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Summary: Great Read
Review: If you are looking for a good, intresting, and funny book then this is the one for you
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Summary: Absolutely Hilarious
Review: Ever had a job offer that simply seemed to good to be true? Ever had a boss that could be the devil...the devil with a sense of fashion? In The Devil Wears Prada the main character gets that too good to be true job...only to find out that her boss is mean enough to be the devil. It is a book that explores how far you would go for the perfect job, and the perfect recommendation for future jobs. It is funny, cynical, and full of fashion sense.
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Summary: Savagely funny look at the fashion business
Review: In "The Devil Wears Prada," Andrea Sachs, a fresh Brown graduate, is hired as the junior assistant to Miranda Priestly, editor of Runway magazine. The conventional wisdom is that the book is based on the experience of its author, Lauren Weisberger, who worked for Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue." It is also rumored that La Wintour (Called "Nuclear Wintour" by some) was not amused. Weisberger has an infelicitous writing style, but she is a gifted storyteller, has a wicked sense of humor, and fills her book's pages with quirky, interesting characters. Thus, she has produced a fluffy, funny look at the fashion industry and the people who work there. Weinberger's depiction of her protagonist, Andrea Sachs, is almost as unflattering as that of the cold, arrogant, and overwrought Miranda Priestly, for whom Andrea works. Andrea has a bad attitude problem and learns that, because of her drive and ambition, she has become her own worst enemy. In the most telling scene in the book, Miranda tells Andrea, "You remind me of myself when I was your age," which causes Andrea to have an epiphany that I will not reveal here. The Devil Wears Prada is lightweight and not particularly well written. Nevertheless, it's a lot of fun. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Highly entertaining diary of a big whiner
Review: The Devil Wears Prada is a very entertaining book about life in the world of fashion media. A quick, fun read it is perfect for a long air flight or a lazy day at the beach. Having said that it is also somewhat disturbing to read page after page of the complaints of a disgruntled ex-employee. I keep wondering if the author realizes that she is not a slave and instead chose to work for the tyrannical Miranda Priestly, a thinly veiled caricature of Vogue's Anna Wintour. Though I was charmed to take a peak into the world of high fashion publishing, I kept wondering what a nightmare it must have been to hire a know nothing assistant who took this invaluable life experience and turned it into a rant against the impossible boss. Life is tough Ms.Weisberger. No job worth having is easy. I applaud your efforts to turn a miserable experience into a fun read, but get over yourself. There is no such thing as free couture. Instead of complaining incessantly, I wish you had seen the experience for what it was worth: a crash course in the insanity of working in NYC.
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Summary: inside a mad mad world
Review: Having worked IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY , it was easy to relate to this work and be awkardly reminded of some of my own actions while I was a 'player' in the business. Reading this and seeing the lifestyle fromt he outside confirmed the absurditiy of it all. Would be interesting to know of Anna ever read this book --I bet she did and hated every moment of it--Would she ever change--No way!!--Thats what kleeps her on top.
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Summary: Great fun!
Review: My only hesitation with this book is the fact that you'd have to have lived and worked in NYC to understand it. Nowhere else is there such lunacy. That said, it's a fun, quick read. Also recommended: Jackson McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD
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Summary: Totally predictable. Absurd dialog.
Review: Very catchy title. Great book cover. Decent plot, at first. But how the story is delivered is flat-out bad. The dialog is atrocious. The day-to-day unfolding of events, and how they're told, is terribly painful. This book is completely predictable on every level. The author spoon-feeds you the details in such a way that it feels like you're reading a young-adult, teen drama book. Groan! I do not recommend this book at all. The only thing interesting was the fashion-talk, and for that I'll give it two stars.
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: I finished this book in about three days, but wasn't very pleased. After months of wanting to read this book, I finally broke down and bought it. I should have checked it out from the library. I expected more excitement. I think it ended to soon. The end was rushed.
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Summary: Maybe another half star
Review: I wasn't overly impressed by the beginning of "The Devil Wears Prada," but a third of the way through the novel, the writing and momentum picked up and there were flashes of brilliance in some extremely well described scenes. (I found the song-dance routines Andrea had to go through with Eduardo hilarious.) The ending was anti-climatic. Surely a bright girl (Andrea) who knew the inner workings of Miranda Priestly's life could have come up with a more clever and classy way of terminating her relationship with her boss. The ending, like the beginning, was written in that annoying pseudo-sophisticated style found in many women's magazines.--Sophie Simonet, author of ACT OF LOVE, a novel of romantic suspense (Fictionwise)
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Summary: Great
Review: I thought this was one of the funniest books I have read in a long time. I can just picture every character and I now want to know what will become of everyone. Maybe a sequel? Very quick fun read!
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