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The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada #1)

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A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani...more

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Published April 13th 2004 by Broadway Books (first published 2003)

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Jan 28, 2008 Samantha rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

God have mercy, I finally finished this horrific book! Honestly, it wasn't so bad, just tedious and repetitive. I picked it because (a) the movie was coming out and (b) I recognized the title as a popular book, albeit a couple years ago. The premise to the book is that a young woman takes a Junior Assistant position at a high-fashion magazine and the She-Devil who runs the show. The movie had the same premise, but that's practically where the similarities end.

Andrea Sachs takes the job, even t

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Sep 21, 2007 Jennifer rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: No one

Shelves: chicklit, nytimes

This is one of the only books I have ever read in my entire life where the film actually improved my perception. It took me about three years to read this, and the only reason I ever finished it was because everyone else seemed to think it was so great, I thought I must be missing something.

I am generally bothered by books and films wherein the main character is offered an incredible opportunity, but because they are worried they are sacrificing themselves, they toss it out the window. (I am wi...more

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May 27, 2008 Libbie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who are easily amused and don't care about good writing.

Recommended to Libbie by: My mom. Big surprise.

Shelves: fiction

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Meh.

I actually listened to the audiobook version of The Devil Wears Prada on a recent road trip. I hope that counts as "reading" it.

Maybe "gossip fiction" (as the back of the CD case repeatedly called this book) just isn't my thing. I know that chick lit isn't my thing, but I was desperate for something other than static hiss or Christian preaching as I drove through the Oregon Cascades. Wherever the hangup occurred, I couldn't like The Devil Wears Prada in spite of my attempts to enjoy it.

The...more Meh.

I actually listened to the audiobook version of The Devil Wears Prada on a recent road trip. I hope that counts as "reading" it.

Maybe "gossip fiction" (as the back of the CD case repeatedly called this book) just isn't my thing. I know that chick lit isn't my thing, but I was desperate for something other than static hiss or Christian preaching as I drove through the Oregon Cascades. Wherever the hangup occurred, I couldn't like The Devil Wears Prada in spite of my attempts to enjoy it.

The plot moved along rapidly enough, I suppose, although what little conflict was there was barely enough to be called a plot. Let's see: Andy feels ambitious; Andy is abused by her boss; Andy doesn't like it; Andy's friend and boyfriend start to resent her ambition; Andy tells her boss to fuck off. The end. I'm sorry; I missed the conflict here. Where is it, exactly? I suppose it was stuck somewhere in with the whole "deciding whether she should quit her job or not" thing, but that was going on throughout the whole interminable narrative and never really changed in terms of intensity. An unvarying conflict with two-dimensional characters all over the place is just not my idea of a good time.

I will say that the voice used was fairly well done. It felt like it was coming from the mouth of a 23-year-old, if a fairly ineloquent one. I found it somewhat hard to believe that Andy graduated from Brown with a degree in English and that she had aspirations to edit the New Yorker. She seemed fairly limited in her modes of expression. Still, she did seem young and "hip," and that worked well enough with the gossipy tone of the book.

The heavy-handed name-dropping was obnoxious - I can't really see Annie Liebovitz giving two shits what Cruella DeVille thinks of her; not enough to send her ridiculously expensive Christmas gifts, anyway - and some of the cultural references will date this book in a most severely crippling way in about six years. Plus, I get that Miranda Priestly is fabulously wealthy, but how many fashion magazine editors REALLY have THAT much money? I just found it to be a tad on the unrealistic side. Maybe I know too many editors to believe that they can own private jets and can fly to Paris on a whim for the express purpose of acting like a bitch. It didn't ring true, but maybe Miranda was a trust fund kid and invested wisely.

Other aspects of the book were hard to swallow but I was willing to suspend my disbelief in order to get through the experience. I find it exceptionally difficult to believe that a magazine editor who makes huge sums of money from her wildly successful rag would care AT ALL about whether her assistant was wearing Prada or Banana Republic, even IF she is absolutely obsessed with fashion. A woman who's turned a fashion magazine into the kind of success that allows her to demand that two copies of the new Harry Potter book be jetted to her hotel room in Paris the day before the book is released is going to be far more concerned with efficiency and performance from her employees than the label on their clothing. Again, maybe I just know too many business people to swallow the milieu Lauren Weisberger has conjured up out of her fashion-addled imagination. Said fashion editor keeping a staff and a huge closet full of spare high-end clothing specifically to make sure her staff looks right just didn't fly with me.

