This was literally MISERABLE to read whoever adapted this to a screenplay didn’t get paid enough

2.5/5

Okay, so, this took me ages to finish. Sometimes college just gets in the way but oh well.

I… am neutral about this. Neither did I dislike it but I guess I wasn’t a huge fan of it either.

Is it really necessary for me to explain the plot?

This is about Andrea Sachs, a want-to-be writer who is desperately looking for a job who might help her rise up towards the writing industry and give her a great advantage at her career. And she gets a job at one of the most prestigious fashion companies ever. Just one year and then she’ll have the chance to work at whatever place she wants.

That is if her boss lets her…. Because she’s a total bitch!!!

Andrea will now have to complete almost impossible tasks just so that an impossible to be pleased woman can give her some validation.

She’ll struggle not only with her job but with her own relationships, such as the one with her boyfriend, the one with her best friend and, the one with her family.

Just as I said, I wasn’t a huge fan. I haven’t watched the movie but now I want to just to figure out if it’s really this… idk… meh?

The main character was alright, I actually found Andrea to be quite decent. But I feel like some of the extra characters had more of a personality than Miranda. I mean, yes, she was a complete bitch but I feel like there wasn’t enough interaction between them just to absolutely wish for her death. I felt like I needed to see more about Miranda.

The plot was just.. idk, half of the pages were mentions of more and more fashion brands and how Andrea’s job is impossible, blah blah blah.

Idk, not a fan.

Tiesiog, labai džiaugiuosi, kad neteko dirbti 2000-aisiais ir dar JAV

Desde que vi la película me enamore de la historia de Andrea, siempre me pregunte como seria trabajar para una empresa y si algún día tendría una jefa como Miranda, la verdad es que no me ha tocado tan duro como a Andy, pero si me identifico con muchas cosas de esta historia.

Siempre quise leer el libro, y al fin lo hice, y me ha encantado. Es diferente a la película (no en la línea base) pero si en situaciones y algunos comportamientos de los personajes (para tener en cuenta)

Pero la historia de este libro es más completa que la de la película, porque tiene más cosas, más aventuras, más problemas, con los cuales reí y me lamente por la pobre Andrea

Recomiendo este libro a las personas que alguna vez han tenido un trabajo difícil o estén en uno, aquí podemos aprender que el tiempo no se puede recuperar, y que es mejor gastarlo en hacer cosas que te gustan, el trabajo es importante, pero sacrificar todo lo que te rodea por tu trabajo es necesario?

Lee este libro y amalo como yo lo amé

Mira mi reseña en Youtube aquí: https://youtu.be/Iy53CotYqro

2.5 Stars

The movie was far better. Yes. Way better.

The writing was more of a rant than a story. Irritating at times.

Andrea had the best job in the world, she worked as Miranda's Junior Assistant who made her life a living hell. She ran around fulfilling Miranda's absurd demands while charging everything to the office - her travels, coffee and food.

Emily, Miranda's Senior Assistant worships her boss for her position and power but sometimes even she takes a dab at her for being utterly irrational. Emily falls sick so Andrea had to fill in her place, it's there she realised that her job was not worth her other relations. Resigned and brought back all the expensive stuff which she later sells.

P.S. I can watch the movie a hundred times but wouldn't be able to read this book again. Nope. Never. The movie had its own charm and glamour which the book totally lacked.

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3.5/5

Soy una fan de la película. No tengo problema en decirlo. Puedo haberla visto cincuenta veces, ya sea en inglés, en español, con subtitulos o sin ellos, o la versión comentada por el director. En resumen, me encanta.

Como buena fan de la película, la novela había sido siempre mi asignatura pendiente, tenía que ver de dónde había salido todo ese mundo que tanto me gusta.

Esperaba bastante más.

Siento que hay bastante relleno, situaciones que se repiten sin llegar a nada.
Otra de las cosas que he echado en falta ha sido una de las tramas del final la película, que dejaba completamente retrada a Miranda Priestly. Y sin embargo, aquí el libro termina con una Miranda idéntica a la del principio.

Es cierto que en la novela hay cosas que no hay en la película, como una Lily con problemas, y una familia Sachs. Está bien, pero no compensa los vacíos que dejan las tramas exclusivas del largometraje.

Nunca pensé que diría esto alguna vez, pero sin duda, me quedo con la película.

This book was terrible, and I'm someone who enjoys chick lit. The Devil Wears Prada is a roman-a-clef by Lauren Weisberger, a mediocre writer who takes herself too seriously. The plot is just a series of bad decisions made by the novel's unlikeable protagonist Andy Sachs, who thinks the best way to become a writer for the New Yorker is by becoming an assistant at a Vogue style magazine for a year. Andy spends most of the novel whining about her mundane entry-level job and stealing designer clothes from the sample room. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that the author has a worrying lack of knowledge about fashion, publishing, and human behavior in general.

Sure, it's a quick read, but there are better things you could do with your time. Like staring at the wall, or counting the dots on the ceiling.

makes me want to go to paris and be miranda priestly but also be miranda priestly's mirror so i can admire my fine self 24-7

I should know better than to base my desire to read a book on a movie. In this case I thought that I would enjoy reading about Andi and her break through year after college and getting into publishing. I hated everyone in this story. Not in the way I disliked the characters in Vanity Fair, but in the way that I hate the rude people on the highway. You come in contact with them for about 10 seconds and then their influence is gone from your life. That is what this book is like. It has no message other than to reaffirm that people who are currently in their twenties are drunk whiners who want the high-powered, high-paying jobs right away.

Funny, engaging, crazy, sarcastic and a light read. Not a quick one though.



Bernadette Dunne did a fantastic job narrating this one. By far the best voice overs for Mexican, French, American, drunk and all sorts of snob bit**es. She was just wow!

Should've skipped the reread.

The movie was better