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The Clique
Mean Girls meets Middle School in The Clique... The only thing harder than getting in, is staying in.
Enter Claire Lyons, the new girl from Florida in Keds and two-year-old Gap overalls, who is clearly not Clique material. Unfortunately for her, while they look for a new home, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse of the one and only Massie Block—Queen Bee of Octavian Country Day School. Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knockoff. But with a little luck and a lot of scheming, Claire might just come up smelling like Chanel No. 19.
Meet the rest of the Clique:
Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and laser-whitened smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private girls' school in Westchester County, New York. Massie knows you'd give anything to be just like her.
Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins Diet shakes.
Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so "sweet." Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might.
Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking, and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!"
Enter Claire Lyons, the new girl from Florida in Keds and two-year-old Gap overalls, who is clearly not Clique material. Unfortunately for her, while they look for a new home, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse of the one and only Massie Block—Queen Bee of Octavian Country Day School. Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knockoff. But with a little luck and a lot of scheming, Claire might just come up smelling like Chanel No. 19.
Meet the rest of the Clique:
Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and laser-whitened smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private girls' school in Westchester County, New York. Massie knows you'd give anything to be just like her.
Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins Diet shakes.
Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so "sweet." Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might.
Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking, and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!"
220 pages, Paperback
First published May 5, 2004
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Lisi Harrison
93books2,793followersLisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.
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October 8, 2007
(I've read a couple books from the series so this isn't only a review on the first one.)
I admit that this book is entertaining, watching girls throw around their money without a second thought about the starving kids in Africa (yes I know that everyone's tired of the phrase but it's true, and only a visit to a third world country can make you realize that.) - but that's all I can really get from it.
1. Great detail that can give the reader a sharp and vivid image in their minds and a series of twist and turns to keep them interested, but in the end, it all just comes down to pretty, popular, rich girls whose only goals in life is to date the cute boys, and take trips to the mall every. single. frickin'. day. "Ehmahgaa~wd!" (Sp? Forgive me, I don't speak bimbo.) How original! Really! "Mean Girls" anyone?
Only here's the borderline between the two - "Mean Girls" actually had a POINT and a MORAL. What was Clique's point? Acting like a bitch gets you somewhere in life? Bring other people down just to make yourself feel better? Friends are fakes? Shows how bright and cheery our beautiful world of teenagers really is, huh?
2. Somehow I find these characters (who are only thirteen and think that they can control the universe) are very unrealistic. But then again, I've never been into materialism so it's hard for me to understand why a girl would only think of "Chanel. Chanel. Chanel. Prada. Prada. Prada. Blah. Blah. Blah. Designer. Designer. Designer." (Makes me wonder what their grades are in school.) But then again, they're middle schoolers, and they come from wealthy families, so no wonder they don't really think about their futures. (Or rather, they fantasize about their future careers.)
3. Clique is also a bad influence for middle schoolers, which I believe is the main group of people the book is aiming to interest. And I'm not just saying that out of assumption. I've met preteens and kids in their early teen years gushing over Massie and her awesomeness, and then bragging about their OWN wealth. "My family owns (insert a double digit number here) acres of laa~and!" "My daddy owns a huuuge company~!" "My room is twice the size of youuur bedroom~" Blah. Blah. Blah. That's *wonderful* kids. Guess how many people in the world don't even HAVE a place to call home? (And Massie isn't really the best role model/character to look up to...)
I realize that the series isn't finished yet, so maybe the lesson of this whole whatever will reveal itself in the final chapters. Too bad I won't be reading those last few pages because I'd rather read books that are worth my time. But I hope that in the end, "Kuh-laire" will realize what a bunch of losers her so called "friends" are and will gain a lot more self-confidence (after LEAVING them and their stupid club!)
(PS - In case you were wondering, I numbered the paragraphs to show my different points. I can't type persuasive essays because I always ramble on to something different.)
I admit that this book is entertaining, watching girls throw around their money without a second thought about the starving kids in Africa (yes I know that everyone's tired of the phrase but it's true, and only a visit to a third world country can make you realize that.) - but that's all I can really get from it.
