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I Will Always Love You
by Cecily von Ziegesar
IQ "And that's what I feel like college is all about. Figuring out what's important to you in life, the thing you'll follow to the end of the earth. Figuring out what you care about most", Dan pg. 191
So was this book not actually written by Cecily von Ziegesar? Because the cover just says 'created by'....the writing didn't seem as funny nor as satirical as it usually does so that's why I ask but then again its been about 2 years (I think) since I've last read a book in the Gossip Girl series. Anyway, I'm glad Dan at least got something out of his college experience. The problem with the book always taking place over Christmas break in between college years is that it was hard to tell if the characters progressed at school and then just regressed back at home or if they really went through 4 years of college without maturing (which is possible I suppose, especially when we look at certain members of Congress, or just other adults we see on the news doing dumb things). The ending wasn't a surprise, I just wish the plot hadn't been just 'who will Nate choose' especially I've never felt that Nate has been given a personality that makes it easy to understand why everyone loves him, he's a boring stoner! I also hated that for about a year Vanessa does nothing, we don't even hear about her college classes she just mopes after a guy. Ugh
I did like the gossip girl tidbits/check-in/advice given as usual, and like the characters, I actually didn't care if we learned about gossip girl's true identity. The site (in the book) is just a fun, guilty pleasure that the characters no longer even mention. None of the various relationships seemed that forced (even with Nate, it was more so when the book droned on about how Nate couldn't choose a girl), it makes sense that you would go through various relationships with friends in your same group or on the outskirts of your group. This book was enjoyable but not as much as I remembered and I actually wish we had followed Vanessa and Dan more. I did like the nod to Jenny, I read some of the novels about her at Waverly but I stopped and have no intention of picking them up again (not because they were bad but because I'm no longer interested) and I felt her storyline was really cute and genuine. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU is a good in-between read, especially during the school year when you have less time to read for pleasure.
So was this book not actually written by Cecily von Ziegesar? Because the cover just says 'created by'....the writing didn't seem as funny nor as satirical as it usually does so that's why I ask but then again its been about 2 years (I think) since I've last read a book in the Gossip Girl series. Anyway, I'm glad Dan at least got something out of his college experience. The problem with the book always taking place over Christmas break in between college years is that it was hard to tell if the characters progressed at school and then just regressed back at home or if they really went through 4 years of college without maturing (which is possible I suppose, especially when we look at certain members of Congress, or just other adults we see on the news doing dumb things). The ending wasn't a surprise, I just wish the plot hadn't been just 'who will Nate choose' especially I've never felt that Nate has been given a personality that makes it easy to understand why everyone loves him, he's a boring stoner! I also hated that for about a year Vanessa does nothing, we don't even hear about her college classes she just mopes after a guy. Ugh
I did like the gossip girl tidbits/check-in/advice given as usual, and like the characters, I actually didn't care if we learned about gossip girl's true identity. The site (in the book) is just a fun, guilty pleasure that the characters no longer even mention. None of the various relationships seemed that forced (even with Nate, it was more so when the book droned on about how Nate couldn't choose a girl), it makes sense that you would go through various relationships with friends in your same group or on the outskirts of your group. This book was enjoyable but not as much as I remembered and I actually wish we had followed Vanessa and Dan more. I did like the nod to Jenny, I read some of the novels about her at Waverly but I stopped and have no intention of picking them up again (not because they were bad but because I'm no longer interested) and I felt her storyline was really cute and genuine. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU is a good in-between read, especially during the school year when you have less time to read for pleasure.