Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer

Cover Response At First Glance? Gag!



Why On Earth Did I Want To Read This Book? The sick cover and the bizzare summary



What Does This Make Me? Possibly a little nuts :i





Hence,The Dame's Rather Wacked Review:

Juicy, hot, freakin' preppies on pomegranate martinis and god-only-knows-what-else! This is an insider's guide to life in the fast lane of the forgotten and pushed-aside children of high-flying NYC parents. Teen aged children who, I might add, are deadly angry to the point of murder and madness.

Oh, how I loved this parody of the NYC life of those anxiety-ridden kids whose only consistency is private schools which over-cultivate and ignore them, charging them to the inth-degree in preparation for ivy league colleges and life in show more the fast lanes for which they've been born and (semi) bred. Here also is the petri dish for insanity and murder without reservation, reaction or consequence. Oh, it's the world of the pedigreed, pinched and pruned 'til it hurts bunch.

Laughable, fun and nauseating, this is a romp that has to be read with a grain of salt and at least a very Dirty Martini in hand. I loved it, choked on my olives and laughed all the way through! You have to get the book just for the frozen concoctions it mentions if nothing else.

Some of the really entertaining parts are reading about the trendy fashions, the menus, the over-the-top drinks, and the museum "artistes." I loved the raucous descriptions of baby blingers, day school uniforms, hair dressers, college placement counsellors; and, maids who covered and cleaned up without blinking an eye...well; naturally, because to admit awareness would mean they'd be looking for alternative employment.

Blair and Serena, the psychopathic protagonists primarily featured are not only murderous, they are social and fashion icons. Too funny, and too true to life. Everyone is drawn by the beautiful madwoman, aren't they? So much to chew on as a reader. And, who is the Gossip Girl, anyway? That's the question, and the answer lures us on (at least me) like a vintage Chanel bag. Or, perhaps I just wanted to know who else was getting their desserts...and how....

Having not seen the TV version of Gossip Girl, nor having read any of the previous books, may have put me at a disadvantage here. But, I can tell you that I hadn't read anything like this book before, and I enjoyed it tremendously as a change from the ordinary fare. Rather like trying steak tartare with a long-handled, monogrammed, silver teaspon from an antique Staffordshire bowl.

Highly recommended, I think. Or, maybe you just have to be a little odd and crazy to love the book. Or have been there in some fashion or another. (I'm Mom to 5 preppies who lived to tell their stories!)

It did get a little excessive...so that took it off the 5 star mark for me. But I appreciated the fact that it was tongue-in-cheek, at least in some part. And, it was fun having a twist of the knife.

You can see how the whole thing has made me blood thirsty and giddy just reading and reviewing it!

4.5 blood-curdling stars w/ a spiked heel

Deborah/YourBookishDame show less

Check it, its time for some honesty. I read the first Gossip Girl book a very long time ago, back when I thought it was only one book long. I found it at my library, with the UK cover and no mention of it being a series. I was kind of intrigued by it so I was happy enough even though it was kind of cotton candy (I'd wager these books are on par with the Sweet Valley High books of my young teen youth).

I did not read any of the others. I did not watch the show. I have only a basic understanding of how this series progressed, due in large part because my sister was obsessed with it for a while. So please understand me when I say this: This book was awesome.

Look its entirely possible Cecily almost jumped the shark on this one--by parodying show more her own work for the horror mash-up genre before anyone else can But she then also made it almost more canonically believable then what she originally wrote. I don't know if they have a phrase for that.

This book is however very, very gory. Emphasis on the very. To be fair its promoted with the original cover drenched in blood, and Cecily said she got the idea after watching Dexter, so its to be expected, but I don't think this should be anywhere near the original series in terms of shelving. And I'm betting this'll be on the Banned Books List next year. Its over the top ridiculous murder that's explained away by waving the infamous hand of money to cover it up. Apparently with enough money you can cover up a murder or two (dozen).

It does get old rather quickly. Cecily doesn't even try to keep the murders within the bounds of reality so the book reaches my ability to suspend disbelief within the first five chapters. And despite my boundless ability to watch/read zombie stuff I found myself disturbed by a lot of the imagery Cecily conjured. Like the last few pages. With Chuck/Serena/Dan/Jenny. Considering I like the TV!Chuck better than book book!Chuck, I probably should have been okay, but I kept picturing Ed Westwick and that just hurts.

In the end I don't know if I could read this book again, I'm not really certain I can recommend this book and I'm sure as hell uncertain if this was really funny or really disturbing. show less

After reading this book I was torn between laughing in disbelief or throwing this book away never to be seen again. I couldn't decide, so I settled for both. This book is basically a gory mess. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy gore, but there should be a reason for it, and sadly, there is none in this book.

I have to admit, I’ve never read a Gossip Girl novel, but I am a fan of the television series. When I saw this book on NetGalley, I had to give it a shot. It sounded like a fun and interesting twist.

In Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer Blair and Serena give brand new meaning to the word “frenemies”. The book follows the first few episodes of Gossip Girl (and I am assuming the first book in the series) very closely. When the book begins, Serena mysteriously shows up after being away for a year. Her return to Manhattan elicits all sorts of speculation amongst her peers. The only difference is that instead of having a drinking problem, Serena has a killing problem. She can’t seem to control her murderess desires. When she returns, Blair show more is less than thrilled. Serena coming back to town means Blair could lose her queen bee crown and she is having none of that. Blair knows that Serena is behind the murders that have taken place, and she isn’t about to let Serena steal her thunder. For every murder Serena commits, Blair plans to one up her, which spells bad news for their unsuspecting private school classmates.

All of the bratty, snarky dialogue that we expect from Gossip Girl is here, and the story is entertaining, though slightly contrived. At times I felt as if it went a little too far without having a real good payoff. From what I’ve read in other reviews, the text is only slightly updated from the original to add in the body count. All in all, the story is fun, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, though I did feel it got a little unwieldy the further into the book I got.

It’s a fun read, especially if you are a fan of Gossip Girl.

(This review is based on an Advanced Readers Copy courtesy of the publisher via NetGalley) show less

After reading this book I was torn between laughing in disbelief or throwing this book away never to be seen again. I couldn't decide, so I settled for both. This book is basically a gory mess. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy gore, but there should be a reason for it, and sadly, there is none in this book.

After reading this book I was torn between laughing in disbelief or throwing this book away never to be seen again. I couldn't decide, so I settled for both. This book is basically a gory mess. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy gore, but there should be a reason for it, and sadly, there is none in this book.