In the novel Gossip Girl by
Cecily Von Ziegesar was actually a pretty good book. I thought that this book
wouldn’t be that good because I’m not that interested in these types of books
but I enjoyed it. It was a different type of book in two ways: what it was
about and how it was written. The one that puzzled me was the way the book was
written. I don’t mean how the text was laid out but how she wrote the stuff she
wanted to say. This is probably sort of confusing to say.
Usually, in most of the books I’ve
read, authors say “she thought…” Instead in this book the author didn’t even
write she thought or he thought. She just wrote what they thought and left it
for you to guess who was thinking it. Sometimes in the book it was easy to
figure out because of what they thought. In other places, I had to re-read that
line a couple of times to figure out who’s thinking. It’s really awkward the
way I have to phrase all of this to describe what I mean.
I think that the author didn’t really
want to get so formal. I think you’ll understand if you read the book. Other
than that I thought the book was pretty good. I would recommend to girls not
boys. It’s sort of like a girly book if I am thinking right. J
I would read this... but it doesn't sound like my kind of book. I don't like these little T.V. series books like gossip girl and pretty little liars... not for me... but great post! its awkward business trying to right about book structure, but you did great!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great response! Yeah I totally get you when you say a girly book, sometimes books like those can be good and sometimes they aren't. The informal structure you talked about sounds really cool. I really want to read this book. Good job! :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting post, I hate when authors use unfamiliar dialogue techniques, but I also think that they make books unique and more memorable. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Zoe, it's confusing but it makes it interesting.
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