1. Great detail that can give the reader a sharp and vivid image in their minds and a series of twist and turns to keep them interested, but in the end, it all just comes down to pretty, popular, rich girls whose only goals in life is to date the cute boys, and take trips to the mall every. single. frickin'. day. "Ehmahgaa~wd!" (Sp? Forgive me, I don't speak bimbo.) How original! Really! "Mean Girls" anyone?
Only here's the borderline between the two - "Mean Girls" actually had a POINT and a MORAL. What was Clique's point? Acting like a bitch gets you somewhere in life? Bring other people down just to make yourself feel better? Friends are fakes? Shows how bright and cheery our beautiful world of teenagers really is, huh?
2. Somehow I find these characters (who are only thirteen and think that they can control the universe) are very unrealistic. But then again, I've never been into materialism so it's hard for me to understand why a girl would only think of "Chanel. Chanel. Chanel. Prada. Prada. Prada. Blah. Blah. Blah. Designer. Designer. Designer." (Makes me wonder what their grades are in school.) But then again, they're middle schoolers, and they come from wealthy families, so no wonder they don't really think about their futures. (Or rather, they fantasize about their future careers.)
3. Clique is also a bad influence for middle schoolers, which I believe is the main group of people the book is aiming to interest. And I'm not just saying that out of assumption. I've met preteens and kids in their early teen years gushing over Massie and her awesomeness, and then bragging about their OWN wealth. "My family owns (insert a double digit number here) acres of laa~and!" "My daddy owns a huuuge company~!" "My room is twice the size of youuur bedroom~" Blah. Blah. Blah. That's *wonderful* kids. Guess how many people in the world don't even HAVE a place to call home? (And Massie isn't really the best role model/character to look up to...)
I realize that the series isn't finished yet, so maybe the lesson of this whole whatever will reveal itself in the final chapters. Too bad I won't be reading those last few pages because I'd rather read books that are worth my time. But I hope that in the end, "Kuh-laire" will realize what a bunch of losers her so called "friends" are and will gain a lot more self-confidence (after LEAVING them and their stupid club!)
(PS - In case you were wondering, I numbered the paragraphs to show my different points. I can't type persuasive essays because I always ramble on to something different.)
April 14, 2007
This is a terrible book, part of a series that is at the top of many children's bestseller lists. It is part of that huge chunk of media that reinforces cruel behavior among teenage girls. Here are the popular and rich kids (no coincidence that the two traits go together): Massie, Bridget, Alicia, and Kristen. Here is the pretty, nice, and middle class girl, Claire, who only has one pair of jeans. They are white and from the gap. And she wears Platform Keds. Let's devote 100 pages to how the Clique tortures Claire to the extreme, 50 pages to how she gets them back, and another 50 pages to how she STILL DESPERATELY wants to be friends with them. The saddest part of it is that they are in 7th grade and wear $780 gucci halter tops. All they care about is designer clothing and cruelty. There are some brief glances of humanity, but for the most part it is devoid of any intelligent or real sentiment. It saddens me that this is the most popular series that young women are reading. It really does. I won't go off onto a tirade about how culture has devolved into this, but really this book is evil at its purest.
August 25, 2007
Um, yeah. So the teen girls at the library are crazy about this series, so I decided to see what it was about. It's ridiculous. It centers around a group of vapid, cruel girls, and how our main character really wants to be a part of their clique. And there's no sense of self-realization, where she discovers she's better off, or where she comes to terms with who she is. No- we're just left with the impression that if she works hard enough, maybe she'll be able to get in the clique. I think that the popularity of this book is a sad reflection on how hard it is to be a young girl in the 21st century. Seriously.
February 20, 2025
I read this years ago and tore through the series but recently found it on Libby and decided to read it again. Here we go.
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This book follows 4 girls, described as the middle school version of Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan. After Claire Lyons moves to Westchester County, New York, she meets Massie Block the leader of the clique. She has three friends, Kristen, Dylan, and Alicia.
Claire tries to become friends with Massie and is roundly denied at every turn. The clique pulls pranks on Claire and makes sure to ostracize her at every turn. Claire can see what they’re doing and tries to make her own way in the social scene of their school instead.
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GAWD, Massie is such a bitch! She is the #1 reason I won’t be continuing with the series. I can’t believe I tore through the books when I was first reading them in school.
