Reviews for Gossip of the Starlings

The average rating for Gossip of the Starlings based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-09-09 00:00:00 Debbie Haas to be fair, this book doesn't specifically claim to be like secret history the way so many others do, but one review i read did compare the two. it is in no way like secret history'oh wait'it's set in new england and it takes place at a school. fair enough. it is more like a separate peace, which i have not read, but know alllll about thanks to greg stahl, king of all spoilers. the book is good; it's not chick lit, it's that range of women's fiction that is above chick lit'it's pam lewis-level fine. it's readable and fun, but it didn't rock my world. it's worth the time, if you are a quick reader. come to my blog!

Review # 2 was written on 2008-06-09 00:00:00 Victor Manchiso I waffled between 3 & 4 stars on this one, because the book really grew on me. Gossip of the Starlings illuminates the friendship of two wealthy & pampered students at a prep school in the 1980's. I guess since I never went to one, I have always been fascinated with stories about boarding schools - John Knowles' A Separate Peace is one of my all-time favorites. The narrator, Catherine, explains - "In my mind, there were three worlds. The world outside - lofty and compelling, the whisper of destruction and glamour. The world inside - where rules were made for us to follow, a comforting but cumbersome straitjacket. And the world in between: a no-man's land where my friends and I could build camp and call our own. It had no past, no future, and no consequences." The author did a great job illustrating the complex friendships that girls have, particularly with the one that you know you really shouldn't be friends with because they will just get you into trouble. The plot is a little thin at times, but it really picked up towards the end where I just couldn't put it down, because I wanted to see how everything played out.