The characters in this book were flatter than a tortilla. Nobody changed at all throughout the course of the novel. Even Lily's drinking didn't appear to increase, even though Alex said her drinking was increasing. O RLY? Because from the first time we "meet" Lily she has a glass of the alky in hand and never puts it down once. Speaking of which, I suppose we as readers are supposed to sympathize with poor Lily, driven to alcoholism by the neglect of her eight-grade BFF, but instead I found myself laughing at the character. Lady, if you can't get over the fact that your bestest pal from EIGHTH GRADE is trying to build a successful career for herself and has more ambitions in life than sleeping with as many creepy men as she can lay her hands on, then you have bigger problems than alcoholism. The DWI-induced coma Lily lands in is the drippy, maudlin icing on the two-dimensional character cake. Boo.

Far more interesting than the day-to-day minutiae of Andy's job and struggles to receive her lunch breaks (hey, Andy - ever heard of OSHA?) is the obvious memory problems of her boss, "devil" Miranda Priestly. I thought there was a much more intriguing story buried among the lifeless characters and the pop-culture references. Why couldn't Miranda remember a damn thing, and how did a woman with an obvious case of early-onset Alzheimer's disease manage to be so successful at editing a major magazine? I kept expecting some explanation of Miranda's severe memory issues, but none ever came. I guess she was borderline demented because she's a bitch, not because she had some serious problem that would have added whole layers of interest to this book. Nope. She was just a bitch. That's all, folks.

This would be a one-star review but for the fact that there is one deft bit of writing in the entire novel. It struck me after I finished the last audio CD and gratefully managed to tune my crappy iPod radio-sync player into some band of static I could use for greater entertainment that Miranda Priestly is never described as wearing Prada. At least, not as far as I could recall. Andy, however, admits that she feels good about herself when she leaves her apartment decked out in Prada from head to heel. Thus implying, of course, that the titular "devil" is Andy and not Miranda Priestly at all. Alas for Weisberger, Andy never comes across as a true devil; just a young woman trying desperately to do what it takes to establish a good career in the publishing world.

All in all, I would not recommend this book to anybody. It may be that the film was more entertaining. I might watch it some day, but it will be a while before I can scrub the spectacle of the novel from my fevered brain.(less)

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Oct 29, 2007 Michelle rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A woman came up to me while I was reading this book and said, "Oh, how is that book? I've been meaning to read it." I answered, "Um, well, it's kind of fun." She raised her eyebrows at me. "I see." I added, "I wouldn't pay full price for it. I got it on sale for, like, a dollar." She nodded as she began to walk away, "Okay, I know what you're saying."

I can explain more if you still feel like reading this book. Honestly, I won't stop you from reading The Devil Wears Prada, I just don't suggest yo...more A woman came up to me while I was reading this book and said, "Oh, how is that book? I've been meaning to read it." I answered, "Um, well, it's kind of fun." She raised her eyebrows at me. "I see." I added, "I wouldn't pay full price for it. I got it on sale for, like, a dollar." She nodded as she began to walk away, "Okay, I know what you're saying."

I can explain more if you still feel like reading this book. Honestly, I won't stop you from reading The Devil Wears Prada, I just don't suggest you push off absolutely everything else in order to do it. There are many, many more worthy books.

