⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ five stars -

I read this book when it was originally published back in ‘03, and I absolutely loved it.

For me, it was highly relatable as the story here is about a young woman making her way in the working world. Who else can relate to a super demanding, unreasonable boss?

الى اي حد يطغى الطموح على عقل الانسان فيتحول لكائن جامح لا يحترم اي ذرة انسانيةسوى قشرته الخارجية. استغلال الموظفون و التغلغل الى جوف حياتهم اليومية والتهام كل ذرة حرية بهم حتى يغدوا الموظف عبدا حقيقا يركع لرب عمله

الرواية تبدا بفتاة ذكية و طموحه لتعمل لدى كائن غير بشري كائن مجهز للانجاز فقط و تحصيل الجوائز و

I first read this book in my first year of high school for a book report (we could choose ANY book we want, and I was obsessed with the film version of this novel at the time). Since it's been...well, years...it's about time I finally give this book a review to add it to my collection!

This book was super popular and a sequel has come out (which is currently sitting on my to-read shelves waiting for me to dig into it) in recent years. For those who don't know about the first book in this series, we are following Andrea (or Andy) who gets a job at a famous, fashion magazine (similar to Vogue) which is run by the insane workaholic Miranda Priestly. Andrea believes this is the step she needs to get into her journalism career! A job at a high end fashion magazine! But, as we all know, nothing is ever that simple.

The movie is not the same as the book, but I like the think the quality of both are insanely good! Despite being different in plot, tone and character personalities, both works were fantastic! If you haven't read the book, I highly suggest it. It's unique and dramatic!

Andrea's journey involves her changing (and sometimes growing) along the way, as she encounters all of the antics of being in the fashion world: uptight assistants, overbearing bosses, deadlines, insomnia, and work/life balance.

This book is in it's own niche market - it became really popular, but it's not for everyone. The humor is a type of special, especially since you are following Andrea's life fall apart. For me, it's a five star book! It's interesting to watch the plot spiral out of control as your begging the author to give Andrea some type of happiness in the end. But honestly? It's kind of how life is - not perfect. Andrea is NOT perfect and she's definitely not the most likable character, but I grew to like her knowing all of the horror she was going through.

Five out of five stars!!

The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada #1), Lauren Weisberger

The Devil Wears Prada, is a 2003 best-selling novel, by Lauren Weisberger, about a young woman who is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes nightmarish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's grueling schedule, and demeaning demands. It became the basis for the 2006 film with the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt. The novel is considered by many to be an example of the "chick lit" genre.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز بیست و یکم ماه آگوست سال2014میلادی

عنوان: شیطان پرادا میپوشد؛ نویسنده: لورن ویزبرگر؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده21م

رمان «شیطان پرادا می‌پوشد» در ژانر ادبیات زنانه، نوشته ی «لورن ویزبرگر» است، که در سال2003میلادی منتشر شد، و به پیروزی تجاری رسید؛ گفته می‌شود این رمان الهام گرفته از واقعیت است؛ در «شیطان پرادا می‌پوشد» دختری به نام «اندی ساچز» (بازیگرش در فیلم «آن هاتاوی») که تازه در رشته روزنامه‌ نگاری فارغ‌ التحصیل شده، معاون سردبیر پرنفوذترین مجله ی مد «نیویورک»، به نام «ران اوی» می‌شود، به این امید که پس از یکسال کار در آن مجله بتواند، به طور جدی به روزنامه‌ نگاری بپردازد، و در نشریه‌ ای همانند «نیویورکر» کاری دست و پا کند؛ شغلی که از سر خوش شانسی، یا ذکاوت به چنگ آورده، همان چیزی هست که میلیونها دختر ��مسن و سال او، آرزویش را دارند؛ او دستیاری خانم «میراندا پریستلی» شده، که دست کمی‌ از یک امپراتور ندارد، و همه، از زیردستان گرفته، تا اهالی صنعت، و حتی رقبا، از او حساب می‌برند؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 08/03/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 14/01/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

This was ok, I guess, just not really my type of thing. It’s definitely an anecdotal, character driven novel, rather than a plot driven one, and there was a lot of detail about things I don’t really care about.

