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Gossip Times Three
Abby, Bess, and Cristy are best friends-period, end of story. Until Bess said, "Zack's cute," and the two words sent the three friends into a tailspin. Zack, you see, was Abby's long, long, longtime crush. Gasp! Poor Abby has never even worried about the possibility of someone else liking Zack. Even if she had, she never would've suspected that the someone would be Bess! That leaves us with three puzzling questions about the three best friends: 1) Why didn't Bess think Zack was off-limits? 2) What will Abby do about it? And 3) Whose side is Cristy on anyway? For these three best friends, those three questions are just the beginning!
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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June 16, 2012
There's cheesy, girly books that you can't help but enjoy as guilty pleasures . . . and then there's the crappy, childish ones.
Gossip Times Three is all about betrayal . . . over nothing. Sure, Bess dates Zack, Abby's long-time crush. But so what? Abby never expressed her crush for him . . . at least not enough anyway. And there's Cristy, who I think she's only there to be pathetic and pick sides. I wanted to strangle every single of these characters. Including the narrator (A.K.A. Gilda), but I'll tell you about that later.
The writing of Gossip Times Three was atrocious. So much telling rather than showing and unnecessary info-dumping in between paragraphs. Sometimes, I'd notice bad writing with other books, but they didn't infuriate me like this book did. The writing is so bad, that every word looks like it was just plastered on the paper with no emotion. Despite being a small book, it wasn't easy to read because of the sudden change of info-dumping and character drama. That happened on every single paragraph. And if I see the number three written like THIS again . . . I mean, come on!! THREE THREE THREE!! It got annoying! This book almost made me dislike my favorite number. Almost. And the excess of brackets "()" dragged the story to hell.
I was perplex by the extreme stupidity of the three girls. They made drama over the smallest things and whine and cry over nothing! Even though Bess broke up with Zack at the middle of the book, Abby was still whining about Bess and her actions! Get over it, you irritating imbecile! And Bess is very self-absorbed, even her sister told her what she was doing was wrong.
Where's my metal chain?
The Narrator irritate me non-stop. She treated her audience like they were stupid, always telling them to check the last chapters, because she thinks they forgot the events that were happening in this book. I don't why but, when I was reading her narration, I pictured her with a nasal, Valley girl voice. Which made things worse. Her attempt for being witty was a disaster. Naming some of the minor, non-existent characters like "Er-ick" and "(boo-hiss) Jonas" wasn't even that clever. Not even a little bit cute. Stop. Please. I'm begging you. Oh, and what a surprise that The Narrator was actually Gilda, Bess's sister. I did not see that one coming. >__> Bitch, please! It was obvious since page 1!
At page 89, the author herself, Amy Goldman Koss, made a cameo appearance! Oh, isn't that adorable? The author got herself into the story as a "famous novelist"! Ha, ha, ha. NO. Just no.
There was no character growth , no plot, and nonsensical conflicts. I recommend you to STAY. AWAY. FROM. THIS. BOOK.
Unless you like sappy, predictable books, I'm not going to stop you.
Have a nice fucking day!!
I'm out!
Gossip Times Three is all about betrayal . . . over nothing. Sure, Bess dates Zack, Abby's long-time crush. But so what? Abby never expressed her crush for him . . . at least not enough anyway. And there's Cristy, who I think she's only there to be pathetic and pick sides. I wanted to strangle every single of these characters. Including the narrator (A.K.A. Gilda), but I'll tell you about that later.
The writing of Gossip Times Three was atrocious. So much telling rather than showing and unnecessary info-dumping in between paragraphs. Sometimes, I'd notice bad writing with other books, but they didn't infuriate me like this book did. The writing is so bad, that every word looks like it was just plastered on the paper with no emotion. Despite being a small book, it wasn't easy to read because of the sudden change of info-dumping and character drama. That happened on every single paragraph. And if I see the number three written like THIS again . . . I mean, come on!! THREE THREE THREE!! It got annoying! This book almost made me dislike my favorite number. Almost. And the excess of brackets "()" dragged the story to hell.
I was perplex by the extreme stupidity of the three girls. They made drama over the smallest things and whine and cry over nothing! Even though Bess broke up with Zack at the middle of the book, Abby was still whining about Bess and her actions! Get over it, you irritating imbecile! And Bess is very self-absorbed, even her sister told her what she was doing was wrong.
Where's my metal chain?
The Narrator irritate me non-stop. She treated her audience like they were stupid, always telling them to check the last chapters, because she thinks they forgot the events that were happening in this book. I don't why but, when I was reading her narration, I pictured her with a nasal, Valley girl voice. Which made things worse. Her attempt for being witty was a disaster. Naming some of the minor, non-existent characters like "Er-ick" and "(boo-hiss) Jonas" wasn't even that clever. Not even a little bit cute. Stop. Please. I'm begging you. Oh, and what a surprise that The Narrator was actually Gilda, Bess's sister. I did not see that one coming. >__> Bitch, please! It was obvious since page 1!
