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Summary: More Please!!!
Review: Lauren Weisberger totally has out done herself! I had to make myself go to sleep at night and not stay up reading!! Major Props Lauren!
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Summary: It's not suppossed to be "Pride and Prejudice"...
Review: Okay, so I don't usually read books that don't fall under the "literature" section of the bookstore. But when I found out that the main character went to my alma mater, I decided to read the book for myself. I wasn't expecting a classic work of literature (come on fellow readers...LOOK at the cover AND the title...) I did my research on the book and author and decided to see how she did...And I got exactly what I expected. It took me one night and a morning to read the book and at the end of it all I was satisfied. It had its funny parts, it was an easy read, and since I had a hellish job at a law firm straight of Brown in Boston with some anal retentive not-worthy-of-calling-themselves-human being attorneys, I could empathize. Remember what you are reading about, remember the title, remember the author wrote it straight out of college and stop comparing it to the Nanny Diaries...umm...it has...like, different authors...And you'll find yourself a quick, easy, entertaining, feel good book. Otherwise I hear that Jane Austen and James Joyce have some really good books on the market. 'Nuff said.
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Summary: A semi-shocking title and not much else
Review: Apparently all you need to have a bestseller these days is a semi-shocking title, for there is no other reason for this book to be so popular. The book is impossibly long with chapters that never seem to end and a storyline that is painfully repetitive and goes nowhere. We start with a typical Miranda Priestly moment, in which the infamous editor of "Runway" magazine is ordering poor little assistant (and narrator) Andrea around. Andrea then flashes back to when she naively accepted the job and every belittling thing Miranda has made her do since. We never return to that original scene, mind you, but rather pass it at some unnamed point and proceed to the end of Andrea's job stint. And while the climax is somewhat satisfying, its punch is diluted by the two (yes, TWO)interminable and trite chapters that follow. Meanwhile, every one of the characters (with the possible exception our narrator Andrea) is entirely two-dimensional and instead of caring for the people that were supposed to matter (Andrea, her boyfriend Alex whom I only had lukewarm feelings towards, and her "best friend" Lily who had more problems than a math test), I found myself more intrigued by Miranda and her yes-girl Emily (the senior assistant whose occasional comraderie with Andrea seemed forced by the author). The subplots are poorly developed, largely forgettable, and generally unresolved as well - all in all unnecessary additions to an already verbose novel that could just as easily been a short story in Cosmo.The bottom line: Read FASHIONISTAS by Lynn Messina and published by Red Dress Ink. It has a very similar concept but is better structured, faster paced, and much much funnier.
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Summary: Take a Break from those mystery/suspense novels
Review: This book is a most enjoyable read. It is about a woman who graduates from college and wants to be a writer for the New Yorker, but takes a job as an assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine to get in to the business. But her boss turns out to be an evil, horrible, horrible, nasty, stupid woman you love to hate. And hilarity ensues. It has some very funny parts, but is not totally fluff. It is a light read, but not so shallow as a typical harlequin. I have hand sold at least 20 of these and everyone I've given it to has loved it. Kudos to Lauren for reaching the best seller list on her first attempt. It is well deserved.
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Summary: Don't waste your money...
Review: ....unless you enjoy absolutely simpleton-type books. I borowed this book from the library. I expected it to be an easy read (it certainly is) but still an enjoyable one. I knew beforehand that it is the type of book you read on the weekend to kill time, or the type of book that you bring to the beach. I was six chapters in the book (95 pages) when I realixed that STILL nothing had happened. All you read about is how the main character's job is "so incredible," and how the boss is "so difficult," and how she works "so hard [at many menial tasks]." This book needs a plot, one other than how the main character chases down various items that her oh-so-difficult boss requires. B-o-r-i-n-g. I enjoy cheap and easy fiction as well as the next person. But this is certainly one of the worst books I have ever read that falls into this genre. I'm glad I didn't pay for it!
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Summary: This was so bad - what the heck did the publisher pay for?
Review: With all the hype, I was expecting something different - as in a well written, interesting book. Instead, it was so boring I had to stop before I even read 75 pages. How many times can you read, "I want to work for the New Yorker" and page after page of "horrible" things her boss does. Where's the story? Where's the character depth and something beyond the obvious? I love chic lit, so it's not like I wanted War and Peace, but the people in the book aren't characters, they're charicatures, kinda like a bad sit com. It's her first book, so I don't really hold it against the author, but the publisher and editor should have known better. This was just such a weak effort, you've gotta wonder what the heck they were thinking.
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Summary: Just because I was entertained
Review: One must read and enjoy this book for what it is. This book is not meant to be taken too seriously! I was entertained by Miranda and Andrea BECAUSE they were on such extreme sides of the scale. That is what makes this book so entertaining. I also found myself smiling at the mannerisms of fashion know-alls James and Nichol, and the author also incorporates the attitudes of the doormen, nannies and drivers which I thought was a nice touch. Some reading should just be fun, entertaining, and relaxing, and this book is exactly that.
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Summary: Blah, but mildly entertaining...
Review: This book was okay at best. I was waiting for a rise and fall of events or a definitive plot to come along, but when it all came down to it the book just told the story of a girl's life over the course of 1 year. I was looking for more humor and maybe a little more excitment. In fact the only part that caught my attention was the end. If you're looking for a book like this with a similar plot that'll make you laugh and sympathize and keep you on your toes, try 'The Nanny Diaries.'
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Summary: Good, but a best seller??
Review: I thought this was a good first effort by Lauren Weisberger although it really is no different from any other chick book, so I don't really understand why this one made it to the NYT bestseller list and any other one didn't. She does say in the acknowledgements that the people she named promised to buy multiple copies of the book if she named them, so maybe that explains the phenomenon. If you like chick literature, then I would recommend reading this book. I see it has some negative reviews, but it really isn't all that bad, it just has alot of hype, whether deserved or not deserved, you be the judge.
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Summary: PLEASE people - Be real!
Review: My goodness people - OK, this isn't supposed to be War and Peave here. It is simply an entertaining, humorous novel. It's an easy to read beach book, which by the way, was highly entertaining. People who are going nuts because it isn't of high literary caliber need to relax a bit. No one said this was a serious read. For god's sake - the name is The Devil Wears Prada. Come on now - If you are looking for a classic, choose Steinbeck, Hemingway, Dickens, even Shakespeare....But don't hate this book because it's not one of those. It is VERY entertaining, and if you are not ridiculous in expecting the great American novel, I think you'll really enjoy this. In fact, it was difficult to put down!
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