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Summary: ...so does the narrator
Review: Lauren/Andrea seems to have great contempt for the magazine she works for, the people she works with, and the fashion industry herself ("why do I care?" is asked often in this book), but she seems perfectly happy to wear/adopt the designer clothes and shoes that are given to her, and, for someone who doesn't care about fashion, she introduces all new characters (even the doorman) by what they're wearing. On top of this, she is ungrateful for her position (who takes that many personal calls?) and doesn't have the insight to understand why she *should* care: her boss, Anna Wintour/Miranda Priestly, is one of the most important and influential businesswomen in the world today-- how can that escape the narrator? If Andrea were really an aspiring writer she would be taking the networking opportunities much more seriously: she completely misses an opportunity with Christian's editor, for example. And the ending is indeed a letdown-- the Nanny Diaries did a much better job of vindication.
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Summary: Boring
Review: I agree with so many of the earlier reviews. This novel was frustrating. The synopsis offered a good read. Sadly, the writer failed. The writing is horrible. There is little attention to detail and detail that was uneeded. I didn't care about any of the characters; they were entirely one-dimensional. Totally predictable.
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Summary: After all the hype....
Review: I started hearing about this book months before it was ever printed, and bought it in hardback the day it came out (a first for me). Even with all the hype I enjoyed this book. It wasn't the full out exposee it was presented to be, but all in all a good read.
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: I was quite taken with this book. First of all, it is a page-turner. Secondly, the boss is a great dark character, constantly demanding the impossible from her employees. I think the book as a whole provides a keen understanding of how distanced (from reality and common kindness) the work world can be.
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Summary: Title seemed appealing...
Review: Yet another book about bad jobs and overpriced shoes.
Has creativity taken a new turn since sex and the city? It seems that now anyone can be an author as long as they can spell Jimmy Choo...
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Summary: Good gossip
Review: Great insider gossip on the fashion industry, but otherwise pretty superficial. If you've had this sort of boss, this book will resonate; otherwise, you're probably better off spending your time elsewhere.
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Summary: Baby Fishmouth is Sweeping the Nation
Review: Weisberger's follow-up to her 2001 debut "God Wears Pajamas" is full of faded ideas and tattered characters. In "GWP" she invented a St. Peter who hands out p.j.s at the Gates of Heaven. Portraying God as an advocate of the happy nap was an inspired idea, and it elevated this reader's conciousness to levels not achieved since I first read Camus. In "Prada", however, the gag of Satan forcing new arrivals to don uncomfortable garments seems contrived. So you didn't get into Heaven and now you have to sleep in golf shoes. So what? It's impossible for the reader to connect the dots when Weisberger offers fewer than you find in a typical elipses. While dissapointed, I still look forward to next year's final installment of this trilogy, "Buddha Wears Von Dutch".
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Summary: Simply So-So
Review: I just finished reading this book. The title/cover was the draw, but the inside was not worth me paying the hardback price (should have come to amazon.com before I bought).The concept of the book was good, but for some reason, the author could not pull it together to make it an interesing read. The development of the characters (the main character's best friend, boyfriend, boss)were just not there. I hate to mention The Nanny Diaries, but it begs to be compared. This book had none of the witty dialouge and zippy writing style of Diaries. For that reason, you found little reason to really connect with the main character and her angst. The writer merely described situations, but did not really pull you inside the moment with her writing. I mean, if I could care less about her relationship with her super-caring boyfriend or troubled best friend, that says something. And although I could stretch my imagination to visualize the cruelty that was her boss, the writing style did very little to capture the true "horrible-ness" of the whole job scene. Maybe if there were more characters from the fashion world thrown in (e.g. horrific models, demanding designers) then it would have been more interesting. But the focus on the main character and her devilish boss was too little to keep me interested. Lastly, it seemed that the same problematic situations kept resurfacing for the main character (i.e. her hellish job tasks). There was no real variety. I could go on and on, but you would be better served to wait for the paperback or borrow from a friend.
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Summary: Enjoyable, entertaining read
Review: I have a sneaking suspicion that readers who didn't like this book never had a boss that came close to Miranda. Trust me, they're out there. There must be a cosmic law that says that spectacularly brilliant people are completely lacking in common sense and simple human decency. I ROARED when Miranda called her assistants in Manhattan so *they* could find her chauffeur...in Paris...a few yards away from Miranda! So 'The Devil Wears Prada' isn't great literature. It's funny, and I liked it. And I don't care a whit for fashion.
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Summary: Fashion Insider?
Review: Supposedly written by an author with an insider's view of the fashion world, but when a book contains such gems as the description of a model's look as "heroine-chic", even us non-fashionistas gotta cringe.
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