mollypat 's review for:

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
2.0

Admittedly, I saw the movie way before I read this book, I know, blasphemy. But aside from trying not to compare the book and the movie through my entire reading, I must say that I was actually a little bit disappointed. I get that she's working for a "she-devil" but Andrea really does just whine and act like a bitch toward her friends. I grew tired of the constant asides of her rattling on about what she would like to say out loud, but not actually saying it. In fact, she sounds more like a teenager than she does an adult. No one understood her, no one was being sympathetic enough for her, blah blah blah. It was still an enjoyable read, I just didn't expect it to be so whine-y. I did enjoy the depth in Lily's character, she was entirely different from the movie, and I also enjoyed that not everything worked out for Andy and Alex, she treated him like shit and I appreciate that realistically they were not able to get back together as they did in movie world.