Friday, January 26, 2007

The it girl ... X X X

Finally I have finished reading the “The it girl” one of the Gossip girl series. I am really trying to think of the theme of this novel but I really can’t come up with any valuable thing to say. The 265 pages mainly described the life of teenagers as a “zoo” where every animal can make love with any other animal. (Sorry to say this, but that’s how I was thinking when I was reading this novel). The characters aren't distinguished, however, and their collective wisdom is "I did so much E this summer, my brain is fried!" The author spends the majority of the book assigning a brand name to every object. The book is a deliberate shocker, portraying the teens as eternally drunk and motivated by the bodily urges of the moment, entirely missing the complicated reality of actual teens.
The whole novel is mainly about three college girlfriends with three or more boyfriends who were having sex with one another with no rules or boundaries. I felt sorry for the way that have been used to describe the teenagers’ lives specially girls. The three girls were competing with each other to be sexier; it is a shame for a girl to be a virgin at the age of 17 for example etc. The thing that bothered me the most was the series of lies that have been described in the novel, as if teenagers never say the truth. Girls have fake stories to tell their friends and boyfriends, even when they talk about their parents they lei, they try to show that they came from respective and rich families. They lie about their feelings towards one another and towards their boyfriends.
This novel mainly teaches young adults how to fabricate stories to save them selves when they are in trouble. And how to break up a romantic relationship “easily” with a lover to make love with some one else. That’s why I do not recommend teaching or reading such kind of books, it is just a waste of time!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nisareen,

I agree with you on these types of books. They don't have a place in the classroom. They are purely reading for enjoyment, much like adults who read Harliquin (?) romance novels or Danielle Steele types. However, the topics and actions of the girls in these books set up terrible stereotypes for young, impressionable girls. If I had a daughter, I definately wouldn't want her to read these, even for fun.

Staci