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Summary: Certainly Not Up to the New Yorker's Standards......
Review: I grabbed this book in an airport while in the mood for some light reading on the plane. I wasn't expecting great writing and I didn't get it. I was expecting some amusing stories about life in the fashion world. I got a few, but they were so poorly written and the narrator so annoying that it wasn't worth it. I don't know, or care to know, anything about the fashion icons mentioned in the book. However, I have worked for more than one boss from hell in my life, so I thought I'd empathize with the narrator. Instead, I was annoyed at the self righteous tone and her complete lack of understanding that there are people in the world with real problems at work -- single mothers with no benefits, men and women working in unsafe conditions, not to mention people who have been fired when they've become sick or, god forbid, gotten old. This book could have been a fun read if it had been a well-written account of a new college graduate paying her dues. Instead, the author simultaneously looks down on the fashion world while dropping every name she can. She also fails to realize that there are many bosses from hell and many of the people working for these bosses do not have the perks or prestige that come with working at Vogue. She also fails to realize just how many highly-educated people out there are struggling. I temped for almost two years after receiving a very prestigious graduate degree. During that time I met men and women with masters, Ph.D's, musicians with degrees from Julliard, etc. who were all temping -- being treated as non-human while receiving no benefits -- just to pay the rent. I almost guffawed out loud when she had the audacity to complain that her mommy and daddy had cut off her credit card -- temporarily of course. Let her try a few years working temp jobs, barely able to pay the rent, knowing that any condition requiring medical treatment could mean bankruptcy. Let her talk to a few single parents before she complains about having to wear Prada (for which she did not pay) to work every day. This book could have been funny if written in an appropriate tone. It's poorly written and downright offensive.
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Summary: High Fashion Storytelling At It's best
Review: Lauren Weisberger wrote this book with amazing style! Simply one of those "can't put down" books. I read it in one weekend within a period of seven hours traveling from airport to airport on a weekend trip.With her razor-sharp bob, and dark sunglasses shielding her from photographers flashbulbs, the world's fashion icon, Anna Wintour, is revealed in this book. Excellent attention to detail as well! I loved how Lauren referred to the scents of "salon shampoo" and "expensive perfume." Thanks Lauren for a WONDERFUL read. I loved it! THE haute couture book of the year as far as I'm concerned.
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Summary: Not as good as I thought it would be...
Review: OK - this book starts out with the girl not knowing how to drive a stick shift makes her sound whiny and spoiled. Throughout the book this attitude prevails. Women are portrayed as weak, all having eating disorders, and they can't dress.
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Summary: A Let Down
Review: I was looking for something kinda fluffy and funny. Well, I found myself finding the protaganist whiny, unrealistic, whiny, self-righteous, whiny, self-centered, and did I mention whiny? A college grad with a high profile job has to do some scut-work - boo hoo. She's lived a life of privilege, and seems to suffer the typical compensating for feeling inadequete by sneering at the haute couture world. Yes, Miranda is unreasonable. So are lots of other talented prima-donnas in every profession. Yet again - Boo hoo. The resolution was drivel. The implication that our protaganist has found what truly matters, and that standing up for her principals has served her is trite and difficult to swallow. The ending reads rather pompous and self-congratulatory. Oh wait, I believe that would describe the tone of the entire novel. This one is going to my local used book store, because it sure isn't a keeper.
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Summary: Light & fun read.
Review: I enjoyed reading this book. Of course, it is not classic litterature but it was fun nontheless. It made me miss NYC & the North East: it re creates the craziness & the fast pace of the city very well.
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Summary: Wonderfully, fun book
Review: If you like the Shopaholic series, then you'll just love this book! After reading a few reviews, I wasn't sure that I still wanted to read it but I'm very happy that I did.
Andrea Sachs gets a job (a job that a million girls would kill for) working as Miranda Priestly's junior assistant. Miranda is the head honcho at Runway magazine and when she says jump, you don't even ask "how high", you just do it. Andrea soon realizes that her so called job isn't all what it's cracked up to be. She has to take care of Miranda's laundry, her meals, which by the way must be hot and placed in a specific way and so many more meaningless tasks. If you've ever had a boss that you absolutely hated, reading this book will probably make your boss seem like an angel. Strange thing though, I just don't ever recall Miranda wearing Prada as the title refers.
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Summary: Great first 50 and last 50
Review: The title was the best part of this novel. Though very eager to read, i was not impressed with this book. The first 50 pages and last 50 were the only worth while pages of the entire book, and were only second rate compared with the title. If you want to read a book about a terrible boss read the Nanny Diaries, similar plot but a much better book.
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Summary: Entertaining!
Review: This book is not thought provoking literature but I dont see what everyone is complaining about. It is supposed to be FUN. It was very fun to read, a guilty pleasure. The title alone told you that this book was major chick lit and not supposed to be intellectual. What is everyone complaining about??? I am an educated person and the grammer did not bother me one bit. A very good read. Highly recommend it espcially if you like fashion.
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Summary: Not worth the time to read
Review: Can somebody please explain to me why so many other customers are fawning over this novel. The writing just doesn't work, and in some cases doesn't make sense. I expected clearer writing from an Ivy League grad, something other than the fillet-o-cliches Weisberger dishes out. Plus I'm sorry, but I can't sympathize with the winy, annoying narator (make her stand in line for government cheese, shop at a Wal-Mart, something that tells me she's been struggling!) She works in the fashion magazine industry, for a TYPICAL, no nonsense boss. Whoop-de-doo! The part where she has to drive that $80k sports car, while wearing that Prada outfit, girl I just wept for Andrea. Right.
The Dirty Girls Social Club is a much better and funnier read, by, I'm sorry to say, Ms. Weisberger, a much clearer and more experienced writer.
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Summary: So boring I skipped almost 3/4 of it
Review: In a weird coincidence, both this book (on CD) and The Nanny Diaries (in print) arrived for me on hold at our local library the same day. It was like having two copies of the same book, both of which were boring and annoying. After reading (or listening to) about the first quarter of each book, I skipped to the last chapter or two, just to make sure that I wouldn't miss any strange and sudden surprises. I didn't. While listening to this book, I was put off by several elements: the reference to "Jappy" college colleagues, the narrator's inability to tell her two Indian roommates apart after living with them for a year, her repeated use of the ear-grating phrase "as best as." What is supposed to be so compelling about characters who have the boss from hell and are too stupid to quit? I'm glad that I didn't waste time reading both of these books in full, and that writing this review constitutes the last chunk of my time they will take up.
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