What did I see in this series? Why did I ignore all the awful things Massie did to Claire? I don’t understand what Claire did to deserve any of the foul treatment she got.
I’m not a fan of this book just because of the bullying and the peer pressure. I dealt a lot with it when I was in school myself so I understand why Claire did what she did in the middle of the book.
However, I felt that Claire was also childish. I know they’re all 13 years of age and they’re just children but that’s no excuse for their actions. I know this book is fiction as well but come on, dude!
I don’t want to continue the series, to be honest. I may change my mind in the future but I won’t be continuing the series right now. I don’t see what the big deal is when it comes to this series, honestly.
I’m honestly not going to recommend this book, which is a rare sentiment for me indeed. I normally don’t refuse to recommend a book but this book and series is the exception. Damn, dude.
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This book follows 4 girls, described as the middle school version of Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan. After Claire Lyons moves to Westchester County, New York, she meets Massie Block the leader of the clique. She has three friends, Kristen, Dylan, and Alicia.
Claire tries to become friends with Massie and is roundly denied at every turn. The clique pulls pranks on Claire and makes sure to ostracize her at every turn. Claire can see what they’re doing and tries to make her own way in the social scene of their school instead.
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GAWD, Massie is such a bitch! She is the #1 reason I won’t be continuing with the series. I can’t believe I tore through the books when I was first reading them in school.
What did I see in this series? Why did I ignore all the awful things Massie did to Claire? I don’t understand what Claire did to deserve any of the foul treatment she got.
I’m not a fan of this book just because of the bullying and the peer pressure. I dealt a lot with it when I was in school myself so I understand why Claire did what she did in the middle of the book.
However, I felt that Claire was also childish. I know they’re all 13 years of age and they’re just children but that’s no excuse for their actions. I know this book is fiction as well but come on, dude!
I don’t want to continue the series, to be honest. I may change my mind in the future but I won’t be continuing the series right now. I don’t see what the big deal is when it comes to this series, honestly.
I’m honestly not going to recommend this book, which is a rare sentiment for me indeed. I normally don’t refuse to recommend a book but this book and series is the exception. Damn, dude.
May 28, 2015
I remember when I was grade 5 and I was so freaking obsess with this series it's insane.
November 29, 2018
I don't remember anything about this book except that it kept using "haught" and "naught" incorrectly and 12 year old Faith couldn't handle that kind of trash
February 13, 2010
Ehmagod.
Reading The Clique is like attending an All-You-Can-Eat Cupcake Buffet where the hosts force you to gorge for three hours straight.
Upon receiving the invitation, you become immediately aware that the concept works better on paper than it does in execution. In fact, you might find yourself justifying your very intentions for participating, but still feel a guilty pleasure in the undertaking. Who knows? You might wind up enjoying yourself... even if you have to hide it from your friends. And if you hate yourself in the morning? That's okay. Life is for the living, and this is going to be an experience!
So you put on a bib and enter the buffet, only to realize that the cupcakes aren't from a lavish gourmet bakery. They're store-bought Entenmann's.
But you've signed up to participate! You can't back out now! Steeling your willpower, you grab the first artificially-flavored cupcake and nibble on the grade-D quality icing. You think, for the first and only time, "Yeah, this isn't going to be pleasant, but I can do it. I'll just pace myself." Nibble, nibble.
And that's when the host mashes the cupcake into your mouth and screams, "Eat it, you filthy pig! Eat it!" And with tears streaming down your face and pounds of terrible, gritty cake in your mouth, you come to the horrifying realization that if you had only trusted your gut instinct, you wouldn't be choking to death.
Hour Two hits, and your stomach is in full-on revolution mode. Every time your barf gland is irritated, another damned Entemann's is slammed down your gullet, preventing anything from coming up. You plead for mercy. You promise your first born child. You question the existence of God. You question your own morals. You choke down another cupcake. Another plaid-clad, bitchy cupcake.
"This is disgusting," you think. "This is base! There's no point to any of this!" You begin to slide out of consciousness, but another frosted Hell Cake is shoved into your mouth. Time, however, is soon on your side. The minutes are closing in, the seconds are ticking by... your three hours are almost up.