The main character, Andrea/Andy, is just really not likeable. I wish she was. I kept trying to see her point of view. But she really bothered me. She had a great opportunity to get into the publishing business, fashion business, or whatever else. She just had to hold out for a year. Fine, she's getting four or five hours of sleep a night. I really don't care. Fine, her boss is ridiculous. But Andrea defiantly sighs at her to show her how she feels, which really, just makes her a big baby. I didn't like a lot of the people I worked for, but if you're a hardworker, you're not going to huff and puff to prove your point that all of this is beneath you. You're going to suck it up and do it. Andrea acts like the super expensive, fashionable clothes that everybody wears are ridiculous, and yes, she sells what she has at the end, but she also puts down Franco Sarto shoes and Ann Taylor (or was it Express?), which made Andy pretty hard to relate to since most people reading the book are probably wearing those things. She doesn't treat her best friend well the entire time, which okay, sometimes these things get left behind when you're busy, but come on, she was an alcoholic. Pull it together, Andy, and be a friend. And when she tells off Miranda at the end, God, I really think the author was going for that whole, Yeah, sock it to her, Andy! thing, but that's really not how I felt. I wanted to tell Andy to grow up. Wouldn't a decent person and adult have said, "Look, Miranda, my friend has been in an accident. I'm sorry if you want me to stay, but I have to go." Which, okay, that's not the best ending either, but really, don't bring up the whole friend in an accident thing, and then have Andy blow up and quit because she couldn't get Miranda's two kids some passports. (Yes, I understand that in the back of her head Andy was probably upset about her friend, but that really didn't come out at all.) There's a lot more to complain about, but really, do I have to say anything else?

Weak.(less)

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Feb 13, 2008 Katie rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: people working their way up to fine literature from STAR magazine

I picked this up because it was in the guest room at my aunt's beach house and it seemed like good "summer is here, I just finished finals, don't make me think" reading. I think I read it in about 3 hours, and I couldn't remember a single thing that happened to the main character once I was done.

In fact, if they hadn't come out with the movie (which I'm a big fan of, by the way), the book would have probably disappeared from my radar forever.

Nothing really happened in the book, which I objected...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Raechella rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chic-lit, contemporary, reviewed

While my cousin and I were rummaging through the stacks of books in BookSale, she found this and coaxed me into buying it. It was one of those overrated books out there, so I thought it would be good, plus my cousin likes it, hence, I added it with my purchases.

Andrea Sachs or “Andy” was a girl fresh out of college from Brown. She landed a job in a successful fashion magazine, Runway, as a junior-assistant for Miranda Priestly, the Editor-in-chief of the said magazine. Instead, her heaven sent j...more While my cousin and I were rummaging through the stacks of books in BookSale, she found this and coaxed me into buying it. It was one of those overrated books out there, so I thought it would be good, plus my cousin likes it, hence, I added it with my purchases.

Andrea Sachs or “Andy” was a girl fresh out of college from Brown. She landed a job in a successful fashion magazine, Runway, as a junior-assistant for Miranda Priestly, the Editor-in-chief of the said magazine. Instead, her heaven sent job that “a million girls would die for” turned out to be a living nightmare. Miranda was a bitch extraordinaire, and just outrageously crazy. Andy endured all the ridiculous tasks such as sending Miranda’s clothes to the dry cleaner, coffee runs, getting the latest out-of-stores-yet Harry Potter books, and other downright ludicrous errands—in hoping that a year as Miranda’s assistant will open the doors to her dream of becoming a writer in The New Yorker.

Seriously, this book almost killed me. It took me a very long time to finish it and while I am reading, my brain is seemingly out of its place; I cannot focus and I just want to put it down and attend to other things. I do not care about the brands that yell Prada! Louis Vuitton! Versace! Armani! Just hearing those gets me broke. I just graduated from a teen/fashion magazine known here in our country, Candy magazine, and they feature more affordable local brands, local and international celebrities, plus highlights inspirational encouragements for teens. I’d rather read something that has valuable content in it than something that has ridiculously overpriced clothes worn by super skinny models.

I didn’t like the protagonist at all and I keep restraining myself from strangling the she-devil though she’s just made out of thoughts, paper, and ink. I didn’t like the plot too. It was very repetitive and the conflict didn’t happen until you’ve ran out of pages to read. Because of that, I am deducting one star from my original rating.
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Jul 23, 2007 Jack rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Not bad, I suppose—especially interesting when compared to the film adaptation, which I'd seen first.

The movie was no great shakes, really, although the cast did a solid job with what they'd been given. Still, I sought out the book because I felt that, as with most film adaptations, a lot of depth had probably been jettisoned, and rightly so, in the translation to the screen. After all, a novel can tackle a lot more than two hours of screen time can.

Imagine my surprise to find that the movie had...more

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Jan 20, 2008 Jamie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Where to start with this one! Seldom have I ever read a book that actually made my blood boil with rage, but this did it! I can, unfortunately, relate to the utter misery that Andy faces while at Runway, while my own clearly does not amount to her cataclysmic year of agony.

