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Summary: Temporarily entertaining, yet does not hold much depth
Review: The Devil Wears Prada is a book about fresh-out-of-college girl Andrea Sachs who applies for assistant to Miranda Priestley, editor of the nation¡¦s most successful fashion magazine, Runway. A job that ¡¥a million girls would die for¡¦ immediately turns suicidal when Andrea realizes that Miranda¡¦s barking orders are not only impossible to handle but also forces her to completely turn away from the life she had led peacefully before this job, which included friends, her boyfriend, family, and time for herself. As Miranda¡¦s endless and complicated orders rapid-fires towards Andrea, Andrea¡¦s patience wanes, yet she is intent on the award she will receive at the end of the year: a recommendation from Miranda for Andrea to work at any magazine she chooses.
Although entertaining and interesting, this book holds little depth, and the author spends most of the book describing designer labels and runway outfits, from shoes and skirts to scarves and mittens. This book is an excellent read for those who are interested in fashion and trends, because the author describes each and every materialistic item, such as Prada bags, Manolo Blahnik shoes, or Oscar de la Renta evening gowns. It also informs the reader of the classiest lounges and restaurants in New York City. The book describes the highly exclusive life of a highly exclusive character, which gives readers a sense of the thrill of supreme wealth and riches.
In my opinion, the ending was a sort of disappointment, as if the author was rushing to finish the book and came up with an easy way out, with no twists and turns or unexpectedness. The characters and their outcomes were predictable, however, this book is great to just enjoy and is an escape from seriousness and reality. It¡¦s the classic ¡¥chick-lit¡¦, a light-hearted novel for those who are seeking entertainment and a laugh.
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Summary: The job a million girls would die for
Review: With an attention grabbing title: The Devil wears Prada, one wonders about the hidden meanings, is it about the devil, or the Prada? It is about this girl, Andrea Sachs, who graduates out of Brown University, decides not to immediately apply for jobs and went backpacking all over Eurasia. Her deepest ambition is to write for The New Yorker; however, seeing that getting a job as a writer is extremely difficult, she applies to magazines as a personal assistant. After a few tries, she finally struck gold; she had gotten a job at a fashion magazine, Runway. Andrea is now one of the two assistants to the most powerful woman in the magazine, the absolute high-profile, successful editor of Runway, Miranda Priestley. So Andrea is this regular book worm; she does not concern herself with extravagant appearances and expensive brands all the time. This certainly does not bother most people; however, since Runway is a large fashion magazine, Andrea finds herself being laughed at and looked down upon because she doesn't measure up to Runway's impossible clothing value. Commanding, powerful, and simply demanding, Miranda Priestley, chief editor of Runway, puts Andrea thru all hell and back infinite times. Many miniscule things such as getting her dirty clothes to the dry cleaners, and buying lattes. Running pointless errands that would never satisfy the all domineering Miranda herself. While trying to fit to Runway and Mirada's demands, Andrea finds herself fading away from her family and friends. However, Andrea is so caught up in her nightmare and her persistent thought that Miranda's recommendation is one day going to send her to The New Yorker, she leaves all of that behind. Determined to prove to everyone at the office that she has what it takes, Andrea makes the transformation to better accommodate her job and to apply herself to all of Miranda's ridiculous requests. As a result she alienates herself from her family and friends even more. Just when Andrea has lost all sense in compassion, she finds herself wondering if this job is really worth it. This job, that a million girls would die for, may just be the end of her.
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Summary: Fun Read
Review: I really loved this book. Yes, it was a light read, but I knew that going in. I believe the author took the most hellacious traits of many "bosses from hell" and then thought up Miranda. I was amazed that Andrea stuck it out for as long as she did--eleven incredible months. Along the way, she nearly lost everything in her personal life, and was lucky enough to realize this during her next-to-last month with this shrew. This was a terrific book to pick up and have some real laugh out loud moments. Hope to see more from this wonderful author!
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Summary: A little uneven...
Review: ... and the sub-plots are somewhat cookie-cutter - but if you've ever had the World's Worst Job, working for the World's Most Obnoxious Boss - and strived valiantly to keep it because you're sure that at some point, some time, some way, it will all pay off... you'll be able to relate and get a few good giggles. I know I once worked for that boss, that company... just without the glamourous industry, without the fabulous perks, and for $10,000 a year less. I agree that the main character, Andrea, doesn't do a lot to generate sympathy for herself - but come on... she's fresh out of college, and anyone who's ever managed entry-level staff knows that dozens of personal phone calls and too-long coffee breaks are often par for the course. All in all, it was a fun read - not literary, not deep, not profound - but fun... and makes me wonder if I could have stayed a little longer at my truly wretched previous job if I'd at least gotten free Jimmy Choo's out of the deal...