The alarm rings.
You vomit.
And you want to buy yourself a Burberry scarf.
Reading The Clique is like attending an All-You-Can-Eat Cupcake Buffet where the hosts force you to gorge for three hours straight.
Upon receiving the invitation, you become immediately aware that the concept works better on paper than it does in execution. In fact, you might find yourself justifying your very intentions for participating, but still feel a guilty pleasure in the undertaking. Who knows? You might wind up enjoying yourself... even if you have to hide it from your friends. And if you hate yourself in the morning? That's okay. Life is for the living, and this is going to be an experience!
So you put on a bib and enter the buffet, only to realize that the cupcakes aren't from a lavish gourmet bakery. They're store-bought Entenmann's.
But you've signed up to participate! You can't back out now! Steeling your willpower, you grab the first artificially-flavored cupcake and nibble on the grade-D quality icing. You think, for the first and only time, "Yeah, this isn't going to be pleasant, but I can do it. I'll just pace myself." Nibble, nibble.
And that's when the host mashes the cupcake into your mouth and screams, "Eat it, you filthy pig! Eat it!" And with tears streaming down your face and pounds of terrible, gritty cake in your mouth, you come to the horrifying realization that if you had only trusted your gut instinct, you wouldn't be choking to death.
Hour Two hits, and your stomach is in full-on revolution mode. Every time your barf gland is irritated, another damned Entemann's is slammed down your gullet, preventing anything from coming up. You plead for mercy. You promise your first born child. You question the existence of God. You question your own morals. You choke down another cupcake. Another plaid-clad, bitchy cupcake.
"This is disgusting," you think. "This is base! There's no point to any of this!" You begin to slide out of consciousness, but another frosted Hell Cake is shoved into your mouth. Time, however, is soon on your side. The minutes are closing in, the seconds are ticking by... your three hours are almost up.
The alarm rings.
You vomit.
And you want to buy yourself a Burberry scarf.
November 25, 2008
I hated it. Every. Last. Stinking. Page. Miss Harrison crafts a set of 4 wealthy, airheaded sluts, and then adds in a girl who is an outcast for wearing Keds (WTF?) and eventually sells her soul so she doesn't have to endure the major emotional trauma of being made fun of sometimes (I repeat, WTF?!). It really is rather silly, and makes middle school girls idolize the wrong people. In terms of being able to relate to the main characters, Massie makes Regina George in Mean Girls look like Bella Swan. Even Regina had emotional depth and some humanness. Whenever Lisi Harrison attempts to bring some of this into her own writing, it comes off as weak and shallow, and gets drowned out by the characters' near constant gabbing on the complex social issue of "Oh mah gawwwwd, what purse should I wear, the Prada or the Coach? OMG" No one is really like that, but these unrealistic characters are becoming role models. And that scares me.
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September 11, 2020This book is truly the dumbest, most ridiculous thing I have read all year (maybe in my life?), but I would be lying if I said I was not kept entertained.
Is this book good? No. 0 stars if I could.
Is this book extremely quotable? Yes. 5 stars for the stupidly iconic lines that I texted to my friends entirely out of context while reading this book.
I will leave you with this:
“Did I ask you to take my temperature? Then why are you all up in my butt?�
Is this book good? No. 0 stars if I could.
Is this book extremely quotable? Yes. 5 stars for the stupidly iconic lines that I texted to my friends entirely out of context while reading this book.
I will leave you with this:
“Did I ask you to take my temperature? Then why are you all up in my butt?�
January 22, 2008
These books are great, plus they are totally unexpected! I was just looking for a book that would be simple to read and since I am a girl, some that would be real easy to relate to. Well, I saw this book in the store and I thought this would be a perfect over-the-top take on modern day middle school cliques and after I started reading it I realized I was not reading what I thought I was reading, it was something BETTER! These books talk about a 12-year-old, clothing obessed girl named Massie who lives in Westchester, New York (totally rich!) and goes to an all girls school where she heads the population of the 7th grade along with her 3 best friends. One day a middle class sweet girl named Claire moves in with Massie and she is forced to hang around her. Of course Claire wants to be a part of this exclusive clique but all Massie does is bring her down. The book really shows how mean girls can be when they do the simplest things. Now I know what you're thinking "this is just another book about a bunch of snotty, rich girls embarassing a poor sweet girl". These books, though, I can assure you are a lot better than what they seem. Although I would really recommend this book, at times the book can seem unrelatable just because these girls are mega rich. Also as the series goes on the different things the girls run into (being in Teen Vouge, starring in a major movie) become unrealistic. Even though this is a teen novel, the author writes the book very cleverly and you can hardly put the book down. I would recommend this book even for an adult to at least try. I give this book 4 stars.
