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I Will Always Love You
by Cecily von Ziegesar
PREVIOUS BOOKS
I’d like to talk (very shortly) about the previous books. Gossip Girl is a series of 13 books and a lot can happen. If you aren’t familiar with Gossip Girl, here’s the storyline in a nutshell: gossip and scandals from today’s Upper East Side teenagers. I think that’s about it. I have to admit, I had some trouble with some characters and their personalities. But that didn’t resist me from stop reading all the books because it’s just so juicy and addicting.
THE LAST BOOK
I was quite happy how everything turned out. First of all, the division in the book was really nice. There were different parts so the time jumps were bigger, and for me this was positive. The other books told the story of about 2 weeks so sometimes the story was getting tedious. Second of all, the character development made me really happy. I had some problems with certain characters. They weren’t what I expected and for all the previous books, they stayed pretty much the same. That’s maybe a disadvantage (in the other books, not in this one). Now, there’s also the TV show Gossip Girl and I think Cecily got some ideas from there. I don’t want to make the wrong deductions but there was a plot and I didn’t see it coming. And at last, the end of course. It was a very open ending and it disappointed me. I had expected a bit more information. For me, it was too open and now I’m kind of waiting for another book that can tell us a bit more. Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t mind open endings but you have open endings and you have really open endings.
Generally, I really liked this book and it’s funny because I also liked the very first book. The beginning and the end.
I’d like to talk (very shortly) about the previous books. Gossip Girl is a series of 13 books and a lot can happen. If you aren’t familiar with Gossip Girl, here’s the storyline in a nutshell: gossip and scandals from today’s Upper East Side teenagers. I think that’s about it. I have to admit, I had some trouble with some characters and their personalities. But that didn’t resist me from stop reading all the books because it’s just so juicy and addicting.
THE LAST BOOK
I was quite happy how everything turned out. First of all, the division in the book was really nice. There were different parts so the time jumps were bigger, and for me this was positive. The other books told the story of about 2 weeks so sometimes the story was getting tedious. Second of all, the character development made me really happy. I had some problems with certain characters. They weren’t what I expected and for all the previous books, they stayed pretty much the same. That’s maybe a disadvantage (in the other books, not in this one). Now, there’s also the TV show Gossip Girl and I think Cecily got some ideas from there. I don’t want to make the wrong deductions but there was a plot and I didn’t see it coming. And at last, the end of course. It was a very open ending and it disappointed me. I had expected a bit more information. For me, it was too open and now I’m kind of waiting for another book that can tell us a bit more. Don’t misunderstand me, I don’t mind open endings but you have open endings and you have really open endings.
Generally, I really liked this book and it’s funny because I also liked the very first book. The beginning and the end.