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Summary: What a great summer read!
Review: I actually listened this book on Audio CD, I did not read it. On a recent long roadtrip alone I was able to enjoy this great summer book. Although it seems to start out a bit on the fluffy side, there is some definite depth and character to the book and the characters, or perhaps it is the lack of depth to the characters in the fashion magazine world that make the book intriguing. This is a great easy summer read, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Absolutely maddening.
Review: While not a maven of literature, I do find it annoying when mispellings and grammatical trainwrecks occur -- especially when a book is hyped so much, you expect that they spent something on the editing, no? Maybe not; there were plenty of both in this book. Having said that, and perhaps agreeing with those who would know better than I that her style is immature and needs a little time to ripen, I have to say that Weisberger DID succeed in drawing me into the book, thoroughly pissing me off, and driving me to turn page after page until 2:30 in the morning. I admit; I've been sheltered (working with great, kind people, working for myself, etc.) -- and the antics of this hellish boss were just absolutely unbelievable. I was disgusted, and couldn't wait to see what she'd say next. Moreso, the fact that anyone with two brain cells would put up with it was hard to stomach, but seeing how an otherwise level headed person gets sucked into this warped reality of the fashion world was interesting and provocative. It happens, whether in New York or Podunk. Immerse yourself in an environment and you will eventually find yourself reeking of it. I felt somewhat unfulfilled with the ending -- but I'd certainly give her next work a read.
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Summary: Disapointed!
Review: I am a very avid reader of chic-lit. I really look for novels that particularly deal with clothes or the fashion industry. Sadly, The Devil Wears Prada does not go on my recommendation list. The plot was dull and I was just reading it to get the book done with about halfway through!! You just keep thinking "Ok she hates her boss, so quit already!". There are some funny parts blended in with the overall dullness but you won't catch your self shedding comical tears any time soon. The story was a good idea but not good enough for over 300 pages!! I want back my [money amount]I paid for it!
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Summary: Interesting Title But Mediocre Content
Review: I picked up this book at a local library thinking that it would be a quick read. But I was sadly mistaken. Granted, the book did start out funny and entertaining, but I found that the main character's constant complaining was a bit redundant. There are some cute moments (Andy's encounters with Christian) but for the most part I found it difficult to actually get through a book that was only 300 or so pages. I have to give the author some credit though for writing a book so young and straight out of college. Maybe in the future her books will live up to their titles.
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Summary: A book for someone who likes picture magazines.
Review: The greatness stops with the title. This is part of a new genre of literature built around the success of Sex and the City and aimed at young women who dream of living in New York and wearing $1000 shoes while making $30,000 per year. It is mildly entertaining (emphasis on mildly) for escapist reasons, but I wouldn't put it in the category of a guilty pleasure. It is fun to think you could get a job where you have access to unlimited priceless designer clothes for free by pure luck, but that is about the only fun fantasy this book perpetuates. Unhumorous & boring. If you want to dream about wearing Prada and Versace buy a copy of Women's Wear Daily.
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Summary: One-Hit Wonder
Review: Unless Lauren Weisberger, gets an amazing job really soon, I don't think she'll have too much to write about. The plot of this book turns out to be a diary of Andrea Sach's daily rituals...the problem is, they are pretty much the same, every day: fetching coffee, answering the phone, delivering the book. The only variances were that some days it was rainy, and some days it was snowing. Same ol' same ol' page after page, for almost 400 pages! Anyone who moved to New York right out of college will appreciate the humor in the absurdity of a boss' requests or expectations. Anyone in the real world will relate to having to launch their careers at the bottom of the ladder and having to pull 14 hour days. Nothing that will blow your hair back.
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Summary: Room for Improvement
Review: The cover art and the title drew me in, but I have to admit this story got a little long and didn't have that extra little bit of originality I was looking for. But, to expect something other than an incredibly dishy, fluffy summertime read would be expecting to much. Afterall, this is not meant to be an incredibly literary book. Andrea Sachs is a girl who thinks that by putting her time in in the trenches at a glitzy New York fashion magazine and working for the world's most horribly demanding boss that she'll be able to write her own ticket and persue her dream to write for The New Yorker. So What....??!?!? That's what all 350+ pages of this book keep repeating. Andrea desperately wants to work for The New Yorker and she is forced to work for this total witch of a woman, Miranda Priestly, who happens to be IT when it comes to the world of high fashion. I did enjoy Miranda's antics throughout the book, though and the ending was better than I thought it would be. However, I still made it all the way to the end of the book, turned the last page and thought: Oh! Well, it's over, I'm finished, on to my next book. And I have to say that I hate feeling that way. I also should tell you that I'm glad I borrowed this book instead of paying for it. Will I read any future novels by Ms. Weisberger? Probably, but if her future endevors aren't any better than this debut effort, I will most likely excersize my right to choose and choose something else.
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Summary: Amateur Hour -- Pageturner but nothing else.....
Review: OK....everyone who has an evil job out of college fantasizes about seeking revenge against their vile boss by writing a tell all novel. Did Michael Lewis start this trend I wonder? So I guess Weisberger is a bit more motivated than most since she actually finished her tome of revenge. Other than a window on wintour's obsessive ways, this book is pretty useless. And Weisberger's portrait on the back just makes the narrator smack of hypocrisy. With that absurdly perfect blowout we are supposed to believe that she's a happy go lucky bohemian intellectual right?????? Oh I forgot! It's not autobiographical. Yup!
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Summary: A fun read.
Review: This is a fun, quick read with a few good laughs.
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Summary: Hilarious!!!
Review: Best book I've read all year...If you liked Nanny Diaries or Confessions of a Shopaholic than get this book and get ready to laugh out loud!
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