Gossip Girl Review

Gossip Girl is ridiculously addictive and far superior to other American TV dramas aimed at teenagers, such as the bland, unimaginative 90210. Gossip Girl translated brilliantly from the books to the screen, with some slight tweaks that made it even better. It's not even a guilty pleasure as everything about the programme is actually pretty cool. The characters are well developed and interesting, especially Blair, the 'Queen B' and resident mean crazy girl, and the 'bad boy' Chuck Bass, who is played brilliantly by Ed Westwick who is actually English, and doesn't get nearly enough screen time in the first series compared to bland pretty boy Nate Archibald (played by Chace Crawford). The music especially deserves a shout out - it is nothing you'd expect from creator of the OC, Josh Schwartz. Gone is the whiney, cheesy mainstream American rock - instead there's lots of new bands from all over the world - The Teenagers (France) and England's very own Friendly Fires and The Kooks. The soundtrack is incredibly listenable (OMFGG) and has actually widened my taste palate. I've gone on quite a lot but one last thing: the FASHION. Amazing!