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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This book was great and had me laughing out loud at numerous points. Imogen was such a great character. Loved it!!!
This basically felt like a Hallmark Channel movie version of the Devil Wears Prada. It was completely ridiculous and hackneyed and not at all that well written. But the audiobook was read by Katherine Kellgren, so I didn't care a bit about how awful it was. I just needed to hear her voice. And plus I needed something like this at the end of the school year. Who needs to think?
I just marathoned this book because HOLY CRAP. I got it as an audio book, so I listened to it just about whenever I could. Eve is one of the best crafted evil characters I have ever read/listened about. At first I wanted to root for Eve, since I was convinced Imogene was over exaggerating things. As the book went on I began to root for Eve's downfall because she's straight up evil. I was honestly just whooping really loudly when Imogene had finally started giving Eve exactly what she deserved. As a millennial it was so interesting to hear about the technological advances of this century from the perspective of an older person, especially in the rapidly changing world of fashion magazines. Imogene quickly became someone I aspired to be: polite, charming, warm and assertive. Although I couldn't imagine why Imogene let Eve's abuse continue for so long with minimal input, I could understand why other things in her life had taken a priority over glossy.com.
I definitely recommend reading The Knockoff for a quick, enticing read, especially if you like fashion, technology or just juicy stories.
I definitely recommend reading The Knockoff for a quick, enticing read, especially if you like fashion, technology or just juicy stories.
The What Should I Read Next? podcast recommended this as a pool read for summer. I finished it in a few days. It's a take on the battle of the generations and technology, but most characters are superficial cutouts rather than real people with depth. The whole thing is predictable and simple, but it is a quick easy read. In general, it's weird to read a book the moves the plot along by including emails, tweets, and descriptions of Instagram posts.
This book was SO SO BAD I don't even know where to start. I'm doubtful that I'd read the same book as the people on goodreads here because the reviews were so raving but to me it was just meh
I was expecting this to be a fluffy light heartwarming chick lit but it turned out to be dumb boring shallow and flaaaaat.
the beginning started out interesting enough. the main character Imogen editor in chief just came back from her six-month medical leave to find out that the company was dramatically changed. her ex-assistant (then-college graduate, humble, sweet and kind. now mba-graduate, authoritative, bossy, and bitchy) has returned and practically took over the company with her "new digital age" knowledge.
okay I get what this book is driving at. it is trying to tell us how digital is taking over the world and that print journalism etc. is losing its relevancy. young people are always glued to their gadgets and published their entire lives on the web.
but I find that the author(s) laid it on WAY TOO THICK. the protagonist is 42 years old for Christ sake. yes she may not be the "millennial" generation but no one could possibly be so thick and backwards. printing out emails on hardcopy????? seriously??????
and it seemed that I can't even get past one paragraph without a fancy trendy "internet lingo" (YOLO/LMAO/ROFL) or Imogen's complete lack of knowledge of the internet.
the author(s) are over emphasizing everything and made it a huge fucking deal about the generation age gap thing. like YES WE GET IT ENOUGH WITH THE "TWEEN SPEAK" ALREADY.
in addition to the repetitive and annoying internet-language context, the characters were not likeable at all. everything seemed too surface and black and white. (Eve is the bad guy trying to overtake the company, Imogen is the nice girl trying to salvage the situation and all the mess that Eve has done.)
the storyline.... I don't even know what it was on about. I was a little more than halfway through the book and I still didn't know where it was going. there was absolutely no substance. there wasn't a hook, and/or climax or anything to make me want to keep reading.
this is definitely one of the unpopular reviews here but I feel like I have to say it.
I was expecting this to be a fluffy light heartwarming chick lit but it turned out to be dumb boring shallow and flaaaaat.
the beginning started out interesting enough. the main character Imogen editor in chief just came back from her six-month medical leave to find out that the company was dramatically changed. her ex-assistant (then-college graduate, humble, sweet and kind. now mba-graduate, authoritative, bossy, and bitchy) has returned and practically took over the company with her "new digital age" knowledge.
okay I get what this book is driving at. it is trying to tell us how digital is taking over the world and that print journalism etc. is losing its relevancy. young people are always glued to their gadgets and published their entire lives on the web.
but I find that the author(s) laid it on WAY TOO THICK. the protagonist is 42 years old for Christ sake. yes she may not be the "millennial" generation but no one could possibly be so thick and backwards. printing out emails on hardcopy????? seriously??????
and it seemed that I can't even get past one paragraph without a fancy trendy "internet lingo" (YOLO/LMAO/ROFL) or Imogen's complete lack of knowledge of the internet.
the author(s) are over emphasizing everything and made it a huge fucking deal about the generation age gap thing. like YES WE GET IT ENOUGH WITH THE "TWEEN SPEAK" ALREADY.
in addition to the repetitive and annoying internet-language context, the characters were not likeable at all. everything seemed too surface and black and white. (Eve is the bad guy trying to overtake the company, Imogen is the nice girl trying to salvage the situation and all the mess that Eve has done.)
the storyline.... I don't even know what it was on about. I was a little more than halfway through the book and I still didn't know where it was going. there was absolutely no substance. there wasn't a hook, and/or climax or anything to make me want to keep reading.
this is definitely one of the unpopular reviews here but I feel like I have to say it.
Fun and easy read, but a little much with the portrayal of anyone over 40 as a tech idiot.
At first wasn't crazy about it but once I got into it I did really like it. More like 3.5 stars instead of 4. Editor of a magazine in her early 40's gets paired with old assistant who is now taking the magazine digital and she is a mean conniver.
lighthearted
medium-paced
I listened to this book and it went down as smooth as a LaCroix on a hot summer day. Lighthearted and delightfully snarky. I'd quibble with several of the author's choices, but it didn't keep me from enjoying the book.