February 17, 2008
This book was terrible, not my taste at all. I gave it a try. Something different from what I normally read. All it is is over 200 pages of annoying, rich teenage girls, doing stupid annoying stuff. I can't stand teenage school girl gossip. I try and stay as far away from it as possible. However, if you like reading about girls who have lots of money who scheme behind each others backs, this book would be perfect for you. I think you would really enjoy it.
October 18, 2011
Why do the main characters have to be so unlikable? From Alicia, who acts as though she suffers from depression because she has large breasts, and Massie, who hates her parents because she can't go to a spa day with her friends and has to stay in her multi-million dollar home. Oh my God - THEIR LIVES ARE SO HARD.
It's not that I have a thing about rich girl books. I'm actually quite a fan of the Pretty Little Liars series, which also stars rich girls doing their rich girl thing. The difference between Pretty Little Liars and the Clique is this - in Pretty Little Liars, there is a point other than reading about how awesome and popular and rich the main characters are, especially the richest and the prettiest one is. There is an outside conflict, the characters have flaws, and they don't go into spastics if they have to go a day without shopping. The Clique is the opposite. You are reading nothing more than a story about five spoiled little girls who think their money gives them the right to act like bitches to everyone around them.
Oh, and if you don't have obscene amounts of money? You suck, your life sucks, and everyone you enjoy being around sucks. The main characters would apologize for how much your life sucks, but talking to you sucks, so they won't.
And, as I've said before, these girls have no clue what it's like to have an actual problem. They go around like not being able to shop for a month is the worst thing that could possibly happen to them - news flash, that isn't a problem. The problem is that you're a spoiled brat who's never been told no before.
Please, someone, burn these books.
It's not that I have a thing about rich girl books. I'm actually quite a fan of the Pretty Little Liars series, which also stars rich girls doing their rich girl thing. The difference between Pretty Little Liars and the Clique is this - in Pretty Little Liars, there is a point other than reading about how awesome and popular and rich the main characters are, especially the richest and the prettiest one is. There is an outside conflict, the characters have flaws, and they don't go into spastics if they have to go a day without shopping. The Clique is the opposite. You are reading nothing more than a story about five spoiled little girls who think their money gives them the right to act like bitches to everyone around them.
Oh, and if you don't have obscene amounts of money? You suck, your life sucks, and everyone you enjoy being around sucks. The main characters would apologize for how much your life sucks, but talking to you sucks, so they won't.
And, as I've said before, these girls have no clue what it's like to have an actual problem. They go around like not being able to shop for a month is the worst thing that could possibly happen to them - news flash, that isn't a problem. The problem is that you're a spoiled brat who's never been told no before.
Please, someone, burn these books.
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July 6, 2022I’m sorry to everyone who was affected by my Massie Block phase
August 21, 2008
I'll say this from the start- the book is quite good, but shallow. No depth, nothing. I can't say I didn't enjoy putting down some more agonizing reads that took me a while to understand like Wuthering Heights and sit down with it and just relax, but it isn't a work of literature. A good book, don't get me wrong. Read it if you wish- avoid it if you're looking for something more serious.
June 4, 2024
A book with 0 plot but 3⭐️ for the nostalgia
November 10, 2019
I think the story stinks! Four little rich girls (one not really rich, but lying about it so she can be in "The Clique" and one new girl who seems like she might actually be a great kid, but in the story is apparently willing to sell her soul, if she can get into "The Clique."