Having seen the movie well over 20 times, I found the book to be very little like the movie in most regards. The book is far more depressing, but far more real, and thus far more enjoyable. If you've never read this book, do s...more

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Sep 09, 2007 Audra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Any girl looking to laugh!

Main character: Andrea Sachs – in her early 20’s; wants to be a writer for the New Yorker, and lands a job as a junior assistant to this bitch magazine editor, Miranda Priestly. She puts up with all her crap, thinking that perhaps Miranda might give her a good recommendation to the New Yorker after she has paid her dues. I think I like the character of Andrea’s best friend Lily the best – she’s such a free spirit (although that characteristic gets her in trouble). Andrea almost gives up the most...more

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Aug 12, 2007 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i was reading this book at the same time i was working in a very similar environment as andy, the main character. i laughed and cried with her because i could relate to her character so much. miranda liked her perrier placed everyday on a certain side of her desk. my old boss, mehmet, liked his evian room temperature from the bakery across the street. miranda would dump her coat and bags on andy every morning. mehmet would hold out his arms for me to put his YSL coat on and bow his head down for...more

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Aug 17, 2007 Belinda rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: NO ONE

Shelves: stinkers, contempopop, marshmallowfluff

The only reason I waste words on this piece of trash is that it holds the distinction of being THE WORST BOOK I EVER READ. The title was held previously (for a good 15 years previously) by "The Bridges of Madison County," and it took some DOING to surpass that awfulness.

I could write for three days about how much I hated this book. I still can't believe I finished it, and the only explanation I have is that it was kind of like not being able to look away from a trainwreck. Actually, "trainwreck"...more

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Feb 22, 2013 Rica rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's funny how you forget about a book. I read this when it first came out 10 years ago and thought it was a fast, fluffy read, but nothing else really stuck w/ me. Then, I saw the movie and thought "I know it's been a while, but I really don't remember all this happening" - so, when I saw the book on the charity table, I figured it's only a quid, why not.

Criminey, the things you forget - like what a whiney and generally unlikeable person the main character is. She bitches, she moans and she ess...more

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Jan 26, 2008 Cassandra Babino rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I kept thinking *THIS WILL BE A GREAT MOVIE* but never a good book. I was really disappointed and on a side note ... when I DID watch the movie I was so disappointed because all I could think was * This would be a GREAT book.

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Feb 07, 2011 Victoria Evangelina Belyavskaya rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: nobody. better watch "The Devil Wears Prada" movie!

Shelves: fiction, in-english

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I do not know why I was so stubborn, or, better to say, hopeful and precise (after all I was grown up with the firm believe that "one ought to finish what one started!") and kept on waiting that the book will get better... in the next chapter... perhaps?

It did not.

Perhaps, I felt too weak to put it down because I had a very bad cold... and it was easier to keep on reading than to stand up and get a new book...

I found the movie enjoyable, though. It brought me the shopping urge.... which is st...more

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Dec 17, 2012 Rhea Claire Viloria rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chic-lit, contemporary

Dear Miranda Priestly,

I only want simple and inexpensive gifts this Christmas. I want a Bobby Brown make-up set from Bobby Brown herself (though I don’t use make-ups), a one-of-a-kind leather Kate Spade handbag from Kate and Andy Spade, a multistrand beaded verdura bracelet from Aerin Lauder, a diamond encrusted watch from Donatella Versace, a matching beaded tanktop and evening bag from Mark Badgely and James Mischka , a zebra-paint jacket from Alberto Ferreti (I don’t do animal prints but if i...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Lau rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: quienes hayan tenido jefes tiranos

Reseña de Fantasía Mágica

Llegué al libro por haber visto la película (sino no se hasta qué punto me hubiese interesado por él), y aunque esperaba que se parecieran, terminaron siendo dos historias muy diferentes. Se mantiene la idea básica de la jefa déspota, pero nada más.

