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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
★★★☆☆
NO SPOILERS
Review originally posted on Aoibh Reads
Imogen Tate is the Editor in Chief of Glossy Magazine, but when she returns after six months off due to Cancer, she doesn't recognise her magazine.
Eve Morton was Imogen's assistant a few years ago, but in Imogen's absence she has returned to Glossy after Harvard Business School, and is turning the magazine into an online platform; Glossy.com
The staff have all been swapped for younger tech-savvy models, and Eve is like a rocket with her ideas and innovation, as she attempts to intimidate Imogen to leave. But Eve hasn't got the personal skills or respect required for the fashion industry, and maybe she could actually learn a thing or two from Imogen. But only one can be in charge of Glossy, and they both know this.
Depending how seriously you take your books, will probably determine whether you love or hate this book. The concept and idea is very apt for modern society, and focuses on the control social media has over the latest generation. But, there were downfalls that ultimately made it a little weak.
Imogen Tate: She isn't totally realistic for the role she is meant to be playing. In her early 40's, she should know a little more about technology than what is portrayed - she doesn't know how to even print something. I find it a little hard to believe someone in any magazine company, especially an Editor in Chief, is that far behind. As far as her lack of social media grace and knowledge, that's a more substantial ignorance as that is a relatively recent development in the past 10 years. As far as her character goes, her weak and timid personality doesn't seem like the type of persona that would rocket to the top of the fashion industry. She could've easily stepped in the way of Eve as soon as she returned, using the authority she actually had to control her magazine rather than just passively letting Eve win... but of course then there would be no story so fair enough.
Eve Morton: She is brazen and arrogant and full with self importance. I quite liked reading about her antics. Totally enveloped in the technology and social media world, likes and comments validate her importance. Her ruthless and horrible attitude makes for a brilliant bitch and reader can hate and seethe at, as she attempts to get rid of Imogen grow more and more desperate and vile.
Writing: The writing in this is mediocre, it's no great literature piece and the story is portrayed fairly simply. There's a lot of fashion world take, name and brand dropping, which if you have no interest/knowledge in, you just skim past it all. But it adds to the authenticity of Imogen's role in the fashion world and adds a good depth to it all. There is good pacing and dispersion of twists and drama occuring, keeping the reader interested and reading until the end. There's also some good attempts at humour which can illicit the random chuckle here and there.
Overall:
I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a really light-hearted amusing read, and someone who loves a revenge plan and bitchery. Once you don't tear it apart for the flaws, there is a fun modern story to be enjoyed.
See more of my reviews here
NO SPOILERS
Review originally posted on Aoibh Reads
Imogen Tate is the Editor in Chief of Glossy Magazine, but when she returns after six months off due to Cancer, she doesn't recognise her magazine.
Eve Morton was Imogen's assistant a few years ago, but in Imogen's absence she has returned to Glossy after Harvard Business School, and is turning the magazine into an online platform; Glossy.com
The staff have all been swapped for younger tech-savvy models, and Eve is like a rocket with her ideas and innovation, as she attempts to intimidate Imogen to leave. But Eve hasn't got the personal skills or respect required for the fashion industry, and maybe she could actually learn a thing or two from Imogen. But only one can be in charge of Glossy, and they both know this.
Depending how seriously you take your books, will probably determine whether you love or hate this book. The concept and idea is very apt for modern society, and focuses on the control social media has over the latest generation. But, there were downfalls that ultimately made it a little weak.
Imogen Tate: She isn't totally realistic for the role she is meant to be playing. In her early 40's, she should know a little more about technology than what is portrayed - she doesn't know how to even print something. I find it a little hard to believe someone in any magazine company, especially an Editor in Chief, is that far behind. As far as her lack of social media grace and knowledge, that's a more substantial ignorance as that is a relatively recent development in the past 10 years. As far as her character goes, her weak and timid personality doesn't seem like the type of persona that would rocket to the top of the fashion industry. She could've easily stepped in the way of Eve as soon as she returned, using the authority she actually had to control her magazine rather than just passively letting Eve win... but of course then there would be no story so fair enough.
Eve Morton: She is brazen and arrogant and full with self importance. I quite liked reading about her antics. Totally enveloped in the technology and social media world, likes and comments validate her importance. Her ruthless and horrible attitude makes for a brilliant bitch and reader can hate and seethe at, as she attempts to get rid of Imogen grow more and more desperate and vile.