The rich girls are mean to everyone, including each other, they have no idea that money is not the be all and end all - they say the word poor as if it is something totally disgusting and that the poor somehow choose to be in their condition. The only two characters in the book worth knowing might be Layne and her brother Chris - also very rich kids, but somehow seemed to manage to be real people. They are at least somehow aware that other people exist and have feelings.
I am sad that this is such a popular series with young people 12+ because it is possible that they have to deal with mean-spirited, selfish, vapid kids in their own life and this book gives them no real answers about how to deal with them. The book seems to say "The Clique" not only exists, but is OK!
I gave it one star because Ms. Harrison's technical writing skills are good, but as I said the story line sucks and she is, sadly, of no help to the youth who read her work.
The rich girls are mean to everyone, including each other, they have no idea that money is not the be all and end all - they say the word poor as if it is something totally disgusting and that the poor somehow choose to be in their condition. The only two characters in the book worth knowing might be Layne and her brother Chris - also very rich kids, but somehow seemed to manage to be real people. They are at least somehow aware that other people exist and have feelings.
I am sad that this is such a popular series with young people 12+ because it is possible that they have to deal with mean-spirited, selfish, vapid kids in their own life and this book gives them no real answers about how to deal with them. The book seems to say "The Clique" not only exists, but is OK!
I gave it one star because Ms. Harrison's technical writing skills are good, but as I said the story line sucks and she is, sadly, of no help to the youth who read her work.
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May 23, 2024this was soooo nostalgic. Lots of offensive lines in here but not as bad as people were making it out to be in my opinion given the time period. Basically, this isn't any more or less offensive than like mean girls. The ending was kind of super abrupt. Im continuing on in the series *salutes*
June 8, 2012
Let me get this straight everyone has a different perspective on this. Mine was that this book was incredibly shallow. The Name Brand Dropping is enough to go one mad. I find that terribly unrealistic seriously what 12 year old wears Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Gucci and ect. I don't think any of them.
Each character I feel is more annoying then the last. I know i'm being harsh on this book but after all everyone's open to there thoughts and this is mine. Massie Block is supposed to be fabulous, perfect, pretty and everyone wants to be her. The leader of The Pretty Committee. Come on? Who is actually like that. Who's got a perfect life, with all these beautiful friends, all these admireres and then has just a fantabulous wardrobe. Oh yeah and how could you forget that her biggest problem is that she has a girl that's actually nice that's staying with her but opps can't hang with me unless those Converse and ugly bangs are gone.
Then there's Claire. She's worse then Massie! All she ever does is complain and whine and spends half the time wasting her time trying to be friends with Massie just because she's popular and pretty and everyone loves her. In the end she's just as bad as Massie and will do anything just for everyone to like her and I just find her annoying.
Kristen, Dylan and Alicia to me exist to be nothing more then Massie's little gang of wannabe friends. The only character that I slightly liked was Layne. Layne because unlike the high society witches was actually different and didn't bother trying to be a Massie Clone.
Overall this makes me wonder what's wrong with the world today? Or just with the writter this was not worth my time and I should have put it down by the first chapter instead of wasting my time. Frankly I will not be reading any of the other books.
Each character I feel is more annoying then the last. I know i'm being harsh on this book but after all everyone's open to there thoughts and this is mine. Massie Block is supposed to be fabulous, perfect, pretty and everyone wants to be her. The leader of The Pretty Committee. Come on? Who is actually like that. Who's got a perfect life, with all these beautiful friends, all these admireres and then has just a fantabulous wardrobe. Oh yeah and how could you forget that her biggest problem is that she has a girl that's actually nice that's staying with her but opps can't hang with me unless those Converse and ugly bangs are gone.
Then there's Claire. She's worse then Massie! All she ever does is complain and whine and spends half the time wasting her time trying to be friends with Massie just because she's popular and pretty and everyone loves her. In the end she's just as bad as Massie and will do anything just for everyone to like her and I just find her annoying.
Kristen, Dylan and Alicia to me exist to be nothing more then Massie's little gang of wannabe friends. The only character that I slightly liked was Layne. Layne because unlike the high society witches was actually different and didn't bother trying to be a Massie Clone.
Overall this makes me wonder what's wrong with the world today? Or just with the writter this was not worth my time and I should have put it down by the first chapter instead of wasting my time. Frankly I will not be reading any of the other books.
