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Summary: She's a writer? This book is terrible!
Review: I was interested in this book with all of the hype surrounding it's publication. Then I read it. I finished it, but it was only because I was stuck on a cross-country plane ride with nothing better to do. It is very poorly written with tons of grammatical errors and oodles of redundancy. I didn't care about the main character and the secondary characters were also poorly written. Blech. What an awful book. I wish I had my money back.
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Summary: amazing, but cut off
Review: The author is clearly talented, once you read this book you have a new out look upon the fasion world. Andrea Saches starts by working for the famous Miranda Priestly, but things don't always turn out to be so peachy. This book demonstraights the high world of fashion. Although the author did a stunning job, she short cuts the book, by not ending its sub-plots. I think it left me wondering too much what was in store for the talented, whitfull Andrea, or as Miranda would say it An-dre-a.
P.S. I hope for a sequal
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Summary: Interest Ends at the Title
Review: With a catchy title containing the words "devil" and "prada," as well as a comparison (not glowing, however) to "The Nanny Diaries," this book caught the attention of many readers. Thus, a top ranking on the best-seller list for many, many months. However, lacking any type of textual flow, over-use of flowery and unnecessary adjectives, and extreme drama over issues that the typical person would consider ridiculous, this book should be considered a waste of time. The tantalizing New York fashion gossip aside, it lacks any depth and most readers will likely find it difficult to empathize with, sympathize with, or even hate the central character of the story. Simply put, Lauren, it's no "War and Peace." She could have ended the book saying "HA, I helped you waste money, since this book is like reading high school gossip!" Because, for the first time in a lifetime of reading, I put a book down without finishing it. Readers are better served elsewhere.
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Summary: Boring and whiny
Review: This book is poorly edited and NOT worth the hype. I enjoy chick lit, and there's a lot better stuff out there. This one is bad like The Nanny Diaries - just boring and whiny. I got halfway through and couldn't stomach anymore. There's much better chick lit out there - try The Parker Grey Show or Anna Maxted.
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Summary: Mediocre story of a mediocre assistant
Review: The incredibly naive and inexperienced assistant (Andrea) in this book can't seem to grasp the not-so-subtle realities of hierarchy and expectations in the work-place. One can't help but feel, through the incredibly poorly written narrative (without a plot, one might add), that the author embellished a bit too freely, absolutely refused to explore at all the Editor's (Mirabella) work, position or point of view at all except in diet-breaking-like sampling, and promptly and guiltily reverts back to her usual boring bashing.
The complaining becomes downright nauseating and soon we start to sympathize with the Mirabella about having to deal with such an ungrateful, unmotivated and clearly unprofessional assistant. Andrea seems to have forgotten that her job there is as an assistant - and instead focuses only on her pretentious goal of working for New Yorker.
Though we might at first sympathize with her for the demanding work-load, all she seems to do is respond through belligerence, complaining and petty pilfering - and seems completely proud of this pathetic behavior, like a child making a face at the teacher after he has turned his back.
Overall, we are presented with a very mediocre report of an incompetent assistant's life working in an extremely important position by a very mediocre writer. I will be sure to avoid buying her next book.
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Summary: Enertaining, but some editing mistakes!
Review: I don't see how anyone could find this book boring! It is definitely only for enertainment, but I enjoyed every page! I really got upset whenever Miranda would tell Andrea to do something outrageous and could almost feel Andrea's stress. The stories about her boss were hilarious! I did have a little problem with the editing, however. Lauren Weisberger mentioned Target's line, Mossimo, but spelled it Massimo. Also, she mentioned that Miranda received a makeup set from Bobbi Brown, but it was spelled Bobby Brown. I believe others have mentioned the issue with the Harry Potter books. (in the book they came out in January, but in actual life they came out in June.) Besides that, I thought this book was terrific and especially good for an author's very first novel!
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Summary: Just too funny!
Review: This book was probably about the funniest one I have ever read. For someone like me who is into the latest fashion and trends and work amongst these same kind of people, had a completely crazy boss in the fashion industry,I could totally relate. There were times I was laughing out loud!I guess if you don't know what "M.J.'s" are, or how much a pair of Manolos shoes cost, then you probably won't "get it".
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Summary: My 14-yr old neice can write a better written book than this
Review: I don't know what my expectations were, since this is Lauren Weisberger's first novel, but it seems as though if you have an interesting life experience to tell, no matter HOW poorly you write, someone will publish it...I was very disappointed in Ms. Weisberger's writing ability, and I agree with another reviewer who blamed her editors...if this is all it takes to get published, then I have a best-seller ready to go! I hope her writing improves if she decides to write another novel. My 14 year old neice could have written a better novel than this.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This is a very light book. One cannot help but feel sympathy for Andrea. Many of us cannot help seeing glimpses of our own bosses in Miranda! This is like watching something on Cinematherapy; not very superior literature but at the same time pretty entertaining.
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Summary: one of the worst books i've ever read!!
Review: This book was one of the worst books I've ever read. I thought it would be a fun read, full of insider gossip about Vogue, but Andrea, the narrator, was one of the most unsympathetic characters in recent fiction. Andrea is pretentious and spoiled and I thought if she mentioned the New Yorker one more time I would slip into a coma. She complains about all the thin women at the magazine, but tells us over and over again how she is 5'10" and weighs 115 pound. I didn't feel sorry for Andrea, who is at the beck and call of an evil Anna Wintour-esque character. and horror of horrors, forced to get fattening food for her -- in fact, by the end I was skimming the book and was rooting for the boss. The Devil wears Prada is boring, self-indulgent and badly written. Save your $$$ and read something else.
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