Sara's Reviews > Gossip Girl

How can I love the show so much, but think the books are horribly written and duller than dishwasher? I don't know how that can be, but obviously Josh Schwartz is a better TV producer/whatever he does than Ceceily Von Ziegesar is an author. It's funny because before I read the GG, I read Stephen King's memoir "On Writing" and CVZ pretty much does everything SK says writer's shouldn't do. Over explosion of adjectives? Check. Unnecessary descriptions of non-entity characters and clothes? Check. (That was really annoying. There must have been hundreds of dropped name brands. At least in the show, we get to see the outfit, not read a boring description about it. The book was boring as hell. Nothing happens! Except for parties and drug use and teenage sex and gossiping. You think that'd be fun, but no! It's boring! The only good thing about the book was Gossip Girl's witty entries (and I kept hearing Kristen Bell's voice in my head when I read them) but there wasn't enough of them to keep me satisfied. DO NOT READ THE BOOKS! WATCH THE SHOW INSTEAD! Trust me, I'm doing you a favor!