I also think I took the opposite message of what the author was trying to convey as I totally disagree with a particular decision that Andy, the MC made, I think she was incredibly stupid at the end because her friends and family were unbelievably unsupportive and un-understanding (that’s not a word, is it?). And the author tried to make out like certain things she did were really bad, and I just don’t think they were.

But it was amusing in parts and anyone interested in the fashion or magazine industries would really enjoy this. Personally for me this is one of the extremely rare cases where I thought the movie was better (though I haven’t actually seen it since not long after it came out about 12-13 years ago, and I was 13-14 at the time so maybe it’s not that great either lol, who knows).

Η ταινία μου άρεσε περισσότερο από το βιβλίο...

Oh I love this chick lit. I enjoy the movie. I can relate to the characters. Having a nightmare boss who demands everything must be ready for her, is just funny as hell.

This is the ultimate chick lit.

in my opinion if it is a good book, I like the movie better I do not know why.

This starts out pretty slow and it is very heavy on the details but it failed to impress me. The pacing doesn't really get better throughout the book.

I didn't really care about any of the characters honestly. Parts of it, I really enjoyed and others parts just annoyed me. Writing was okay. I liked the movie better than the book in this case.

3 stars

So I finally saw this movie, and I thought I'd share the experience with my goodreads friends, who I'm sure are dying to hear from me!

Basically, I will add my opinion to that of countless other goodreads reviewers -- this story worked much better as a movie than as a book. When I read the book, it felt like "The Nanny Diaries" but with a more superficial premise/setting. The movie, however, conveyed some things that the book either couldn't, or didn't, get across (at least, from my hazy memory of the book):

1. Meryl Streep. was. fantastic. in this role. The role of Miranda/the devil was one which easily lent itself to major overacting, a la Bais Yaacov-girl-plays-Nazi-in-camp-play. Meryl Streep truly did the role justice in all her evil chilliness, without making you want to snort and roll your eyes.

2. I thought they did something cute with the devil symbolism which I don't remember from the book (although it may have been there). There was one interaction between Miranda and Andrea (note, just ONE -- they did not overdo this, for which I give them credit) where Miranda points out to Andi that she had become cutthroat as a result of working for her, in choosing to stiff her colleague. It was clearly reminiscent of all that Faustian literature, "The Devil and Daniel Webster," etc. Like I said -- had they kept emphasizing this aspect of the story, it would have been way overdone, but the fact that it happened just once made it subtle and powerfully symbolic. Speaking of overdoing things, I don't want to overdo this and suggest that it was more than a chick flick, but things like this made it better than the average chick flick, in my opinion.

3. I suppose this was conveyed in the book as well, but I don't remember relating to it as personally -- maybe that 's just the difference between reading about something and watching it onscreen, or maybe this really was done better in the movie. I really empathized with that experience of starting a new job, feeling overwhelmed and incompetent, getting yelled at, feeling depressed, and eventually getting good at what you do. It just felt so real for me in the movie -- I so know what that process is like, and I could really feel all aspects of it as I watched the movie.

Overall, if you're looking for a fun movie that's enjoyable and not too deep or demanding, yet not ridiculously dumb, I recommend this.

A woman came up to me while I was reading this book and said, "Oh, how is that book? I've been meaning to read it." I answered, "Um, well, it's kind of fun." She raised her eyebrows at me. "I see." I added, "I wouldn't pay full price for it. I got it on sale for, like, a dollar." She nodded as she began to walk away, "Okay, I know what you're saying."

I can explain more if you still feel like reading this book. Honestly, I won't stop you from reading The Devil Wears Prada, I just don't suggest you push off absolutely everything else in order to do it. There are many, many more worthy books.

