Een grappig boek... de eerste 150 pagina’s. Daarna was het eigenlijk steeds een beetje van hetzelfde. Steeds maar weer de kuren van een bitchy bazin, een collega die hun werkgeefster ondanks alles steeds de hand boven het hoofd houdt en een hoofdpersoon die klaagt en er zelf in mijn ogen ook niet bepaald sympathieker op wordt. Kortom, al voordat ik op de helft was, niet erg verrassend meer. ( )

I have no idea why I read this. I don't like big cities, high fashion is just a ridiculous waste of money (to me), fawning after nasty people seems to be a stupid way to spend your life; even with the promise of a better job in a year.

Perhaps other people can relate to it. I just couldn't. ( )

film was bad, but still interesting

Many people can relate to taking a job that you don't have particular interest in because it will get you ahead at a certain company or industry. People can also relate to working long hours and dealing with demanding bosses. Hopefully none of us will have to deal with them to quite the extent of Andrea in The Devil Wears Prada

It was a fun and entertaining read, but falls short of 4 or 5 stars for the following reasons.

We are told that Andrea is a bright girl - she graduated from a prestigious college and has hopes to work for the New Yorker. She is occasionally referred to as having a lot of intelligence. However, in her actions and speech throughout the book, she does not come off as having above average intelligence. She can also be sarcastic and off putting to the point of being unlikeable, which didn't make sense for Christian, the writer, to want to flirt with her.

I'm not sure how we were supposed to feel about Alex, Andrea's boyfriend. He seemed very one dimensional, and I didn't really care one way or another about the stress the job was putting on their relationship. I also didn't care too much about Lily and couldn't even tell why Andrea and Lily were even friends. This was the case with many of the characters - they were flat and were only included as plot devices. I would understand this for the various other supporting characters, but a handful were very prominent in the story, and it would have been nice if I felt some emotion towards them. As it was, I just didn't care.

So, entertaining chick lit, without much substance. Read for the over the top anecdotes about working for a crazy and unreasonable boss and enjoy it for that. Be thankful your job isn't that bad! ( )

2006 ( )