June 28, 2008
Cattly, catty girls!!!!
Every girl in this book can be mean but Massie beats them all! She hates claire from the minute she sees her because her style isn't Florida's apperant style. Massie and her group of friends, Kristen, Dylan, and Alicia, have it all. The fame, the money, and the friends. When Claire's family comes and comes to stay in Massie's guesthouse, she goes crazy. She had yet to know of all the crazy things these girls do so they can restore the natrual order of things. They put red paint on her pants and they even threw salmon on her!!!! Massie is controling it all becuz the other members of the Pretty Commety are actually getting along with her. Becuz when Massie was out with a boy named Chris, who already had a girlfriend, so she was blowing of her friends. And her timeing was horrible! She got back home a few hours later than she told her friends, so they were left with Claire and ended up having fun in the pool without Massie knowing, untill she walked in on them and her friends ran to her side. Claire, not knowing what to do, layed out by the pool and Massie had her friends play mean tricks on her! They put food on her! Even though the Dylan, Alicia, and Kristen were having a good time singing and playing with ehr in the pool, mean Massie had them throw food on her!!! But Massie didn't know what was coming next...
Every girl in this book can be mean but Massie beats them all! She hates claire from the minute she sees her because her style isn't Florida's apperant style. Massie and her group of friends, Kristen, Dylan, and Alicia, have it all. The fame, the money, and the friends. When Claire's family comes and comes to stay in Massie's guesthouse, she goes crazy. She had yet to know of all the crazy things these girls do so they can restore the natrual order of things. They put red paint on her pants and they even threw salmon on her!!!! Massie is controling it all becuz the other members of the Pretty Commety are actually getting along with her. Becuz when Massie was out with a boy named Chris, who already had a girlfriend, so she was blowing of her friends. And her timeing was horrible! She got back home a few hours later than she told her friends, so they were left with Claire and ended up having fun in the pool without Massie knowing, untill she walked in on them and her friends ran to her side. Claire, not knowing what to do, layed out by the pool and Massie had her friends play mean tricks on her! They put food on her! Even though the Dylan, Alicia, and Kristen were having a good time singing and playing with ehr in the pool, mean Massie had them throw food on her!!! But Massie didn't know what was coming next...
January 16, 2012
These books should be banned from distribution. Looking back at the time I read some of these books, I now see that the characters in this books are so incredibly shallow and one-dimensional, showing no personal growth or empathy throughout the actions they take to bully and belittle less "popular" kids in their age group. We all know or have known people like the main character, Massie Block, and the fact that such a narcisist has such a spotlight shone on her in these books does nothing but promote the idea that some people are truly better than others, which I'm sure is EXACTLY the lesson kids (and adults!) should be learning.. Please. We all know Massie and her friends are going to grow up to become one of two things; anorexic trophy wives, or fat, bitter cat ladies.
The one hope in these books was introduced as a victim of Massie and her friends, named Claire. Unfortunately the path Harrison could've taken with these books to illustrate strength and perseverance by having Claire deal with her bullies and become something of a role model for kids, didn't happen as far as I know. Instead, Claire befriends the girls, continues to take their crap, and stands by while they continue doling it out to others in their pursuits of inconsequential goals such as boys or special lunch rooms. Woo hoo.
The one hope in these books was introduced as a victim of Massie and her friends, named Claire. Unfortunately the path Harrison could've taken with these books to illustrate strength and perseverance by having Claire deal with her bullies and become something of a role model for kids, didn't happen as far as I know. Instead, Claire befriends the girls, continues to take their crap, and stands by while they continue doling it out to others in their pursuits of inconsequential goals such as boys or special lunch rooms. Woo hoo.
January 10, 2018
The review that was promised is finally here.
I don't like clique's. I never have. They suck. It hurts to be excluded. I felt for the excluded party. It was definitely an interesting and fun book. I would like to read more by this author.
I don't like clique's. I never have. They suck. It hurts to be excluded. I felt for the excluded party. It was definitely an interesting and fun book. I would like to read more by this author.
