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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
It was fine. I felt the character read a lot older than she was written. I'm 40, she is suppose to be 42, but I felt she read more like 72. I mean, who is in their 40s and here in 2015 (which is when the book takes place) and doesn't know how to use the Internet. How would this woman, who is suppose to be EIC of a top fashion magazine have been in her position only a year earlier, before the dreaded "C word," and not have been live Tweeting at any of the Fashion Weeks? It was a quick read that would be fine for the beach or similar, but I wound't rate it any higher as it had too much that you could see coming ahead of time.
DNF. I didn’t pick this up expecting to see beautiful writing, but the plot itself was so bad I just couldn’t get through. The basic premise made no sense - the protagonist is 40 and only phones instead of emails? Is unfamiliar with notifications on a computer screen? Doesn’t know at all about digital advertising? My mom is 60 and knows about all these things. The book would’ve maybe made sense if the editor in chief was 80. Not 40. It just strains credulity.
Every character’s move felt completely predictable and stereotypical - the 20somethings were portrayed as if they’d been stitched together from a million New York Times articles about millennials read by 70 year old men. Zero depth or thought. I was actually shocked that the authors were in their 30s/40s because they wrote all the 20somethings in a “get off my lawn” tone. A nap room? Seriously?
The Devil Wears Prada does a much better job of portraying the fashion industry. This book was completely awful and, 50 pages in, I had to call it. I will not pick it back up.
Every character’s move felt completely predictable and stereotypical - the 20somethings were portrayed as if they’d been stitched together from a million New York Times articles about millennials read by 70 year old men. Zero depth or thought. I was actually shocked that the authors were in their 30s/40s because they wrote all the 20somethings in a “get off my lawn” tone. A nap room? Seriously?
The Devil Wears Prada does a much better job of portraying the fashion industry. This book was completely awful and, 50 pages in, I had to call it. I will not pick it back up.
Just the light and fun summer read I needed. It reminded me of [b:The Devil Wears Prada|5139|The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)|Lauren Weisberger|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388179604s/5139.jpg|38765] in reverse with the unlikable bully character, Eve, being the young millennial and the "older" (I don't consider early 40s old) editor in chief, Imogen, being the kinder one you were cheering for as the novel unfolded. As one of my Goodreads friends said, the lack of Imogen's knowledge of technology was a tad unbelievable (printing out emails? really?), the scene at the bar when she was trying to pay back her young staff with actual cash was downright hilarious.
Perfect vacation read; easy and quick, but still makes good points about technology and the older vs. younger generations. "
A big ole bag of potato chips. Take it to the beach with you.
Fans of the Devil Wears Prada - read this! I absolutely loved this, instead of the editor in chief being awful it is the former, younger assistant that makes your skin just crawl. I love fashion and NYC so this was a great find for me.
The second half of this book was sooooooo much better than the first half. Once they stopped beating us over the head with Imogen's lack of tech savvy and actually dug into the story, it was a super fun read.
I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this! I really don't give a shit about fashion or magazines or fashion magazines but the protagonist is so lovely and wonderful, and I liked the story about the class of the old guard with the new. I think the millennial character is a a little too much of a narcissistic clown, but then again I have met people like that so maybe not.
(Reviewing this book a year after I read it)
(Reviewing this book a year after I read it)
I liked this book more than I expected. I thought the storyline might be a little cliche - an older generation being pushed out by a younger generation with new ideas, the print industry dying, etc. There were elements of that but I was definitely entertained and I appreciated that the protagonist is the older generation rather than the younger. Some plot points were slightly unbelievable, but it's chick lit. It reminded me of the Devil Wears Prada and Silicon Valley combined and though it's not super realistic the portrayal of startup culture was not too far off and hilarious. I definitely enjoyed the read.
Not remarkable literature by any stretch, but exactly what I was looking for at the time - lighthearted and fun.