The main character, Andrea/Andy, is just really not likeable. I wish she was. I kept trying to see her point of view. But she really bothered me. She had a great opportunity to get into the publishing business, fashion business, or whatever else. She just had to hold out for a year. Fine, she's getting four or five hours of sleep a night. I really don't care. Fine, her boss is ridiculous. But Andrea defiantly sighs at her to show her how she feels, which really, just makes her a big baby. I didn't like a lot of the people I worked for, but if you're a hardworker, you're not going to huff and puff to prove your point that all of this is beneath you. You're going to suck it up and do it. Andrea acts like the super expensive, fashionable clothes that everybody wears are ridiculous, and yes, she sells what she has at the end, but she also puts down Franco Sarto shoes and Ann Taylor (or was it Express?), which made Andy pretty hard to relate to since most people reading the book are probably wearing those things. She doesn't treat her best friend well the entire time, which okay, sometimes these things get left behind when you're busy, but come on, she was an alcoholic. Pull it together, Andy, and be a friend. And when she tells off Miranda at the end, God, I really think the author was going for that whole, Yeah, sock it to her, Andy! thing, but that's really not how I felt. I wanted to tell Andy to grow up. Wouldn't a decent person and adult have said, "Look, Miranda, my friend has been in an accident. I'm sorry if you want me to stay, but I have to go." Which, okay, that's not the best ending either, but really, don't bring up the whole friend in an accident thing, and then have Andy blow up and quit because she couldn't get Miranda's two kids some passports. (Yes, I understand that in the back of her head Andy was probably upset about her friend, but that really didn't come out at all.) There's a lot more to complain about, but really, do I have to say anything else?

Weak.

The movie was too good.

Aka, there was a huuuuuuuge gulf between the book and the film.

I kept thinking: maybe the beginning was just slow? Maybe the middle needed a bit more time?

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Despite all my deep breaths and meditation, I could not stand this book.

The main character (Andrea) is so wholly irredeemable that she ruins the book.

Sure, she sacrifices her a few years for Miranda (ha! name buddies) Priestly but Andrea whines her way through every little task and I lost all sympathy within the first chapter.

Her derision towards anyone who takes their fashion job seriously and her dismissal of everyone who isn't Miranda Priestley really struck a nerve. You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their peers.

The way she berated the other girls and acted so above them (often showing this by eating the calorie-laden soup in front of them) just struck my last nerve.

And yes, Miranda is supposed to be the bad character but I liked her so much more than Andrea.

Miranda's only real fault is her high exceptions. Which she clearly spells out for every assistant who applies for her job. Yes, those expectations include enough work for two people...BUT all the girls who apply continuously assure her that they can take on the workload.

The absolute worst part? The rapey love triangle that almost was:

There's the saintly boyfriend who put up with Andrea's neglect and obsession with this job. They're practically set to get married after she finishes with Miranda Priestly.

Yet, Andrea constantly pulls away from him and ignores him for no other reason than 'her career is stressful.' I was so mad that she was deliberately screwing up a good thing.

Enter the Hot Rich Writer Guy who just may be interested in her writing (but more likely just wants to screw her). It had an overall scummy vibe.

Example: Andrea was called in to "babysit" the couple's child at their party. ..which really was HotGuy calling in a favor and forcing her on a date as his "babysitter" for the night.

So this Sleezeball traps her into a conversation on her way out - blocking her way out.

He's drunk, beligerant and keeps insisting she wants him:

n  He was leaning up against the frame with a smugly satisfied expression. "So little Andi, did I show you a good time tonight? "

He slurred just a little bit and it seemed nothing short of adorable at that moment.

"It was alright, I suppose..."

"Just alright? Sounds to me like you wish I would've taken you upstairs little Andi. All in good time my friend, all in good time "n

The way the scene was playing, I was 80% sure we were headed to a rape scene.

The whole chapter gave off an ominous vibe and I honestly thought that was going to be her getting at least assaulted by drunk HotGuy. He's inebriated, he manipulated the entire evening to force her hand...despite her telling him repeatedly that she has boyfriend. She repeatedly says that he's used to getting exactly what he wants...was it really that far of a leap?

What killed me was despite all that, she finds him charming? Are. You. Kidding. Me. Andrea this is not flirting. Girl. This is a honking huge red flag.

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