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The O.C.: The Outsider

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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

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)

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!

It was a pretty crappy novelization if you ask me. First of all, it was based on a whole load of episodes but ended up coming at about, what, 200 pages? and the price is pretty steep for a short book. I think the author needs to write out the characters better. It seems like they only read scripts and didn't really know the characters. Watch the show, don't bother buying the books.

Being this is a soap based book i shouldn't like it or the show, but i liked Seth's character among some others...So i bought this book, and it is a good read though the ''bestfriend since childhood'' wording should of been only typed once i think and then just went through the memories respectively(but i still will say it's a 5star book).


Having read the book i find i am more like some of the characters more then i thought, which making it somewhat touching personal makes me more want to read it all the more.


This has true feeling and the characters feel more deep and realistic then the show for me, so i will say he's a good writer. i think he did well on it, and the show and this book are much better then i expect from a soap(i don't have a high opinion of the genre but i wont really get into it here) i plan to buy and read all of the rest.

I love the OC, and I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was written well. Ryan and Marissa have a complex relationship, and this book demonstrates that very well.

I bought "The O.C." book "The Outsider" after watching the series for a while.I'm glad I bought it because I never really understood why Ryan Atwood lived in the Cohen's house. The book explains all of this and it's good that you are able to see what is going on in the characters minds. I really got to know the characters much better. BUT, it is very badly written with a lot of repitition and not great descriptions. Read this book if you want to discover the background of the characters but DO NOT read this if you want to read a well written novel!(",)

omg! at first I thought I was gonna not like the book but it is soooo good! It's basiclly about a guy from Chino who doesn't really have a good family or lifestyle. On day he and his brother steal a car and he goes to juvie. He meets this rich lawyer, who says if he needs anything hes there for him. Well it turns out he does when his mom abandons him. He goes to live with the lawyer and his family in the O.C.. They have a huge mansion, he lives in a trailer. They attended a rich private school, he goes to a low ranked public school. They have visas out the ying yang he has - if hes lucky- a couple dollars. They have the world in the palm of their hands, he has nothing. Now he must learn to live with this family and get along with these rich people. Life in the O.C. is not how he planned it to be. It is a definate good summer read, I read it in one day! I recomend it.