, at least the parents are involved and seem at least a bit interested in the lives of there children. This book was shallow and devoid of any moral compass. The ending was left open, which I HATE. There should have been some sort of retribution, even if these people have all the money in the world, there has to be a price too high to pay. Maybe, just maybe that is the whole point but I had to reach so deep to find it, I doubt that it is true. I wouldn't want my teen reading this book.
    • 4/5
      Lots of fun! Poor little rich girls and their idiot boyfriends partying their nights away in Manhattan. None of the characters are even remotely likeable at this point and yet it's hard to put the book down
    • 4/5
      Delightfully dishy. Once readers get used to the tone and the occasionally not-so-smooth narration, they will enjoy the book's dishy characters and naughty plot. A fun read with no moral in sight. Should appeal to fans of the show as well as teens who enjoy controversial fiction. It is gleefully amoral and not at all good for you.
    • 3/5
      I figured on this book being simple, mindless fun. I didn't count on quite so much mindless, with an emphasis on the simple. But, I must admit, Ziegasar's debut Gossip Girl novel was kind of fun. At least the dialogue was believable... mostly. The cattiness, the foul mouths, the passing notes, the thought that this guy, right NOW!, is the be all and end all of your universe. Yeah, we've been there. Head socialite, Blair, is finally, FINALLY, going to give it up to her handsome (and somewhat brainless) boyfriend, Nate, while her mother throws one of her many parties downstairs. Ah, but what is any good YA novel without some conflct? Moments before the consummation, Blair's (former) best friend shows up, and the announcement of her arrival leaves Nate a little... distracted? So, instead of accepting Serena back into the fold of upper-crust Manhattan society, petty Blair and her petty friends turn on the oh-so-perfect Serena. Woven through this deep plot-line is the gossip blog of some as-yet-unnamed author who seems to have eyes and ears everywhere. Could she perhaps be one of the characters we are reading about!? Dum dum DUUUUUM!We get some sort of resolution at the end but not much. Hey, Cecily has to have something left for the rest of the series. Can't get all her gems out in one book! Touted as the Sex in the City for the high school sect, Gossip Girl won't shake any foundations. But, if you don't take yourself too seriously, the book has its moments and is a quick read. And we really can't fault it for trying to be any more than what it is: simple. mindless. fun.