10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Teen Drama Novelization, August 5, 2004
This review is from: The O.C.: The Outsider (Mass Market Paperback)
Sixteen-year-old Ryan Atwood has never been blessed enough to have a great upbringing. He lives in a rough-part of Chino, California, where fists, instead of voices, do the talking. Where his Mother gets drunk every night, and allows her alcoholic boyfriend to hit her whenever he wants. His life changes, however, when he is arrested for car theft and sent to live with a rich family in Orange County (The O.C.). There, he is the ultimate outsider. Seth Cooper, Ryan's somewhat adopted O.C. brother, does everything wrong, and while he's from The O.C., he's not an insider. Then there's the girl-next-door, Marissa Cooper is the ultimate insider. Born and bred in The O.C., she has everything she's ever wanted, and is super-model beautiful. Welcome to The O.C.
As someone who has never watched the show THE O.C., I was interested to see what all the hype was about. Hence, I picked up the first novelization, which covers the first seven episodes of the show, entitled PILOT, THE MODEL HOME, THE GAMBLE, THE DEBUT, THE OUTSIDER, THE GIRLFRIEND, and THE ESCAPE. What I found was an interesting teen drama, that will easily capture the minds and hearts of readers young and old. The novelization delves into the lives of the rich, and shows that even those with money have problems. Fans of the show will relish in this fast-moving novelization, while non-watchers will also enjoy this quick-paced novel filled with relationship drama galore. NOTE: For those looking for pictures of the cast members, there are eight pages of glossy-colored photos tucked into the middle of the book.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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50/50, January 20, 2005
A Kid's Review
This review is from: The O.C.: The Outsider (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought this book was excellent. It had like 360 pages and it realy goes deep into each subject matter. The only problem is, I feel as though the author has slacked off towards the middle to the end of the novel. Because there are six episode adaptions to each book. The first episode (pilot) uses up like 110+ pages and the other five are very short and are a very basic story. You would get more info by watching the television show with your eyes shut and volume down. Still, it is a gr8 book. Well done Cory! (the author)
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Background Info provides new outlook, July 20, 2004
This review is from: The O.C.: The Outsider (Mass Market Paperback)
This book is basically a tie-in of the first few episodes of the hit show, The O.C., having been a big fan of the show, I picked up the book for the heck of it to read it. And it actually turned out to be pretty good, you find out a lot of background information and it gives you kind of a new outlook on all the characters. And since there's only so much TV can get across, the book helps to convey what's going on in the character's minds.
My only gripe with the book is that the author gets a little repetitive. In the first chapter he mentions Ryan and Theresa having been best friends since they were kids twice in the span of 2 pages, and there are other occasions where he does get repetitive, but other than that it was a good read and I recommend it to fans of the show, or maybe even anyone who hasn't seen the show!
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