At page 89, the author herself, Amy Goldman Koss, made a cameo appearance! Oh, isn't that adorable? The author got herself into the story as a "famous novelist"! Ha, ha, ha. NO. Just no.
There was no character growth , no plot, and nonsensical conflicts. I recommend you to STAY. AWAY. FROM. THIS. BOOK.
Unless you like sappy, predictable books, I'm not going to stop you.
Have a nice fucking day!!
I'm out!
December 15, 2011
I seriously regret of buying this book! So actually i was in desperate of a good book to read, and had little time to shop, so i was just going through the shelves, and spotted this book. When i read the synopsis, i thought it was ok, and decided to buy it.
So at first, the story is okay, typical girls in school crushing over boys blah blah blah. Well, actually, i guess the story line is nice and good, BUT the big problem is how the author wrote/tell it to us. She puts a lot of like brackets "( )" while shes telling the story. And often flashbacking and going through stuff about the story, which is very annoying, because in my point of view, she didnt do well with it. Thus, i found it very hard to read and understand and catch up with the story.
It took me a looong time to finish this book, and i was glad it ended.
I guess im the only one who's not satisfied and dont like this book. Because i saw some other reviews about it, and mostly are positive. Well. Bye. :)
So at first, the story is okay, typical girls in school crushing over boys blah blah blah. Well, actually, i guess the story line is nice and good, BUT the big problem is how the author wrote/tell it to us. She puts a lot of like brackets "( )" while shes telling the story. And often flashbacking and going through stuff about the story, which is very annoying, because in my point of view, she didnt do well with it. Thus, i found it very hard to read and understand and catch up with the story.
It took me a looong time to finish this book, and i was glad it ended.
I guess im the only one who's not satisfied and dont like this book. Because i saw some other reviews about it, and mostly are positive. Well. Bye. :)
September 18, 2013
Like every other review states, at first this book seemed very good. But then it got worse they excessive use of like in every sentence (is like really annoying its like really upsetting that my age group always talks like this) ... See what I mean. And that 'twist' that happened at the end... I kind of saw it coming. If that wasn't bad enough the author, Amy Koss put herself in her own book as a famous author. No just no
October 13, 2017
This was a book about three friends who go behind each other's back and act as if nothing has happened. This book was hard to keep up with because of all the character's perspectives. The narrator was barely in the story and we were told at the end who it was. Overall, I hated this book. It was like pulling teeth trying to read. It was too complex and I wish I would have read the reviews of it first.
August 13, 2010
Hilarious! A story of gossip, as three girls in 7th grade have a falling out over boys. The narrator turns out to be someone you don't expect. There's also romance among their moms. Light and fluffy.
June 24, 2012
They were young so I didnt really enjoy it, but I can imagine liking it in elementary school and maybe middle school. The author jumped around a lot and got off topic, which I think was supposed to make it fun, but it got a little annoying after a while, more annoying than the whole THREE thing.
July 26, 2017
Okay, so like, Abby, Bess and Cristy are best friends. Abby has had a crush on Zach almost since the day she was born. She's so crazy about him that she nearly drives Bess and Cristy insane listening to all her "Zach comments". Oh, by the way, did I tell you that these aren't their real names? I can't use their real names or they'll kill me when they read this! So anyway, Bess gets it in her head to ask Zach out. Now why would she do that? She knows that Abby worships him from afar? Or hasn't she been paying attention for the last ten years? But then get this ... Abby doesn't even say anything like "Hey, I liked him first!" or "How dare you steal my almost boyfriend!" Abby doesn't say anything, so does that mean she's not mad? Well duh ... of course she's mad, but Bess hasn't figured that out yet. But she's about to find out what happens when you make Abby mad! And it's not good.
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March 19, 2023
It was a nice, relaxing book. A good book if you’re looking for something easy.
February 12, 2016
This book was pretty bad. I was able to make it to the end, but it was really a waste of time. It's written to sound like a teenager wrote it, but honestly, I think most teenagers would do a better job. The plot, which is boring to begin with, can take place in THREE pages, but is purposely side noted to last 170. All of the parts that are meant to be funny are just annoying. Do yourself a favor and pick a different book.
February 26, 2015
Gossip times three is a really good book. If your best friend has ever had a crush on the same boy you did, then this book is a good book for you! Amy Golman Koss is a creative author and she makes you want to keep reading. So, if you like books with drama and action, then I suggest reading Gossip Times Three!
October 25, 2007
This is a great book and very exciting! It is a realistic fiction book and I hope you read and enjoy it!
December 12, 2008
im on chapter 4 and its a really good book
June 9, 2009
this was an okay book, kinda weird. but good i guess.
November 9, 2009
I loved how the author used THREE a lot and the friends remind me of some of my old friends
February 17, 2010
I'm not sure I liked how it was written and how it was obessesing over 3s... But the actual story was good.
April 4, 2010
This is another book where all three "threads" pulled together in the end, and I really liked that. It was different from all "girly" books, in a good way.
January 19, 2012
there was too many THREES and the story jumped around too much. i couldnt get past half
July 28, 2014
The narrator was annoying in a way
January 2, 2011
Read when I was little and LOVED it!
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