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Summary: Stunt Move
Review: This book just cashed in on its back stage access. Poorly written and the character was not likable. The Pop Star synchronization of book writing.
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Summary: b-o-r-i-n-g
Review: This book presents itself as a quick, stylish read. It's not. It contains many structural errors. The reader is expected to embrace one-dimensional characters. It plods along- same-old, same-old, to its weak, predictable ending. This story could have been written by a high school junior.
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Summary: So real
Review: Anyone who has worked in corporate American, and especially New York, will relate to this tale. While it's supposed to be about a publishing company, it could be almost anywhere, for there are lunatics running around in business pretending to be bosses and employees. It moved along at a good enough clip to keep my attention and was basically a fun read. Give it a try. Also recommended: THE NANNY DIARIES, BARK OF THE DOGWOOD, THE DA VINCI CODE
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Summary: Give the girl a break...
Review: For Heaven's sake, give the girl a break! This is a debut novel and Lauren Weisberger must have been all of twenty-four when she wrote it. Many critics have pointed out the sloppy editing,("heroine-chic", etc) but this is hardly the author's fault. Editors are paid to pick up on these errors. This isn't Tolstoy or Dickens. What it is, is a fun, light read... and surprisingly well-written given the age and inexperience of the writer. I thought she painted an extraordinarily vivid picture of the bizarre world of fashion magazine publishing in a story that was more cohesive, humorous and readable than many of the books that have received rave reviews in the last year. Perhaps the many bad reviews in newspapers and magazines were a result of sour grapes and a 'closing of the ranks' by the writers. Talk about protesting too much! They were bending over backwards to come up with bad things to say about this rather blameless book. I wouldn't buy it (I checked it out of the library) but I did enjoy it and I'm looking forward to the movie. I rather think that Ms Weisberger will have the last laugh here.
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Summary: One star but should be a ZERO! WHY was there so much hype?!
Review: THANK GOD I only checked this out from the library; I would be embarrassed to own such moronic drivel! Like many others, I was intrigued by what I had read about this in various fashion mags. What a joke! When I try to imagine who the people are that enjoy this, I can only picture the fashionista high school girls in the movie "Clueless." Other reviews claim there are "details" about the clothes, shoes, whatever. NOT! Only the MOST superficial treatment. I mean, who cares, but this illustrates my point about other readers' opinions (juvenile, superficial). Basically, this book is just about "Andrea," a pseudo-intellectual recent college graduate who happens to fall into a job at a fashion magazine (think Vogue), working for the hated editor (think Anna Wintour). The "job a million girls would die for," to be exact..and all too often repeated by the hordes of airheaded hangers-on. This pathetic girl thinks doing a year's time in this job will eventually land her the job she has always wanted at another (literary) magazine, so she puts up with abuse from the editor and the first assistant. Finally she ends up quitting, at the end...but not before you have read through an entire book of whining, monotonous complaints about each incident of mental and verbal semi-abuse Andrea endures at the hands of the editor, Miranda. AND each incident is basically the same one, repeated over and over again! By the way, it goes something like this: Miranda: I need (insert very vague non-description of something) right away; I think I saw it at a shop around (insert general area in New York City). Seriously, the whole story is about Andrea's daily search for the item(s) Miranda wants, without ever getting any clues as to what "it" is (and no, this pseudo-intellectual never has the guts to just ASK). And that's the whole book, right there. I forced myself to read half of it, hoping something would develop (not even any character development in this waste of paper!). I finally gave up, and skimmed the rest...nothing happens until the last few pages, and the end is NOTHING worth slogging through the book for. (This is where Andrea quits the job.) If you think this would appeal to you anyway, check it out at the library first. If you do like it, may I suggest broadening your horizons? There are SO many "chick-lit" books to read, so many other indulgent "quick reads," that are SOOOOO much better and more entertaining. Anyone who poops out this nonsense and calls it a book does not deserve to be paid for it. This was, without a doubt, the dumbest, most irritating, WORST book I have ever read!!!
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Summary: Du-oh
Review: I bought this book because of the great title and after finishing it(that was torture). I just had to say Du-Oh. I think I just wasted money on something that I should have just borrowed from the library. If this were a movie, it would be Gigli or Glitter. Too bad amazon has no zero star or garbage icon rating because this novel rates a zero star or at least two garbage icons.
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