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272nd out of 510 books
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639 voters
Falling Out of Fashion
"The Devil Wears Prada" for the "Sassy" generation, this hilarious, candid, and eye-opening novel from Yampolsky--formerly the right-hand to Jane Pratt, founder and editor-in-chief of "Jane" magazine--reveals the bitchy, backstabbing truth about magazine publishing.
Hardcover, 275 pages
Published
May 1st 2007
by Kensington
(first published 2007)
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I picked up this book at a library book sale. It looked like "The Devil Wears Prada" from the perspective of the editor-in-chief, who is misunderstood. It also looked sufficiently dishy. There was a blurb about the author being the assistant to Jane Pratt of Sassy Magazine and Jane Magazine fame. Well, the author wasn't just Pratt's assistant. Judging from the novel, she appears to have been her entire life chronicler. The details of the novel were so accurate, so perfect, that it couldn't just...more
Nothing really interesting to say about this book.
It's basically an OK book. So-so much in pretty much every level. The premise was interesting. About a hippie girl with a big dream to have her own magazine. I tried not to compare it much to The Devil's Wear Prada. Simply because I couldn't do it.
The jokes were different. They were dry, and quite hard to understand, unless you're either a hippie or anything similar. I'm not saying that this book wasn't funny. It was. It's pretty entertaining, bu...more
It's basically an OK book. So-so much in pretty much every level. The premise was interesting. About a hippie girl with a big dream to have her own magazine. I tried not to compare it much to The Devil's Wear Prada. Simply because I couldn't do it.
The jokes were different. They were dry, and quite hard to understand, unless you're either a hippie or anything similar. I'm not saying that this book wasn't funny. It was. It's pretty entertaining, bu...more
The first chapter of this book grabbed my interest and made me think I was in for an intriguing insider's view of the magazine industry. I was a bit disappointed then when the second chapter began with a flashback to the main character's childhood. Even more disappointing was the author's choice to stay in that flashback to follow Jill, the main character, through prep school, college, and her early career. In fact, the book was two-thirds over before it got back to the events of the first chapt...more
I was a huge fan of “Jane” and “Sassy” magazines, which is the only reason why I picked up this book. It’s a verrrrrrry thinly veiled Jane Pratt autobio-masquerading-as-fiction. The writing was terrible, but it was super-fun reading all the gossip surrounding Jane’s life (I also thought it was funny that the Drew Barrymore “fictionalization” happened to be black—WTF? Also, the Michael Stipe character had curly or long or some other distinctive hair. Way to throw us off!). Most of the time Jane’s...more
What a dumb, dumb book. Jane Pratt created Jane and then couldn't say anything bad about Conde Nast after her settlement, so she had her old assistant write the most thinly veiled novel/biography EVER. Instead of the magazine Jane, it was Jill. Jill's famous friends are paraded throughout the book "Serena Sax" is Courtney Cox, "Rory Bellmore" is Drew Barrymore, and there are several others that are easily identifiable. The stupidest part of this though is that while sometimes Karen & Jill ch...more
This was an enjoyable read but for some reason, I expected something different or more or I don't know....I really liked how the author formatted the structure of the novel, however, beginning in the presetn and then taking the reader all the way back to the heroine's beginning, showing her life as a kid, growing up on a commune in Georgia. From there, the story grows as does its leading lady, Jill White until we are back tot he present moment where chaos is breaking out at her magazine, Jill, a...more
So, I got this book free for my kindle and thought I'd give it a try because it looked light and fun. It's a very fast read and to be honest I'm really not sure how to review it. It's less fiction and more a slightly fictionalized biography of Jane Pratt (Sassy and Jane magazines). I was a subscriber to both those magazines so it was fun to reminisce about my teen years with Sassy especially. The book is more of Yampolsky's way to set the record straight about how Jane magazine was torn apart by...more
Mar 04, 2010
Meghan Cooper
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
No one really
Recommended to Meghan by:
Just picked it up myself
Shelves:
little-black-dress-books,
read-in-2010
I have to admit I don't really get why this author wrote this book. It seemed kind of pointless to me. Firstly the book began in the present tense in which she was walking into her office and got called to talk to her boss. Then suddenly the book moved back to talk about her childhood and I thought it was the introduction. This introduction just went on and on and it turned out it wasn't really a specific story about how she gets over an obstacle or falls in love or something, it was a story abo...more
This "novel" started off sharp with the corporate intrigue, but got bogged down immediately telling the main character's backstory. Should have been much more succinct - you'd think someone who worked in the magazine industry would know about editing.... Just when I was about to abandon book, we were back to the industry and personal drama.