May 7, 2008
This clique consists of four rich girls by the names of, Massie, Dylan, Kristen, and Alicia. When the new girl, Claire comes in, drama starts to fill up the halls of Octavian Country Day School. Claire is different from them; her family is far from rich (that's why she moved into Massie Block's "mansion"), she doesn't wear designer clothing like the clique, she doesn't know what it takes to be cool, and would do anything to get accepted into the clique.
The author really knows how to surprise us with everything Massie does to Claire. I know the feeling of what Claire might be feeling when it comes to making friends with the clique. I bet everygirl has had that "mean girl" in your school that you just can't get rid of. You try so hard to be her friend, but she still tortures you in many ways. And it's not that she doesn't like you or anything, she just wants to act big in front of everyone and pretend that she doesn't care.
This book is an excellent book to read. It portrays the true behavior of some teenage girls, who just have to get everything they want and everything they need. It has on-going drama and it's the introduction of "The Clique Series".
The author really knows how to surprise us with everything Massie does to Claire. I know the feeling of what Claire might be feeling when it comes to making friends with the clique. I bet everygirl has had that "mean girl" in your school that you just can't get rid of. You try so hard to be her friend, but she still tortures you in many ways. And it's not that she doesn't like you or anything, she just wants to act big in front of everyone and pretend that she doesn't care.
This book is an excellent book to read. It portrays the true behavior of some teenage girls, who just have to get everything they want and everything they need. It has on-going drama and it's the introduction of "The Clique Series".
November 23, 2012
I am currently reading the Clique by Lisi Harrison. I am almost done with the book and I am really excited. In the book Claire sneaks into Massie's room and starts emailing Massie's friends, but she doesn't get away with it for long. In the part that I am at, Massie gets introduced to her crushes girlfriend. In the beginning I thought I was like Claire, but what I just read where she sneaks into Massie's bedroom well I don't think we are very close anymore. The author, Lisi Harrison, did a great job explaining what the 5 girls look like, some examples are cherry red lips,and fiery red hair. Over all I would definitely give this book 5 stars.
March 27, 2021
i was reminded of this series (and also more broadly the whole glamorous wealth porn era of YA in the early 00s) while perusing some disparate corners of the internet, as i do� particularly a sect of Stan Twitter that loves to talk about wealth. so here i am. this book is super trashy, catty, decadent� things i knew even as a kid weren’t particularly conducive to anything good but had too much fun with to stop reading them altogether. like the rest of its subgenre, it presents some very warped views of gender, race, and class: desirability is the pinnacle ideal for all girls to aspire to... a very imprisoning femininity, constructed as being available primarily to rich white girls. of course, in the end, not even these Ideal Girls are happy, aspirational figures. we see throughout this book that each of the girls in the titular clique are struggling with their own feelings of self-worth. and yet where else is value to be mined? claire still wants to be popular, desirable, and wealthy regardless. considering this book is the beginning of a long series and part of a larger trend (see: gossip girl, the a-list, etc), i’m left to believe that the capital-e Era of the dystopian YA novel began long before the emergence of the hunger games.
January 27, 2021
Reserve your judgement. I’m feeling nostalgic.
June 20, 2024
5 stars purely for nostalgia’s sake lmao
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February 12, 2025
rereading this book made me realize how mean these bitches are my GOSH
February 6, 2024
Read this with a student of mine and it made me feel very nostalgic for my middle school days.
June 24, 2008
Meet the Clique: Massie Block - with her glossy brunette bob and clear white smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of the Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private school at Westchester, New York. Dylan Marvil - Massie's second in command, Dylan divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins shakes to try to get rid of the extra fifteen pounds that won't seem to leave her hips alone. Alicia Rivera - as sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under the adult radar because she seems so 'sweet'. Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Might just do it... Kristen Gregory - Kristen has been dying to fit in ever since her parents went broke. She's smart, hard-working and will insult you to tears faster than you can say 'scholarship kid'. Claire Lyons - the new girl from Florida, Claire is staying in the guesthouse on Massie's family estate. She is definitely not Clique material, yet Massie's family insist that Claire is included in her gang. Claire's future looks worse than a bad Prada knock-off, but with a little luck and a lot of scheming, she might just coming up smelling of Chanel No.19...
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