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Summary: For the Fashionista in all of us
Review: If you love Fashion and NYC you will really enjoy this book! The title gets you...The characters are kinda flat, and a little underdeveloped but the book on a whole is very funny and interesting if you are into fashion etc... Pick it up you will enjoy it espically if you have read the Shopaholic Series it is similar. I didn't like the ending however it was underdeveloped I thought it should have had a better twist it just kinda hung there!
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Summary: Not The Nanny Diaries
Review: This book is very similiar, but not the same. I think that we should give her a break. This book is hilarious and I think, exactly what it is supposed to be. A fun, easy read. Go with it.
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Summary: Ho Hum
Review: I guess you have to be a New Yorker. It's not that funny to me. There's a lot of hype about this book, and I thought it was going to be funny like David Sedaris' books. There are more entertaining books out there, like Hasket's DUNCAN DELANEY'S CADILLAC OF DOOM, OR Sedaris' NAKED, OR Orozco's DELANO.
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Summary: Great easy summer read
Review: I'd recommend this book to someone who enjoys the show on HBO "sex and the city". This is a book that'll take you only a few days to read, it won't challenge your mind, but it'll make you laugh and make you want to be this girl. This book is basically a chick flick - but I'd really recommend reading it.
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Summary: great read
Review: This is a very interesting novel----light reading. I did not noticed the grammatical mistakes and other errors that supposedly repelled other people, and I am an English teacher! This is the perfect book to read at the beach or when waiting for a plane. Written in the same vein as Nanny Diaries and covers much of the same (interesting to me) territory. We can all relate to people at work who are completely horrendous and demanding. The only thing I didn't like was that some characters, like Christian, were not fully developed or well-rounded. I was always waiting for some climactic incident that never came.
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Summary: Funny!
Review: That is the one word that comes to mind after reading this book. It was plain and simple funny. This is a great read for anyone who has ever worked in an industry which takes itself way to seriously, i.e. fashion, advertising, entertainment. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the situations this poor assistant found herself in. The author does an excellent job of outlining the job and boss from hell. A great summer read!
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Summary: All promise, no delivery
Review: I couldn't wait to pick it up and then couldn't wait to put it down. There were so many opportunities for humor and clever insight and they were almost all missed. The writing is flat and the characters never really come off the page. I used to think the Nanny Diaries was just okay but if this is this year's version of that book then I'm starting to think Nanny Diaries was fantastic. And finally, the dish just isn't that great.
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Summary: What Did Houston Ever Do to Ms. Weisberger?
Review: I was relatively enjoying "The Devil Wears Prada" until page 72 when Ms. Weisberger takes on the city of Houston as if she was being paid by the Southern Stereotypes of America. She refers to my hometown as the following: "city of misery", "Third World", "swamp" - to name a few. Now, I can take a ribbin' - in fact there are plenty of things about Houston to poke fun at. But this was vitriol, not humor. I thought about pointing out that a city with the 4th largest museum system, a world-class ballet, a Grammy winning opera company and a Tony award winning theater probably shouldn't be called Third World...but what's the point? I hope Ms. Weisberger comes to Houston on a book tour. She will find the people very friendly and courteous... even though we have those horrid southern accents she hates (New Yorkers sound like music?) So I'm returning my copy for a full refund.
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Summary: Not great literature, but not meant to be!
Review: I enjoyed "The Devil Wears Prada" immensely. This is not great, meaningful literature, and the fact Lauren Weisberger is a new writer is abundantly clear. However, if you accept that this book is meant to be entertaining and gossipy, placed in a setting where intellectuals do not abound, you will find it quite fun. The main character, Amanda, accepts a job at a fasion magazine primarily because she is just out of school, she needs a job, and has no ambition beyond wanting to work for The New Yorker some day. Miranda, her boss, is a caricature of all the horrible bosses you have ever had or heard about. Amanda's co-workers live in fear of Miranda, but have also taken on some of Miranda's worst characteristics, yielding what little power they have maliciously. Much of the structure of the book is around boundaries. This is Amanda's first job, and she does not know how to set boundaries between her work and personal life. Her boss has no boundaries between herself and her underlings. Amanda and her college boy friend struggle to redefine themselves as a couple in an adult world, while Amanda's best friend slips over the line of partying into alcoholism. Certainly, some of the characters are shallow and the action is contrived. This is not the worst or best example of "Chick Lit," and is fun read if taken at face value.
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Summary: BELIEVE the hype!
Review: This novel was hilarious! It's a light read that shouldn't be taken that seriously. It served it's purpose...to entertain! Buy (or at least borrow) this book!
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