An interesting novelization of the Sassy/Jane years, I would have liked more about the significance of "Jill" magazine, rather than all the self-congratulati...more
An interesting novelization of the Sassy/Jane years, I would have liked more about the significance of "Jill" magazine, rather than all the self-congratulati...more
Chiklit yang agak beda, bukan murni soal bos yang kejam dan lika-liku dunia penerbitan
lebih pada kehidupan Jill - dari awal sampai sukses menjadi anak emas dunia penerbitan
majalah Jill semula bergaya 'indie' tapi begitu dibeli jaringan media raksasa, pelan-pelan (errr ga juga sih) dipaksa berubah jadi majalah yang berbeda
akhirnya Jill pun ditendang dari 'bayi'nya
selain tentang kerjaan Jill, juga ada cerita tentang kehidupan pribadi Jill
seperti usahanya yang susah payah menjalani terapi demi mend...more
This is in no way award-winning literature, but I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would (especially once I realized that it's a true story).
Falling Out of Fashion is the thinly veiled account of Sassy/Jane Magazine Founder Jane Pratt's rise to fame and fall from grace. Conveniently written by her assistant (since Jane herself is not legally allowed to tell her story), little effort is made to conceal the identities of those involved, including celebrities, Conde Nast employees, etc.
If...more
Falling Out of Fashion is the thinly veiled account of Sassy/Jane Magazine Founder Jane Pratt's rise to fame and fall from grace. Conveniently written by her assistant (since Jane herself is not legally allowed to tell her story), little effort is made to conceal the identities of those involved, including celebrities, Conde Nast employees, etc.
If...more
I really enjoyed this book. It makes me feel good when the characters are developed in such a way that you want to cheer them on and continue reading to see how they make it out of difficult situtations. This is definately one of those books! But remember, it is classic ChickLit...when my husband asked what I was reading through so quickly I told him it's about a girl that works at a magazine and he laughed. He thinks that all the books I read have that same character, but in this case, Jill is...more
Another one from the book stash. It should have stayed there.
This isn't so much as a novel as a case study in exposition, full of heavy handed prose and one dimensional characterization. It gets one star for its barely veiled celebrity gossip, and I'm being generous. By comparison, other roman-a-clef novels, such as The Devil Wears Prada, read like high literature. It's a pity, because Jane Pratt - whose life this novel sluggishly details - edited some of the most interesting, outrageous magazi...more
This isn't so much as a novel as a case study in exposition, full of heavy handed prose and one dimensional characterization. It gets one star for its barely veiled celebrity gossip, and I'm being generous. By comparison, other roman-a-clef novels, such as The Devil Wears Prada, read like high literature. It's a pity, because Jane Pratt - whose life this novel sluggishly details - edited some of the most interesting, outrageous magazi...more
Tadinya menarik banget ini buku. Tadinya.
Jill & Jill (Falling Out Fashion) Menceritakan tentang Jill, seorang jurnalis yang unik dan punya bakat brilian, menerbitkan majalah dengan genre yang berbeda. Majalah remaja - dewasa muda yang menampilkan semua apa adanya, berlawanan dengan majalah-majalah remaja yng umumnya menampilkan semuanya dengan polesan.
Tadinya...menarik.
Sampai, salah saya sendiri, saking tertariknya cari tau tentang buku ini, saya dapat fakta bahwa, this book is soo much alik...more
Jill & Jill (Falling Out Fashion) Menceritakan tentang Jill, seorang jurnalis yang unik dan punya bakat brilian, menerbitkan majalah dengan genre yang berbeda. Majalah remaja - dewasa muda yang menampilkan semua apa adanya, berlawanan dengan majalah-majalah remaja yng umumnya menampilkan semuanya dengan polesan.
Tadinya...menarik.
Sampai, salah saya sendiri, saking tertariknya cari tau tentang buku ini, saya dapat fakta bahwa, this book is soo much alik...more
This is "The Devil Wears Prada" for hipsters. The author was an assistant at Jane magazine for many years. The novel is written from the perspective of Jill White, a thinly disguised version of Jane Pratt. She's a alternative hippie girl who grew up in a commune, went on to Ivy league schools, and then edited a quirky magazine for teen girls in her early 20s. She's a media wunderkid featured in Time. She gets really famous and becomes friends with other famous people.
It's a fun read, but there d...more
It's a fun read, but there d...more
One of the blurbs on the back of this book says, "If you liked The Devil Wears Prada, you'll love this book!" I beg to differ.
I read The Devil Wears Prada expecting to hate it, because I don't generally enjoy people being mean to one another, and I'm not into fashion. Yet I enjoyed it. I read Falling Out Of Fashion expecting to enjoy it, because I admire Jane Pratt and thought Jane magazine was a great idea. Yet I couldn't wait to be done with it.
Falling Out Of Fashion is not about fashion, and...more
I read The Devil Wears Prada expecting to hate it, because I don't generally enjoy people being mean to one another, and I'm not into fashion. Yet I enjoyed it. I read Falling Out Of Fashion expecting to enjoy it, because I admire Jane Pratt and thought Jane magazine was a great idea. Yet I couldn't wait to be done with it.
Falling Out Of Fashion is not about fashion, and...more
Setipe dengan A Devil Wears Prada (yang filmnya lebih bagus dibanding novel--menurut saya). Kisah Jill mempertahanakan "Jill" majalah wanita yang pada awalnya didirikan Jill berbeda dari yang lain, tidak mainstream. Tapi sejak diakuisisi oleh raksasa penerbitan majalah Norstrom, lama-lama Jill kehilangan "warna".
