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The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain
The further fortunes of everyone?s favorite assistant as she struggles to keep her footing on Hollywood?s slippery slope
In The Second Assistant, readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the wo...more
In The Second Assistant, readers fell in love with smart, witty East Coast girl Elizabeth Miller. Now that Lizzie has been promoted, can she still keep her pumps firmly on the ground in the city of stars? With a viperish subordinate after her job, the wo...more
Paperback, 280 pages
Published
April 24th 2007
by Plume
(first published 2006)
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Oh to be the lead character in this book: Vacuous, with a degree of personal luck verging on the ridiculous, adored by implausibly attractive and wealthy men, in a fantastic job - all of this despite being dull, slow-witted, and possessing no redeeming physical or emotional attributes. Life would be a breeze, huh?
I inflicted this book on myself: after my last reading experience, I said I wanted to read trash. Well, be careful what you wish for. I read the first book a few years ago and remember...more
I inflicted this book on myself: after my last reading experience, I said I wanted to read trash. Well, be careful what you wish for. I read the first book a few years ago and remember...more
I read the first book like a million years ago and totally forgot what had happened. And this book didn't really remind me as I forgot how it ended. Same old girl-y trash. Girl is still working at some agency despite having a hot producer boyfriend. For some reason (it's always "some reason") she thinks he is sleeping with his ex-girlfriend, but of course, doesn't let him explain himself before she convinces herself the are broken up. Ugh, something new PLEASE! Stuff happens that is lame and she...more
Dec 11, 2012
Rachel
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Chick lit fans looking for a light book
Shelves:
paperbackswap,
own-paper
I enjoyed this book just as much as the first one, The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder. They are both "fluff" books, so they are great when you need a light book. Apparently a lot of people compare these books to The Devil Wears Prada, but I personally enjoyed these books much more than I did The Devil Wears Prada. If you enjoy fluffy, light chick lit and stories of Hollywood, then give these books a shot. Just keep in mind that the titles are backward - the Seco...more
The First Assistant is the sequel to The Second Assistant. Although TSA was a cute summer read, it was not strong enough to support a continuation and thus this book suffered. When it comes to mindless fun reads, there is a certain level of predictability that is to be expected, and quite frankly, welcomed. It's one of the joys of reading them. You don't have to be fully committed and you never have to reread paragraphs because you happened to be only half paying attention to it in the first pla...more
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I would say this is a nice light read for a vacation. If you have an interest in Hollywood it is really great as well. It goes into the inner workings of producers and directors and all the other behind the scenes people. I mean not anyone real, the characters are all fictional, but the women who wrote this did have experience in the business, so I pretty much took their word for it. The actual story I thought was rather weak, but it had a wealth of other things to appreciate, other than the Hol...more
Lizzie is back. She is not Scott's second assistant any more. She is the first assistant now with more responsibility. She has hired herself a new Second Assistant, Amber. Lara her friend, and Scott's Former First Assistant, is married to Scott and they have a son. Plus, Lizzie is having trouble with her relationship is Luke. Lizzie realizes she has more to figure out in Hollywood. First, she can't trust Amber, then Scott trades Lizzie for a car so that she can go be a personal assistant to Emer...more
Combine one part Hollywood Car Wash, one part Devil Wears Prada, and 2 parts Hollywood blackmail mixed with the Oscars and you have yourself the First Assistant.
This book wasn't as good of a read as The Second Assistant, and that for me was disappointing because I really enjoyed the first book. For me it felt as though things just happened too easily for this naive character of Lizzie. Once again here is a character who sticks her head in the sand (instead of filing she burned papers so she cou...more
This book wasn't as good of a read as The Second Assistant, and that for me was disappointing because I really enjoyed the first book. For me it felt as though things just happened too easily for this naive character of Lizzie. Once again here is a character who sticks her head in the sand (instead of filing she burned papers so she cou...more
Aug 11, 2008
Brittany
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Fans of the Second Assistant
Recommended to Brittany by:
No one
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I let way too much time pass between reading "The Second Assistant" and "The First Assistant." I enjoyed reading about Lizzie Miller and her further travels in "Holly-weird" and it was just as funny and dazzling as the first book. Lizzie went through some crazy things in this book and I like how she emerged relatively unscathed and stronger for it. I don't think there's another book about her continuing journey in Hollywood, but it would be nice if there was!
I enjoyed the sequel to this Hollywood drama more than the first book, but I wonder if it's more because I listened to the book rather than the first one, I read. The narration was really well done...kind of similar to The Devil Wears Prada with the main character having that blase-don't-really-care-for-all-this entertainment drama tone of voice. It was nice that the story truly continued where the first book left off and came back full circle to end the stories of the interwintining lives of Li...more
I only chose to read this book as it was on the clearance rack at Barnes and Noble. It became my entertainment on my ski trip to Whistler. More entertaining than I anticipated. I love the main character and went back to B& N to buy The Second Assistant. Too bad I read the second first. Light, laughable fluff that adequately entertains.
Well, this book was far better than the first. I guess the duo writers got their writing class on. The heroin was much more realistic and we didn't break up the beginning of the book with many short stories in the first few chapters. All-in-all I recommend the series (because in my book, you can't read one without the other).
This was a wonderfully quick read with a very Hollywood Scripted writing style in mind. She uses more metaphors than a mid westerner and southerner combined which is fun but a little overwhelming after a bit. Still it's a frivolous romp and a good chick flick book. I laughed quite a few times.
The crazy journey that started in Second Assistant continues when Elizabeth rises the ranks to First Assistant and beyond. Shows how the relationships you make in Hollywood can snake around and come back to bite you in good and bad ways.
I loved this book and it's companion volume, The Second Assistant. If you love fun, cheeky, Hollywood-based chick-lit, pick these books up but be sure to read them in order :
#1. The Second Assistant
#2. The First Assistant
#1. The Second Assistant
#2. The First Assistant
Really good book to dive into and pretend you're a fashionista for an hour or two! Fab references to today's celebrities and recent events. Loved every page of it and didn't want it to end; would make a great film.
I read this book on a sunny afternoon relaxing on a chaise on the deck. A perfect chick book to enjoy on a lazy afternoon, a long flight, in the car waiting to pick up kids etc.
Jun 18, 2010
Jessi
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
audiobooks,
read-in-2010
A bit predictable, but pretty cute. I loved Lizzie, and her anti-hollywood self. Surrounded by a few hot hollywood men, I still wasn't sure who she'd end up with at the end, if any!
Listened to the audiobook on another long drive. Really funny book about the entertainment industry. Liked it so much I got the sequel for my next trip.
Chic-lit mind candy. Cute story about the cut throat life of Hollywood moving-making. Enjoyed more than The Second Assistant.
Loved this one as much as the first, great, unexpected twists. Hope there are more stories about this character to come.
I liked this book much more than the first. I was timid about it until about halfway through, and then I really got into the rhythm of it.
Fun, light-hearted story-- perfect for beach/vacation read. Being from LA it's hard to overlook the Hollywood stereotypes in the story, but overall it's a decent read.
It was actually quite entertaining. At least as good as the first. I enjoyed it. It was a quick read.
If you liked the Devil wears Prada, you'll love this book. I laughed out loud, it is a quick, fun read.
Very light read, perfect for summer by the beach. I used it to distract me on my flight home from MN.
Tres chic and tres cute! I loved it! It was interesting from start to finish and I couldn't put it down! It gives us a sneak peak into the lives of the people in hollywood!
I agree with others that it wasn't as good as the first one but it was still worth reading.
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