The story has been developing for 5 years 20022007 and in 2007 the twelfth book, a prequel to the gossip girl series, was published. The series, created by josh schwartz and stephanie savage, ran on the cw network for six seasons from september 19, 2007, to december 17, 2012. I read a bunch of gossip girl books in high school in absolutely no order. By the end of the series nate has realized that he loves both blair and serena. Blair, serena, nate, dan, and vanessa went off to live thei. The alternate ending steve marsi at may 28, 2008 1. Jennifer jenny tallulah humphrey is a main character in the gossip girl television adaptation and a recurring character in the novels of the same name.
The gossip girl series was adapted to the teen drama tv series of the same name on the cw. He, blair and serena are the only characters that appear in every episode of the tv series. In the end of the book series, nate chooses blair, and she is overjoyed while serena is heartbroken. In the books, nate is blairs main love interest and both serena and blair lose their virginities to nate. It spawned two spinoff book series, the it girl and gossip girl. At the end of the twelfth book he sails around the world with a friend of his father to. Gossip girl series finale recap hollywood reporter. Before he can confess to serena, he decides to give his final chapter to nate and spectator, which reveals who gossip girl is. The main relationships are serena nate blair rather than chuckblair or danserena. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. I purchased book 1 and was really looking forward to it. The books are not very organized and tend to have the same dull plot each time. A novel gossip girl series paperback april 1, 2002. Here are the characters as they are in the gossip girl novels.
The book spoiler is always looking for a nice little synopsis including the ending of any current best selling book. Differences between gossip girl book vs tv show page 1. Im really into gossip girl now and i really want to know who serena and dan end up with in the books and if dan is really gay. Rachel bilson, preparing to audition for a role in the adaptation of dans book, is told of gossip girl s identity by kristen bell, who shares a conspiratorial wink with the audience. Who do serena and dan end up with in the gossip girl book. Gossip girl books and tv show differences buzzfeed. Its always been an obsession, and over the course of my many encounters with the diverse gossip girl outlets, i have recognized the many alterations the tv show. In the gossip girl books who does nate end up with answers.
With her best friend gone, blair is now the most popular and prettiest girl at school. Find out how blair first snagged nate, why serena really left for boarding school. Nate archibald deserved a better ending on gossip girl. Gossip girl has the effect of gossip itself once you enter its hard to extract yourself. Feb 22, 2003 read an extract from gossip girl nate archibald, bestlooking boy on the upper east side and his friends are in central park, smoking dope and discussing this weeks hot topic.
Gossip girl s identity is never unveiled in the series, and would have honestly been more satisfying than being told it was dan, which, frankly, made the shows ending one of the worst tv show finales of all time. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged socialite teenagers at the constance billard school for girls, an elite private school in new york citys upper east side. You shouldnt give away the ending if you want him to pick up the book again. How did the relationship pairing end up like in the books. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. Dan and serena are on again off again throughout the entire series and end up getting married. In the books, both blair and serena lose their virginities to nate.
Girls and guys living the lux life in upscale new york. There is also a spinoff series called the it girl, a subseries entitled gossip girl. I am a huge fan of the gossip girl tv show, and usually books are far better than the movietv adaptations. Another followup novel, in which the characters return home from college for the holidays, was released in hardback format in november 2009. Welcome to new york citys upper east side, where my friends and i live, go to school, play, and sleep sometimes with each other. Warning the ending to these books will be revealed. Books similar to the complete gossip girl series gossip girl. The show initially painted him as a nick carraway figure captivated by. The main relationships are serenanateblair rather than chuckblair or dan serena. May 14, 2015 the gossip girl writers clearly didnt plan for dan to be the rita skeeter to blake livelys harry potter from the start. Dec 21, 2012 in case you missed itand i bet you didthe tv show gossip girl ended this week. After six seasons, more than 120 episodes and dozens of upscale manhattan shindigs, the cw said goodbye to gossip girl for. The original novel became the inspiration for the gossip girl teen drama. A lot of people were pleased with the end games in the series but for all the fans out there who werent this is for you.
Serena left for boarding school because she ruined her. Nathaniel fitzwilliam nate archibald is a main character in the gossip girl series of novels and on its television adaption, in which he is portrayed by chace crawford. It is not a book to be taken seriously, none in the gossip girl series is, and it is an easy read that. Jenny appeared as a member of the main cast through seasons one through. Chuckblair is barely a thing in the books, i believe there was a book with. Never seen gossip girl, i watched the pilot and finale and nothing in the middle.
And the nate blairserena love triangle lasts for the entire book series. See the complete gossip girl series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The character has the same name in both the book and the tv show. Nate deserved a better ending on gossip girl and im still bitter about it. Major spoilers from mondays series finale of gossip girl. Even gossip girl said that nate and blair belong together. Nate archibald deserved a better ending on gossip girl buzzfeed. And hurtling towards it is an amtrak train over this we hear the voice of god. In the tv show serena has a very brief fling with dan. Gossip girl herself says that the two are just meant to be together. Differences between gossip girl book vs tv show page 2.
The gossip girl books are quite popular for teens and in and of themselves, they arent terrible books. The revelation that dan lonely boy humphrey was gossip girl all along was a fitting end to the show, in the sense that it was an incomprehensible mess best enjoyed as selfparody. Gossip girl season 1 by blake lively, leighton meester. Too cool blairs life has changed a lot in the past year. I would suggest that teens be encouraged to read them if they have a parent or other figure to discuss them with. Gossip girl season 1 available in dvd ship this item this item is available online through marketplace sellers. I loved these books when i first read them and would like to collect the entire series to own. Read an extract from gossip girl books the guardian. Gossip girl gossip girl is the ultimate in sophistication, scandal and luxury in fact if carrie bradshaw of sex and the city had a younger sister, there is no doubt she would be gossip girl. While i am collecting the series i am rereading the books for the third time.
Chuckblair is barely a thing in the books, i believe there was a book with them written after the show became popular though. Im here to talk to you today about one of the gravest injustices in tv history. Gossip girl has a blog on the internet where she posts messages to her friends and readers. The first novel, gossip girl, was released in april 2002.
Were you expecting a little more from last weeks excellent, but mostly scandalfree, season finale of gossip. Gossip girl is an unidentified member of a circle of wealthy and privileged teenagers who live in manhattan, new york. They are divorced and lily married both bart bass and rufus. However, they do contain a lot of sex, drugs and other issues. Dan is good friends with nate archibald, blair waldorf, and chuck bass. If i remember rightly, the ending was serena and blair deciding to be free because nate runs away cause he cant choose. At the end of the series, nate admits he loves her, and always will. Dan finally explains why he created gossip girl and says jenny taylor momsen knew it all along.
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