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基本信息·出版社：Poppy
·页码：224 页
·出版日期：2004年10月
·ISBN：0316735167
·条形码：9780316735162
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：Gossip Girl
·外文书名：绯闻女孩6
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作者简介 Cecily von Ziegesar has always lived in New York City. She's already working on her seventh Gossip Girl novel, Nothing Can Keep Us Together, coming in May 2005, so be careful what you do or say and who you're seen with...<BR /><BR />
媒体推荐 Customer Reviews1. As decadent as a Godiva truffle, January 15, 2008
By Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA)
Spring Break is over, and while some are hitting the books, the Upper East Side set is spending more time showing off their glowing tans, or nursing hangovers from a weeks worth of partying. But not everything is fun and games for the glamorous. Acceptance letters are on their way out from college admissions, and the time has come to find out where everyone will be spending the next four years. Hopefully it doesn't stress anyone out too much.
Blair Waldorf breathes, eats, and sleeps Yale. Since she was old enough to toddle around, she has known that Yale was in her future. It was her destiny. And now that college acceptance letters are in the mail, Blair can't think about anything other than holding that welcome letter in her hand. After all, she has spent her life working on accomplishing this goal. And, in her mind, once she's accepted, the world will be at her fingertips. As if it's not already.
Serena van der Woodsen has never had to work for anything in her life. When you're so effortlessly drop dead gorgeous, of course, it's no surprise. All Serena wants is to hang out, have fun, and make-out with cute boys. And as for college? Of course she applied to all of the Ivies. But when she takes her tours of the colleges, she'll be checking out one thing, and one thing only...how good looking her student tour guides are.
After a stint in rehab and a brief relationship/fling with a pill popping, whisky guzzling heiress, Nate has decided that it's time to buckle down, and start thinking about his future. But that doesn't mean that he can't indulge in a little debauchery - in the form of a joint - from time to time. When his college acceptance letters make it to his stale-pizza-smelling floor, however, he realizes that he holds in his hands something that could both jeopardize his relationship with Blair forever, and set him up for life. Now he has to make a decision once and for all; which seems unlikely thanks to the jumbled musings floating through his pot-addled mind.
Unlike everyone else, Vanessa Abrams isn't stressing about college acceptance letters because - surprise surprise - the little filmmaker of the hour already received her acceptance letter from NYU all those months ago. That doesn't mean that she won't exploit those who are in the midst of a sweat-inducing tizzy over the prospect of where they got in, however, via a documentary that will make you want to hide your head in a paper bag. But she has to do something to keep her mind off of her current hatred for her ex-boyfriend, Dan Humphrey. But Dan has enough problems of his own, now that he's attempting to fend off his classmates, who all seem to know a little too much about his younger sister, Jenny, and her ever-burgeoning chest.
Each time I complete a GOSSIP GIRL novel, I am under the impression that Cecily von Ziegesar will never be able to top it; but then her next installment hits shelves and does just that. The same can be said for YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT. As difficult as it may be to believe, Blair is most certainly at her most neurotic now that college acceptance letters have hit the mail, and she's going so far as to accost the innocent mailman. Serena, as always, is as chill as a stoner - even though she's not one. And Nate, once again, is displaying more mature tendencies, as he begins to contemplate his future. After all this time, Vanessa is finally starting to grow on me, as she seems to have some compassion waddling around in that bald head of hers; but Dan has completely begun to repulse me ever since he indulged in a little private fun with a snaggle-toothed writer who happens to be wise beyond her years. And Jenny, of course, is quickly headed down the path that Serena is just stumbling back from. If she's not careful, she may just find herself in boarding school next year. As decadent as a Godiva truffle.
Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer
2. Another good, solid GG book, August 5, 2005
By Unus e populo
The main plot in this book revolves around college acceptance letters and what the characters plan to do with their lives after high school. In the beginning of the book, Serena, Nate and Blair meet to open their letters. Blair, whose main goal in life seems to be getting into Yale, is accepted only to Georgetown, her "safety school." Serena, on the other hand, gets into Yale, Brown and just about every other major university in the USA. Nate, likewise, is accepted to four universities. This whole scenario seems a bit ridiculous because Blair has spent her high school years slaving away in honors classes and doing community service work, while Serena and Nate have been to busy doing drugs and going to parties to focus much on school. Upon this Blair throws a temper tantrum, yells at Aaron, starts drinking, etc...
In the mean time, Jenny is perusing her modeling career with a bit of help from Serena. Vanessa is adjusting to life with her two new roommates. Dan is still the troubled, lost soul her always was, even with a new residence. Nate is still a jock and a pot head. The character's college visits are also described. Serena, as always, is breathtakingly beautiful and mysterious, causing men to fall in love with her everywhere.
What I really like about the Gossip Girl books is how well von Ziegesar intertwines the different lives and stories of her characters. There are always lots of little stories being told consecutively, lots of subplots, but the book is still very easy to read and a real page turner. The characters are all so different and yet they all stumble across each other's paths in clever and interesting ways.
The only thing that really bothered me about this book (which is more exciting than the previous one, by the way) is Blair. At the beginning of the series I found her amusing, but there are times when here drama queen antics and constant bad mood can be annoying as hell. She's completely self-centered and everything always has to be about her. For example, I can understand how she might be upset about not getting into Yale, but that doesn't mean that Serena and Nate (who got in!) should be afraid to even mumble the word in her presence. Every time someone tries to console her about it, (like her mother,) she doesn't even give them a chance to say anything. She's especially rude to her mother, by the way, who's pregnant with her baby sister. Blair gets to choose a name for her sister, by the way, and chooses Yale like the egoistical teenager she is.
Enough Blair bashing though. Overall, this book is a fast-paced and exciting read. Despite being the sixth book in the series, the ideas are still fresh and the twists are very clever. It's better than Gossip Girl 5 so...read it!
