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17 reviews for:
The Devil Wears Prada Collection: The Devil Wears Prada, Revenge Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
3.18 AVERAGE
17 reviews for:
The Devil Wears Prada Collection: The Devil Wears Prada, Revenge Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
3.18 AVERAGE
Great premise, terrible execution. This was one book whose film adaptation vastly improved upon the source material -- and not just because Meryl Streep is awesome. Though that helped.
If you’ve seen the movie of The Devil Wears Prada, then you’ll have the gist of this book. Andrea wants to be a journalist and somehow, almost accidentally ends up being the assistant for Miranda Prince, the demon who runs the fashion magazine, Runway. Andrea is led to believe that a year working for Prince will be enough experience for her to land any journalism job she wants and also that she’s extremely lucky because there are “millions of girls who would die for this job.” Even though she’s not interested in fashion or becoming a fashion journalist. Right.
Nevertheless, she goes for it. Her boss is purest evil, as suggested by the title and demands that Andrea be available more or less 24/7 with no holidays, sick days or, apparently, sleep. Aside from taking a toll on Andrea’s mental and physical health, it puts a serious strain on her relationships with her family, boyfriend and her best friend. Because of course it does. She persists because she hopes her year in Hell will allow her to land her dream job at the New Yorker. You know, that bastion of fashion commentary? No? Ok, so Andrea might be just slightly naive Who am I to judge?
Silly premise aside, it’s quite a good read. It’s funny and entertaining and there are a few tense scenes. You really do feel for the characters, even when they’re being idiots, and if you’re unlucky enough to have an evil boss it will probably make you feel better about your situation. For once, though, I think this is a case of the movie actually being better than the book. In the movie events and characters are more realistically handled, and a slightly adjusted ending is somewhat more satisfying. Perhaps I’d thinking differently if I’d read the book first, and perhaps it’s just impossible for Meryl Streep to do any wrong, but I’d re-watch the movie and I wouldn’t re-read the book.
Nevertheless, she goes for it. Her boss is purest evil, as suggested by the title and demands that Andrea be available more or less 24/7 with no holidays, sick days or, apparently, sleep. Aside from taking a toll on Andrea’s mental and physical health, it puts a serious strain on her relationships with her family, boyfriend and her best friend. Because of course it does. She persists because she hopes her year in Hell will allow her to land her dream job at the New Yorker. You know, that bastion of fashion commentary? No? Ok, so Andrea might be just slightly naive Who am I to judge?
Silly premise aside, it’s quite a good read. It’s funny and entertaining and there are a few tense scenes. You really do feel for the characters, even when they’re being idiots, and if you’re unlucky enough to have an evil boss it will probably make you feel better about your situation. For once, though, I think this is a case of the movie actually being better than the book. In the movie events and characters are more realistically handled, and a slightly adjusted ending is somewhat more satisfying. Perhaps I’d thinking differently if I’d read the book first, and perhaps it’s just impossible for Meryl Streep to do any wrong, but I’d re-watch the movie and I wouldn’t re-read the book.
I read this book a long time ago but still clearly remember how much I loved it, although who knows what my opinion would be if I was to read it again now! I'm glad I got to read this before I watched the film (which is also great in my opinion!). This book is definately one of my guilty pleasures. I haven't read any of the other novels by Weisberger, probably won't any time soon.
I read this book because I really liked the movie but apparently it's a completely different thing as in the emotions and thoughts I got from it. Movie Miranda is kind of amazing and I forgive her abusiveness easily but book Miranda made me want to punch her in the face. Andy is fine, like awesome fine. But what bugs me is why a person who claims not to know a thing about fashion in the beginning of the novel starts listing all the clothing items with the brand and nearly scientific name of each peace of clothing like... the next page after claiming they don't know a thing of fashion?
Alex is amazing though. Movie Alex was weird, but book Alex has a really good angelic personality. High five, Alex.
Book made me laugh out loud in the beginning but somehow in the end it wasn't that interesting or funny any more.
It's actually the first time in forever I'm going to say I liked the movie more than the novel.
Alex is amazing though. Movie Alex was weird, but book Alex has a really good angelic personality. High five, Alex.
Book made me laugh out loud in the beginning but somehow in the end it wasn't that interesting or funny any more.
It's actually the first time in forever I'm going to say I liked the movie more than the novel.
I realise this came out a fair few years ago and to be fair, I did read it a good few years ago.
I'm not going to write a proper review because it would be a waste of words. I'm just going to say this (and I have NEVER said this before):
The movie was 100x better than this. You go, Hollywood!
I'm not going to write a proper review because it would be a waste of words. I'm just going to say this (and I have NEVER said this before):
The movie was 100x better than this. You go, Hollywood!
Entertaining. I can't say it was surprising since I had seen the movie. Picked this up one day when I had nothing to read from the free bin at work. I did enjoy the quick, light, fluffy read. Especially after reading about Cuban Immigration and 1980s politics.