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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
also trashy fiction, but nowhere near as good as The Devil Wears Prada. This one is a romp through club-hopping and designer clothes, and people with too much money and nothing else going on in their lives. It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't recommend it. It has, thematically, something in common with books like Bret Easton Ellis' Less Than Zero, except Ellis' book is much more well written, without the smarmy ending.
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
It was ok.
Here's the thing that didn't work for me, I don't think that Bette liked her new job. Sometimes you read a story where the lead character winds up in this glitzy world that they never expected to be part of and for awhile they're having an absolute blast. Then they realize it isn't what they really want.
But Bette fell into this job that requires a lot of hard partying, being available 24/7 and I honestly don't think she ever liked the job. So, why was she so willing to blow off her best friend and her family in order to go party with work friends when she wasn't even having fun?
Someone else may disagree with me, maybe she was having fun. Maybe the author just described the party scene so vividly that I knew it sounded like something that I myself would not enjoy lol. Maybe that's it. But I just felt like Bette did not love her job, or her job "perks" but she was willing to put everyone she did love on the back burner for it.
It wasn't a badly written book, I just had that thought bugging me through the whole book and I'm sure that had an impact on how much I liked the book.
Here's the thing that didn't work for me, I don't think that Bette liked her new job. Sometimes you read a story where the lead character winds up in this glitzy world that they never expected to be part of and for awhile they're having an absolute blast. Then they realize it isn't what they really want.
But Bette fell into this job that requires a lot of hard partying, being available 24/7 and I honestly don't think she ever liked the job. So, why was she so willing to blow off her best friend and her family in order to go party with work friends when she wasn't even having fun?
Someone else may disagree with me, maybe she was having fun. Maybe the author just described the party scene so vividly that I knew it sounded like something that I myself would not enjoy lol. Maybe that's it. But I just felt like Bette did not love her job, or her job "perks" but she was willing to put everyone she did love on the back burner for it.
It wasn't a badly written book, I just had that thought bugging me through the whole book and I'm sure that had an impact on how much I liked the book.
As far as "chick lit" goes, I enjoyed this fast-paced read. I thought it fresh, easy-going, in a word: breezy, just what I wanted for a quick summer read. It was quite reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada, the job dissatisfaction, and I admittedly know NOTHING about the PR world, so I thought it was pretty believable. Maybe I'm NY-naive in thinking this might be how people really behave in the superficial, materialistic Manhattan-celeb scene, but I bought it, COMPLETELY! It was a bit "cookie-cutter" and some of the romance-novel inclusions WERE a bit much, but the funny thing is, I have a friend who reads those crappy books and she was an English major, so I bought that too! I laughed a bit and smiled during the book, and enjoyed it. Oh, but early on I noticed a flaw in the book - something about the caller ID saying it was her friend Penelope I think, but she was on a hotel phone. Why would a hotel phone have caller ID, or ID her phone.. something weird that I noticed at the beginning... LOL.. but obviously, I got over it!
She wrote The Devil Wears Prada. Considering how monumentally terrible this book was, you'd never know it.
A story of finding your true path, and your true love. There were some hot sexy scenes, and I could really just relate to Bette staying home, and trying to shut the world down when they're asking her to get a job. haha.
In my opinion, this book is better than The Devil Wears Prada. Girly and fun - take this one to a bubble bath with some chocolate.
Chick lit at it's finest.
This is not great literature. But when you're battling a cold and you want something to keep you entertained without making you gag at the bad grammar, a good chick book is what you need. Here is one. The character is likeable, the clothing, the purses, the scene all make for a fun. And, I did not throw it down because of poor grammar or too many cliches. The author, who also wrote "the Devil Wears Prada" clearly wrote this with a movie contract in the back of her mind.
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This is not great literature. But when you're battling a cold and you want something to keep you entertained without making you gag at the bad grammar, a good chick book is what you need. Here is one. The character is likeable, the clothing, the purses, the scene all make for a fun. And, I did not throw it down because of poor grammar or too many cliches. The author, who also wrote "the Devil Wears Prada" clearly wrote this with a movie contract in the back of her mind.
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