El argumento es bastante sencillo, ya que gira en torno al trabajo de la protagonista y las relaciones y emociones pasan a un segundo o tercer plano (además de que aunque quisiera seguir con su vida, no tendría tiempo de hacer...more

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Jan 16, 2011 Christa rated it 4 of 5 stars

It was a very beautiful book, a far cry from the plot of the movie version. It was chic, fashionable and gave a very good insight on how people in New York, or in the fashion industry might be living. Aside from that, the book was great because it gave very detailed details on even the small things, such as clothes or venues or events that took place in the story.

Just fantastic!

I think that the only problem with the book is that due to the meticulous detail given to explaining everything, some p...more

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Feb 11, 2008 Ana T. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bookrings, contemporary

I finished The Devil Wear Prada last night. I had some trouble getting into the book, those first descriptions of Andrea's adventures before joining the magazine were really not that interesting to me. After she enters the magazine world I became more interested in her relationship with everyone else. Meaning I'm not that into fashion so some people might actually appreciate the fashion angle in this book more than me.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million...more I finished The Devil Wear Prada last night. I had some trouble getting into the book, those first descriptions of Andrea's adventures before joining the magazine were really not that interesting to me. After she enters the magazine world I became more interested in her relationship with everyone else. Meaning I'm not that into fashion so some people might actually appreciate the fashion angle in this book more than me.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million girls would die for." Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.

After Andrea starts working at the magazine she has to deal with her boss's impossible requests, rude manners and every hour calls. She feels compelled to try to answer every request because everyone tells her that after one year of putting up with Miranda Priestly she will be able to choose the job she wants.

As the action progresses Andrea is more and more into the Runway spirit, where everybody wears designers clothes, is sickly thin and lives in fear of the boss. Her relationship with Priestly's Senior Assistant Emily shows exactly that - either Emily is defending her boss and her rudeness or, when she is also a target, she is bad mouthing her in secret.

Although she becomes more of a Runway girl Andrea keeps herself focused on the real job she wants - to write for The New Yorker, and can't resist sometimes feeling superior to everyone else who works for the magazine. With that goal in mind she keeps accepting Miranda's demands thus hurting her relationship with family and friends. The climax come during a trip to Paris where Andrea is preparing to help Miranda organise a party even though her best friend is cometose in the hospital. Miranda makes one more impossible demand - to removate her daughter's passports in 3 hours - and Andrea finally tells her F*** ***.

That's the end of the job and she comes home to be with friends and family even if her relationship with her boyfriend is already damaged.

I thought this was a fun book to read after I made through those first pages because Miranda's rudeness and everyone else's reaction too it are actually really fun and make for some LOL moments.
However once you close the book there's really nothing that stands out. As an example of chick lit I think it lacks some growth of the main character, in the end Andrea only learned to dress herself better and maybe to pay better attention to her family. But she already had her own set of values and principles at the beginning of the book.
A C+.(less)

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Feb 07, 2008 K Z rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2008, owned

Lauren Weisberger
The Devil Wears Prada
2006, Anchor
432 pages
Book bought in: Moab, Utah – USA

In this review, the book has not been compared to the movie; I wanted to review the book in itself.

As a horribly unfashionable person myself (at least, that’s what I believe, as Prada does nothing for me and I can’t for the life of me walk in heels, oh, and I like my hips), picking up The Devil Wears Prada with all of its fashion stereotypes meant indulging in a guilty pleasure.

Andy, a freshly graduated...more

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Feb 15, 2008 Khaya rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chicklit

So I finally saw this movie, and I thought I'd share the experience with my goodreads friends, who I'm sure are dying to hear from me!

Basically, I will add my opinion to that of countless other goodreads reviewers -- this story worked much better as a movie than as a book. When I read the book, it felt like "The Nanny Diaries" but with a more superficial premise/setting. The movie, however, conveyed some things that the book either couldn't, or didn't, get across (at least, from my hazy memory o...more So I finally saw this movie, and I thought I'd share the experience with my goodreads friends, who I'm sure are dying to hear from me!

Basically, I will add my opinion to that of countless other goodreads reviewers -- this story worked much better as a movie than as a book. When I read the book, it felt like "The Nanny Diaries" but with a more superficial premise/setting. The movie, however, conveyed some things that the book either couldn't, or didn't, get across (at least, from my hazy memory of the book):

1. Meryl Streep. was. fantastic. in this role. The role of Miranda/the devil was one which easily lent itself to major overacting, a la Bais Yaacov-girl-plays-Nazi-in-camp-play. Meryl Streep truly did the role justice in all her evil chilliness, without making you want to snort and roll your eyes.

