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Summary: Funny! If you have an insane boss you can relate!
Review: I have no idea why people are saying this book is whiny because it's not. If you've ever had a boss that asked you to do the most insane things or was just a complete [pain] you can relate to this book. Yes there were some parts that were kind of lame and seemed a bit overstated but overall this book made me laugh! I finally felt validated and I don't even work in the fashion industry, but I do know what it feels like to feel so crazy at work and have no one else outside of work understand what you have to deal with day in and day out...
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Summary: The Devil Wears Prada Review
Review: "The Devil Wears Prada" was better than I expected it to be. To me, it's not supposed to be a book that makes you think. It's not an intellectual novel. It's an easy, fun, quick beach read. Put simply: A book you can read in a day. Weisberger is not an excellent, sophisticated writer, but she's good enough to create a story that's both funny and interesting. I will say this, I wasn't bored. I agree that it is similar to "The Nanny Diaries," however; they were two very different books (different subjects), but yes, they border on being alike in that they both have insane, over-the-top bosses. My two cents: If you've got time, (or if you're going to the beach), buy it and read it, but if you don't, I wouldn't recommend it. Weisberger is no Carol Goodman ("The Lake of Dead Languages" -a MUST read) or Donna Tart ("The Secret History" - another excellent book). She could have published a better novel, after all, she DID graduate from Cornell. Tsk, tsk.
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Summary: dialogue is like cardboard
Review: only buy this book if you want an inside peak at the fashion business, the dialogue is unrealistic and wooden at best. the editor is shallow and vain. hello? this is the fashion world we're talking about - it shouldn't be a shock!
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Summary: Bottom line: Weisberger would make a better gossip columnist
Review: Though this book arguably has some meaty content, Andrea's character does not get developed enough for readers to care very much about what happens to her. From the very outset, she seems flat and uninteresting, much like the loafers she cluelessly wears her first day on the job. The only real jewel in this novel is the "Devil" herself. Miranda's outrageous character and her equally outlandish antics are the glue that holds this messily written book together, and once Andrea storms out of her bitchy boss's life, the novel no longer interests or stirs or even seems worth continuing. A nice effort, and a certainly phenomenal level of success for a first-time writer of questionable talent... however, Weisberger would do herself a favor by honing her writing skills a little bit and coming up with original material next time, rather than a nasty tell-all gossip-fest about the very visible fashionista we all know this book is REALLY about.
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Summary: The Devil Wears Prada
Review: I don't really understand all of the negative reviews on this website...I really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, light read. Nothing more, nothing less. I think the characters were believable & the main character Andy, was refreshing in contrast to all of the "clackers" and, of course the devil herself, Miranda. I had bosses like Miranda so I thoroughly enjoyed this book!! While this book was similar to Nanny Diaries in the respect of a wildly eccentic & evil boss, I felt this book was A LOT better than Nanny Diaries & much more well written.Maybe all of the negative reviews were from fashionistas lashing out--see the book has me paranoid ;)
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Summary: One long whine
Review: Weisberger is bo--oring -- after all, most people who go on gassing about themselves interminably are. But as much as Weisberger tries to point out how superior she is to her job, how really substantial she is -- the book reveals the opposite. It's the trite complaint of a privileged white woman whining about being chauffered on errands and having to wear couture -- and other "degradations" beneath someone of her abilities. Her writing style, shallow observations and her preoccupation with dropping the names of every bling bling and obscenely expensive object she wears, eats, or encounters prove she isn't. The exhaustively detailed passages about every outrage she suffered were so tedious I couldnt read the book -- and I love dish. She comes off as catty, immature, superificial and extremely annoying -- the cardboard cutouts of the people she describes are mere props to the song of herself . She will never be able to write for The New Yorker -- but maybe Self Magazine?
Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Painfully similar to "The Nanny Diaries"
Review: I was almost embarrassed for the author as I read "The Devil Wears Prada" due to the fact that the exact same story was written last year by the co-authors of "The Nanny Diaries". I felt like I was reading the same book, only I had a much harder time identifying with Andrea, the protagonist in this book than I did Nanny (Diaries). I found myself wondering if it was just bad luck that "The Nanny Diaries" got published first, or if the author of "The Devil Wears Prada" actually knew of the prior and shamelessly copied those writters style.
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Summary: Not funny, nor worth the money.
Review: Although I'd been warned that this book was insipid garbage, I decided to pick up a copy of the audio book to help me endure a six hour drive. I love a good, trashy novel from time to time, so it seemed like a reasonable purchase. Unfortunately, the trashy factor could not compensate for the mediocre writing and bland one-note characters. Both Andrea (our banal, unsympathetic heroine) and Miranda (our tiresome, one-dimensional villainess) are underdeveloped and lack any sort of emotional complexity. As a reader, I should have been happy that Andrea, the underdog, gets her absurd and highly implausible happy ending, but instead, I was just happy to have her shut up already. As for Rachel Leigh Cook's reading of this novel, well, it just isn't a great fit. RLC's Minnesota accent does little to convince me that we're listening to the first person narrative of a Jewish girl educated at Brown. (Though, certainly, some of this could have been a problem inherent in the writing. I certainly didn't believe the character had been on so much as a college visit to Providence.) Anyway, as for RLC, her meandering narrative style might be charming in another context, but it's wrong for this book. The subject matter of this book has limitless potential, and this should have been a fun and funny read. What a terrific opportunity to skewer the fashion/magazine industry! And what a disappointment that it doesn't deliver.
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Summary: What next?
Review: This reads less like a book than a transcript of the author's life experiences during her college years. The author even goes so far as to plagarize her friends who (in the book and in real life, no doubt) tell her the story is less fiction than it is her own life story recounted with the names changed. This is Sweet Valley High for adults; anyone above a 5th grade reading level should have no problem finishing this book in a day or less. I love authors who use their knowledge of a field, subject, or endeavor to write a credible story, but this is just garbage. It figures it is going to be made into a movie. Overall, the story is overly predictable and doesn't leave adequate closure for the characteres at the end. Don't waste your time with this book in hardcover format - it'll leave you feeling empty.
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Summary: [weak]
Review: ms. weisburger can't write. it is a tragedy that so many talented writers are unknown and poor and a [person] like her has so much recognition. it's hard to care for her protagonist when she complains about the fashion world yet simultaneously eats it up, and her caricature of her boss is more schlocky than convincing. but of course, she gets a job at another publication, where her editor worked for the very same monster the book is about. how convenient. ...
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