i FINALLY finished this book

4.5 Stars for The Devil Wears Prada: Book 1
(audiobook) by Lauren Weisberger read by Bernadette Dunne.

This was fun getting to read the inspiration for a great movie. I really liked the novel but I think I like the movie a little more. It was interesting to see what changes the Hollywood writers had to make to streamline the story. I’m looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.

Η ταινία μου άρεσε περισσότερο από το βιβλίο...

2.5 stars

Filmą mačiau jau seniai, bet knygą tai tik dabar perskaičiau. O kad viskas būtų buvę atvirkščiai... Filmas tai nieko gero, kvailas eilinis darbelis ir tiek, kuriame ryškiai per daug Mirandos pievų... Knyga tai daug geresnė, aišku yra minusų, bet kai labai greitai susiskaitė, tai negaliu per daug jau neigiamai kažką sakyt. Lengvas skaitalas dienai/kelioms ir viskas :)

One of the few times the movie far surpasses the book. I couldn't even finish it because the characters are so unlikeable.

i was reading this book at the same time i was working in a very similar environment as andy, the main character. i laughed and cried with her because i could relate to her character so much. miranda liked her perrier placed everyday on a certain side of her desk. my old boss, mehmet, liked his evian room temperature from the bakery across the street. miranda would dump her coat and bags on andy every morning. mehmet would hold out his arms for me to put his YSL coat on and bow his head down for me to put his burberry rain hat on top before he would scurry out of his office trailing his louis vuitton luggage behind him on his way to paris. and we were both told a million girls would kill for this job!

I kept thinking *THIS WILL BE A GREAT MOVIE* but never a good book. I was really disappointed and on a side note ... when I DID watch the movie I was so disappointed because all I could think was * This would be a GREAT book.

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

Lettura disimpegnata e nel complesso gradevole, ma piuttosto superficiale e scontata.
Peccato, perché lo spunto sarebbe stato buono: un ritratto ironico e graffiante del mondo della moda, tanto idolatrato e vagheggiato oggigiorno, e il conflitto che inevitabilmente viene a crearsi nella vita privata delle persone sottoposte a ritmi di lavoro tanto frenetici.
Manca tuttavia il guizzo dell’originalità e dello humour, quel pizzico di sorpresa che impedirebbe alla trama di risultare tanto ripetitiva.
A mio parere è più frizzante e godibile il film che ne è stato tratto, il quale, pur essendo altrettanto prevedibile negli sviluppi, ha il vantaggio di potersi avvalere della brillante interpretazione di una sempre straordinaria Meryl Streep.
Da leggere giusto per passare il tempo.

*3.5 stars
Overall, it was good. I'm quite suprise how much I love this book. Surely, it started with a very slow and almost to the point boring that it took me ages just to reach 100 pages mark. I actually stop reading and watched the movie instead. But l'm glad that it getting more and more interesting after 100 pages mark.

I enjoy the day to day task that Andy had to deal with. And Miranda way of bossing and scaring people around her was absolute b***h. But you can't called Miranda evil wears Prada if she was not 'that' evil right.

What I love most about this book? The ending! I love how Andy came to realization that being refers as young Miranda is not a compliment. Something that was not to be proud of. And I love how Andy turn the situation around. Yeay!!!

God have mercy, I finally finished this horrific book! Honestly, it wasn't so bad, just tedious and repetitive. I picked it because (a) the movie was coming out and (b) I recognized the title as a popular book, albeit a couple years ago. The premise to the book is that a young woman takes a Junior Assistant position at a high-fashion magazine and the She-Devil who runs the show. The movie had the same premise, but that's practically where the similarities end.

Andrea Sachs takes the job, even though her dream job is an Editor position for the New Yorker Magazine, with the promise of getting said dream job much easier after devoting a year of her life to Miranda Priestly (the She-Devil). One year is all it'll take to bypass several years of grovelling, or so she is led to believe. But the year is spent instead in the most belittling, degrading and de-humanizing environment that, frankly, pissed me off more than the main character.

If you've seen the movie, dont' think you know the book. Meryl Streep is overly demanding, despicable, and down-right evil to snarky, quirky Anne Hathaway. Eventually Anne's character loses her fashion victim status and transforms into one of her dreaded Clackers. She reaches a point where she understands Meryl's character -- even sympathizes but makes a break when enough's enough.

Andrea, instead, distances herself from the fashionistas, makes futile spiteful jabs at Miranda and Co. at every chance, and still loses herself. She doesn't become the trendy girl (not until she's far from the scene) but does lose her identity by placing the needs of a neurotic insomniac before herself, her friends, and her family. The book delves into her relationships on a completely differnt level (actually the movie doesn't even touch them). Let's do a short list of comparisions, shall we?

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Andrea has a steady boyfriend Ales, and lives with her best friend from childhood, Lily
Takes the job because it's the only magazine in New York that offered an interview
Puts her personal life on hold to be the beck-and-call girl for a Bitch
Meets a hot writer who is totally jonesing for her and offers her several opportunities to, ahem improve her social standing
She kinda ignores her failing love life and her best friend's alcohol addiction until it's too late to reverse either
Goes to Paris with Miranda because the Sr. Assistant gets Mono
When is Paris she gets the call that her best friend's drinking caused a terrible accident and she must come home
Finally has her fill and tells Miranda off, then gets fired
Kinda blah ending in which she gets freelance work and gets to waltz back into the Runway office for a potential writing assignment

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n    n       The movie n      
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n         Andrea lives with her boyfriend, and has a small group of friends, one of which happens to be a black girl we could assume is Lily n        
n         Takes the job because it was available n        
n         Puts her personal life on hold to be the beck-and-call girl for a Bitch n        
n         Meets a hot writer who keeps popping up in her life when she desperately needs help and a little pick me up, flirt-wise n        
n         Her boyfriend eventually gets fed up and sorta calls for a 'break' n        
n         Goes to Paris with Miranda because the Sr. Assistant gets hit by a car and is then fired (by Andrea) because her mind is too adled when sick at an event to immediately recall a guest's name n        
n         Discovers a plot to overthrow Miranda (after she recently viewed a vunerable side) and does her best to warn her, only to learn Miranda knew all along and didn't need her help. This is when she decides she's had enough and litterally walks off the job  n        
n         Happy ending ensues with her getting a crap job and, unknowingly is seen by Miranda, who approves of her own fashion sense n        
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If I had read the book then saw the movie, I think I would have been pissed off at the screenwriters. As it was, I did the opposite, but am still pissed. I thought the book sucked large portions of ass. There was quite a bit that was humorous, I'll grant you and the author that much, but it was so repetitive when describing her tasks (which I guess was the point) that I simply felt beat down. Gotta give that to her: she did know how to make her readers relate to her misery.

Did I like the book? No.

Would I read another by her? Not likely.

Would I recommend the book to others? Not a chance. Go rent the movie and at least laugh at it all.