2. I thought they did something cute with the devil symbolism which I don't remember from the book (although it may have been there). There was one interaction between Miranda and Andrea (note, just ONE -- they did not overdo this, for which I give them credit) where Miranda points out to Andi that she had become cutthroat as a result of working for her, in choosing to stiff her colleague. It was clearly reminiscent of all that Faustian literature, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," etc. Like I said -- had they kept emphasizing this aspect of the story, it would have been way overdone, but the fact that it happened just once made it subtle and powerfully symbolic. Speaking of overdoing things, I don't want to overdo this and suggest that it was more than a chick flick, but things like this made it better than the average chick flick, in my opinion.

3. I suppose this was conveyed in the book as well, but I don't remember relating to it as personally -- maybe that 's just the difference between reading about something and watching it onscreen, or maybe this really was done better in the movie. I really empathized with that experience of starting a new job, feeling overwhelmed and incompetent, getting yelled at, feeling depressed, and eventually getting good at what you do. It just felt so real for me in the movie -- I so know what that process is like, and I could really feel all aspects of it as I watched the movie.

Overall, if you're looking for a fun movie that's enjoyable and not too deep or demanding, yet not ridiculously dumb, I recommend this.(less)

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Apr 26, 2007 Rosey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am giving this book a 3. I enjoyed this book, yes, but it was not to the point where I went "wow." I've read so many better books than this. However, don't get me wrong. I DID enjoy this book. It reminded me of Ugly Betty in a way. It's funny and pretty quick-paced. It would make a great summer beach reading, ya know? Also, the title - The Devil Wears Prada. Hm? I've kept that in mind while reading the book, and could not find any connection. Any idea? The devil's obviously the boss, but why P...more

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Apr 03, 2007 Erin rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I usually enjoy these trendy books about editors and fashion and love, specifically Jane Green books, but this one was not the pick of the litter. Apparently we are supposed to be impressed that this girl works for someone who values a pair of shoes more than the people she works around, and we are supposed to feel sorry for the main character because she is so stressed she loses weight and has to wear Gucci. After this book I actually put it down and said "That's it??". I would have liked to se...more

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Sep 04, 2007 Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I enjoyed this book far more than I thought I would. I've made it a point to read these chick-lit NYC books (The Nanny Diaries, The Ivy Chronicles) and this one, although by no means good literature, pulled me in because of the relationship between the two main characters. I once worked for a woman who, although by no means rich or famous, had the same approach toward her employees as Miranda, and I found myself reliving some of my more horrible moments with my ex-employer. Although the book is...more

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Sep 05, 2007 Casey rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: your-book-sucked, the-not-so-serious-lit

This book was terrible, and I'm someone who enjoys chick lit. The Devil Wears Prada is a roman-a-clef by Lauren Weisberger, a mediocre writer who takes herself too seriously. The plot is just a series of bad decisions made by the novel's unlikeable protagonist Andy Sachs, who thinks the best way to become a writer for the New Yorker is by becoming an assistant at a Vogue style magazine for a year. Andy spends most of the novel whining about her mundane entry-level job and stealing designer cloth...more

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Mar 15, 2013 Ginny rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: letture-da-spiaggia, romanzi, america

Lettura disimpegnata e nel complesso gradevole, ma piuttosto superficiale e scontata.
Peccato, perché lo spunto sarebbe stato buono: un ritratto ironico e graffiante del mondo della moda, tanto idolatrato e vagheggiato oggigiorno, e il conflitto che inevitabilmente viene a crearsi nella vita privata delle persone sottoposte a ritmi di lavoro tanto frenetici.
Manca tuttavia il guizzo dell’originalità e dello humour, quel pizzico di sorpresa che impedirebbe alla trama di risultare tanto ripetitiva...more

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Oct 29, 2007 Chloe rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book long before the movie came out, and I had mixed feelings about it. There was a lot of detail about the fashion world which I enjoyed reading about (it's always fun to read about something that you don't have experience in!) but Miranda was not an enjoyable villain for me to read about. I think that Weisberger had a great opportunity to make Miranda Priestly a great villain/antagonist but she did not come through. I found myself not caring about what happened to her in the end. T...more

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Dec 02, 2007 Christina Grant rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: very few

I did not really enjoy this book at all- everything this book should have been was the movie. Cut out the other 70% of the book all together.

