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erinmp's review against another edition
2.0
I'm on the fence about this one. In the beginning it was just as bad as most of the other reviewers stated. I gradually got sucked in, and it got better; but it wasn't anywhere near earth-shattering. It's chick-lit, and even though I enjoy the genre, you know from the start it isn't going to be great literature. That said, there are far better chick-lit novels out there and this one could easily be skipped.
jennifermreads's review against another edition
2.0
Definitely a good "beach read" but not as good as [b:The Devil Wears Prada|5139|The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)|Lauren Weisberger|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388179604l/5139._SY75_.jpg|38765]. The behind-the-scenes tidbits were interesting.
All-in-all: Fun read but okay to miss. I'd recommend time spent reading The Devil Wears Prada instead.
All-in-all: Fun read but okay to miss. I'd recommend time spent reading The Devil Wears Prada instead.
danieberg's review against another edition
There was no plot to this book. I had to suffer my way through it, picking up only in desperation of something to read while I was on vacation. Not worth cracking the cover.
nbrickman's review against another edition
3.0
It was likable but not earth shatteringly good. I really enjoyed the main character, Magnolia Gold. She was not too over the top but more interesting than a too down to earth character.
karak's review against another edition
2.0
Very meh. The kind of book you'd buy from the used book table and read on vacation, because you don't care if it gets lost or ruined. A book that you read on an airplane and then leave at the airport for someone else to find.
sunshineariel's review against another edition
4.0
This was a bright, fun read about a fashion magazine editor who gets demoted and then eventually fired, and the various things she had to put up with on the job, what she does to get even, and the loves in her life. It was pretty fun to read. Not a can't-put-it-down book, but I definitely wanted to get to the end to see how things panned out for the main character.
familywithbooks's review against another edition
3.0
If I could rate the book with 2.5 stars I would. It fell somewhere between "it was OK" and "liked it."
This book was written by the editor at McCall's magazine when the magazine was taken over by Rosie O'Donnell. She took that experience and penned this novel (which very closely mirrored those events funny enough). It has been compared to The Devil Wears Prada so I jumped into this story very excited only to come out the end very disappointed.
The first 100 pages were so boring. I could barely keep my interest and other books were calling out that were so much more exciting. I forced myself to push on, and as I got closer to the end I found myself wondering how things would play out, but frankly I could not empathize with Magnolia and could not care about what happened to her. I loved The Devil Wears Prada and this did not meet those standards. While the end was interesting, this was not.
If you want to know what happens in this story, just Wikipedia Rosie O'Donnell and read what happened to her magazine. Then change Rosie into a younger more sexualized girl and POOF - there is your story. I saved you tons of time!
This book was written by the editor at McCall's magazine when the magazine was taken over by Rosie O'Donnell. She took that experience and penned this novel (which very closely mirrored those events funny enough). It has been compared to The Devil Wears Prada so I jumped into this story very excited only to come out the end very disappointed.
The first 100 pages were so boring. I could barely keep my interest and other books were calling out that were so much more exciting. I forced myself to push on, and as I got closer to the end I found myself wondering how things would play out, but frankly I could not empathize with Magnolia and could not care about what happened to her. I loved The Devil Wears Prada and this did not meet those standards. While the end was interesting, this was not.
If you want to know what happens in this story, just Wikipedia Rosie O'Donnell and read what happened to her magazine. Then change Rosie into a younger more sexualized girl and POOF - there is your story. I saved you tons of time!
cpiresch's review against another edition
3.0
A Sunday rom-com in book form. No big wow factor but entertaining nonetheless. Predictable but friendly.
bookcrazyblogger's review against another edition
3.0
Imagine The Devil Wears Prada but the editor is actually nice and you’ll get this fun little book about a woman whose career is secondary to her love life. The best part to me, is that her career ends up STAYING the focus of the book.
bookandcat's review against another edition
1.0
This book is not the new Devil Wears Prada or the new anti-Devil wears Prada because it is not worthy of such titles. While entertaining in parts, most of Little Pink Slips feels tired. It has either been written before or the author seemed to tire of writing. There are gaps in plot and character development, sort of like a cut-to-black transition in a movie, except that a movie does a better job of explaining things. It really feels like the author wrote herself into a corner and chose to ignore the situation by pretending it didn't exist (ie: oops, person A fell in love with person B and now I want A to date C! let's have A and B suddenly break up a successful relationship without warning. oh, and B is left hanging now? let's invent someone new to appease the situation). Logical progression is missing, and many of the characters contradict themselves or are not sympathetic when they are intended to be so. Ironically, I would have enjoyed this book about an editor if it had better editing.