Tadinya nggak terlalu berharap sama chicklit satu ini, tapi lumayan ternyata. Bisa jadi bacaan pelengkap kali yee buat yang kerja di majalah perempuan ;)
Tadinya nggak terlalu berharap sama chicklit satu ini, tapi lumayan ternyata. Bisa jadi bacaan pelengkap kali yee buat yang kerja di majalah perempuan ;)
Jill was a total geek as a young girl. She was not fashionable, not cool. She lucked out with some really good friends though, and when she finished college, she went into the journalism business. She eventually started her own magazine called Jill, telling adolescent girls what they really want/need to hear - strong female role models, no airbrushing, etc. New management takes over though and everything changes - for Jill and the magazine.
This was some sort of 'Ugly Betty' meets 'The Devil Wears Prada' kind of novel...the ugly duckling feels like she doesn't belong in the world then meets people who accept her and she eventually becomes part of the magazine world. Overall it wasn't horrible, but it all seemed kind of "done before a little better". The main character was flawed, and therefore realistic at times. The plot sometimes just didn't resonate and things fell a little flat and predictable.
I'm usually leery of books that reference other books in their blurbs (in this case "The Devil Wears Prada"), but this was actually an enjoyable read. Set in the publishing industry, it's the story of a woman who starts her own magazine and then experiences trouble when she sells to a bigger company. Set in New York (isn't all chick lit?), but without the incessant name-dropping usually inherent in such books. I often got the feeling some characters were based on real celebrities, which was som...more
really loved this book. Mostly because it kept reminding me of Sassy Magazine, which happened to be my favorite magazine growing up and then I found out that the writer was Jane's assistant, which figures why it felt like Jane's life. I found the book fresh and interesting and a great take on what happened in Jane's life (although this is "fiction", feels like it was pretty close to her life).
Ok, so I admit it, I would have probably given this only one or two stars had it not been based on Jane Pratt (founding editor of Sassy & Jane magazines). Having been a huge fan of of those magazines while Jane was the editor, I enjoyed reading the behind the scenes stories. Reading the book was almost as much fun as reading Wikipedia to figure out who the book was referring to (Micheal Stipe, Drew Barrymore, etc.)
Easy, fluffy read. It was interesting enough to keep my attention through a 5 hour flight. The story was more of a personal account than a work of fiction, as others have mentioned. There wasn't much point to the book than to document the fall of JILL and the effect on the life of it's creator. Nothing extraordinary, but good enough to keep me awake.
This book felt more like a bunch of vignettes, not a coherent novel, and the narrator annoyed me mightily. Far from being the strong woman she seemed to think she was, she let everyone push her around. Her treatment of an early boyfriend stunned me and I was disappointed with the resolution of that situation.
I didn't know about the whole "Jane Pratt thing" before looking here on GR, and I guess that's what got this book published. It had some funny moments but overall when I got to the end I tho...more
I didn't know about the whole "Jane Pratt thing" before looking here on GR, and I guess that's what got this book published. It had some funny moments but overall when I got to the end I tho...more
This book is a fictionalized account of Sassy and Jane magazine founder and editor Jane Pratt's life, in the same vein as The Devil Wears Prada. The main character is Jill White, the editor and founder of Cheeky (Sassy) magazine and Jill (Jane) magazine. The author was Jane's assistant for nine years and it is widely rumored that Jane Pratt was the ghostwriter for this book.
I grew up reading Sassy and also read Jane for a while before it got lame so it was really fun reading this book. All the c...more
I grew up reading Sassy and also read Jane for a while before it got lame so it was really fun reading this book. All the c...more
This book was more of a journal for the main character than a storyline specifically. It seemed like the ending should have been more of the beginning (or middle) and less should have been written about the back story. Interesting book with some fair insights though. I would be interested in reading more from this author.
This was not what I expected. I was expecting a light, chick lit, funny story. But it was very different. It had some humorous little parts in it but it was a more serious story. I really like it though. I liked Jill and felt bad as her whole life began to spin out of control and fall out from under her. Good story.
saya kira buku ini bakal berbeda dari kebanyakan chick lit lainnya yang berkisah tentang wanita mandiri mapan yang kemudian mengalami kejatuhan, karena konsep cerita (berdasarkan sinopsis) terlihat menarik. Tapi ternyata alur cerita sama saja pada akhirnya, seperti menonton filem2 komedi romantis Hollywood.
This was my "I need something light to read now that I've finished all the Outlander books" book.... it was definitely light. I wouldn't recommend it. I don't dislike chick-lit, quite the opposite in fact, but this was bad. I had to force myself to finish it simply becuase I can't stand not finishing a book.
I was still in the mood for fiction with Latina characters so I pulled this one off of my bookshelf where it has been sitting for almost a year. Dulce Maria (Mary) Guevara is a real estate agent on the rise in Miami. After divorcing her husband she has landed on her feet and is raising her son and closing big deals. She innocently answers the door to her home one day and finds DEA agents surrounding her. They ransack her home, arrest her, accuse her of being a high level drug trafficker. Even th...more
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