I was considering giving up and putting the book down a few times during this read- but I figured "it's gotta get bback on track sometime"

This was never ending- there was just so much bitching, and complaining and horror stories about this boss that it was almost painful to read after a while. She's the devil- in prada- we get it!

The only satisfying thing i...more

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Aug 01, 2010 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The movie was better. I know that I don't live in that life, and I don't doubt that there are people that shallow, but ugh, it was painful to read. I kept reading it because I wanted to see how they wrapped it up since it was COMPLETELY different from the movie. I liked Meryl Streep's portrayal of Miranda much more than the book version. Miranda in the book wasn't just a strong woman like Meryl played it, she was a tantrum-throwing two year old with a platinum card and a Mercedes. It was so-so a...more

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Nov 13, 2007 Gwen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: fiction, chick-lit

I should know better than to base my desire to read a book on a movie. In this case I thought that I would enjoy reading about Andi and her break through year after college and getting into publishing. I hated everyone in this story. Not in the way I disliked the characters in Vanity Fair, but in the way that I hate the rude people on the highway. You come in contact with them for about 10 seconds and then their influence is gone from your life. That is what this book is like. It has no message...more

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Sep 06, 2011 La Stamberga dei Lettori added it · review of another edition

Shelves: polyfilo

A proposito di chick-lit, definizione questa leggermente sessista, non può mancare una piccola menzione di uno dei libri più conosciuti del genere: il diario che una stagista tiene del suo anno come assistente personale della direttrice di Vogue America, zarina della moda mondiale, Anna Wintour.
Il glitteroso romanzo racconta la vita di Andrea sachs, questo il nome della vittima delle angherie di Miranda Priestly (dietro la quale si cela il ritratto spietato della Wintour), come schiava della di...more

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Lauren Weisberger was born March 28, 1977, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a locale recently made even more chic, if possible, by The Office. She was joined four years later by sister Dana, a.k.a. The Family Favorite, and moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, at age eleven. At Parkland High School, Lauren participated in all sorts of projects, activities, and organizations for the sole purpose of padding h...more Lauren Weisberger was born March 28, 1977, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a locale recently made even more chic, if possible, by The Office. She was joined four years later by sister Dana, a.k.a. The Family Favorite, and moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, at age eleven. At Parkland High School, Lauren participated in all sorts of projects, activities, and organizations for the sole purpose of padding her college application, although she did genuinely enjoy playing varsity tennis (especially when the girl who should have played first singles incurred a season-ending injury and Lauren had no choice but to step in for the team).

Once matriculated at Cornell University, all civic-minded extracurriculars fell by the wayside. There, she focused her energy on securing a steady stream of fake IDs and dating boys from the right fraternities. After graduating in 1999 with a BA in English, Lauren moved home for the summer to save money and then traveled all over Europe, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Thailand, India, Nepal, and Hong Kong. She carried a single small backpack and stayed in questionable places, further enriching her authentic cultural experiences by eating only Nutella and drinking Coca-Cola Light.

Lauren's first job after returning to the U.S. and moving to Manhattan was the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour. Lauren became proficient in the language of stilettos and Starbucks before moving to Departures magazine, where she wrote 100-word reviews by day and took writing classes at night. The Devil Wears Prada, begun at the Writer's Voice, was published in April 2003, and spent six months on The New York Times Bestseller List. It was sold in thirty-one foreign countries and made into a major motion picture by Fox 2000 starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Lauren has a half-second cameo in the film that even she is hard-pressed to locate after several viewings. Her second novel, Everyone Worth Knowing, was published in October 2005 and is also a New York Times Bestseller.
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“Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.” — 100 people liked it

“…This… ’stuff’? I see, you think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select out, oh I don’t know, that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise, it’s not lapis, it’s actually cerulean. You’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves St Laurent, wasn’t it, who showed cerulean military jackets? …And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and so it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact, you’re wearing the sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room. From a pile of stuff.” — 75 people liked it

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