Writing: The writing in this is mediocre, it's no great literature piece and the story is portrayed fairly simply. There's a lot of fashion world take, name and brand dropping, which if you have no interest/knowledge in, you just skim past it all. But it adds to the authenticity of Imogen's role in the fashion world and adds a good depth to it all. There is good pacing and dispersion of twists and drama occuring, keeping the reader interested and reading until the end. There's also some good attempts at humour which can illicit the random chuckle here and there.
Overall:
I'd recommend this to anyone who wants a really light-hearted amusing read, and someone who loves a revenge plan and bitchery. Once you don't tear it apart for the flaws, there is a fun modern story to be enjoyed.
See more of my reviews here
Fun to read and to know that the villain would be getting her comeuppance somehow. When a mid-40s women's magazine editor returns from a long medical leave, she finds a former assistant has usurped her and that the magazine has become an app.
Things that bothered me about this (so I didn't think about them): Where is HR when all the workplace abuse is going on? And the main quandary, that there's NO WAY a successful woman in her 40s would be that ignorant of technology. Maybe if she'd been depicted as more of a Grace Coddington? But as it was, it wholly strained credulity.
Things that bothered me about this (so I didn't think about them): Where is HR when all the workplace abuse is going on? And the main quandary, that there's NO WAY a successful woman in her 40s would be that ignorant of technology. Maybe if she'd been depicted as more of a Grace Coddington? But as it was, it wholly strained credulity.
I expected this to be your typical chick lit. novel, but it was more than that. Highly entertaining and thoroughly readable, with a very likeable heroine. OK, it's not in the same league as some "classics", but it was far more enjoyable to read. I've given it 3 stars, which is praise indeed, as I'm notoriously stingy when it comes to ratings. Not as fluffy as you think.
Meh. The writing was fine, and funny at times, but I'm not a huge fan of books that pit women against women, especially in such petty ways.
Things I liked about this book:
The behind the scenes snippets of a successful and well known fashion magazine.
How the plot mixes technology in and shows that it has taken over people's lives, sometimes for good sometimes for bad.
How Imogen rises to the occasion without being a stereotypical psycho woman character.
Things I didn't like about this book:
Eve is just too crazy, I couldn't actually imagine that there was someone out there in the world like that.
Imogen, as a successful and confident woman who has run a fashion magazine empire, was too spineless which made her seem fake.
She really should have told Eve off more at the end.
Overall it was just a fun and simple read. I kept going just wanting to know how it would all get fixed and wrapped in a bow because you know that's how it's going to work out in books like this.
The behind the scenes snippets of a successful and well known fashion magazine.
How the plot mixes technology in and shows that it has taken over people's lives, sometimes for good sometimes for bad.
How Imogen rises to the occasion without being a stereotypical psycho woman character.
Things I didn't like about this book:
Eve is just too crazy, I couldn't actually imagine that there was someone out there in the world like that.
Imogen, as a successful and confident woman who has run a fashion magazine empire, was too spineless which made her seem fake.
She really should have told Eve off more at the end.
Overall it was just a fun and simple read. I kept going just wanting to know how it would all get fixed and wrapped in a bow because you know that's how it's going to work out in books like this.
No. Just no. It’s bad from the first paragraph and continues its clumsy path. There is no subtext, just bad text.
A very fast, light read that would feel most at place on a beach towel. The plot leaned too heavily on the character tropes to be truly surprising, though the depictions of certain editors as fictional characters - in particular, Aerin as Eva Chen - were so on point that it made the story enjoyable. While grossly exaggerated, the novel does touch on a particular movement that has been and continues to effect change in the way media companies make profit. After reading it, certain tactics employed by the fictional company in the book appear to be painfully present and ubiquitous with many real-life publications, which, if anything makes this novel a bit of a subtle eye-opener.
DNF. I read the first two chapters and the characters were so off base and cliché. There are better things to read out there, even if you’re just looking for fluff.
Fun modern retelling of "All About Eve" set in the fashion industry. It was cute!
Sometimes you just need a break from heavy reads like Evicted and The New Jim Crow but you also don’t want a trashy romance or overexciting thriller. This is that book. Easy. Painfully funny. Complete nonsense at times. It’s one of the better “bad books” I’ve read. I don’t watch reality TV for its journalism and I didn’t read this for its value as literature. Good expectations meant I wasn’t disappointed.