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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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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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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?

Main character: Andrea Sachs – in her early 20’s; wants to be a writer for the New Yorker, and lands a job as a junior assistant to this bitch magazine editor, Miranda Priestly. She puts up with all her crap, thinking that perhaps Miranda might give her a good recommendation to the New Yorker after she has paid her dues. I think I like the character of Andrea’s best friend Lily the best – she’s such a free spirit (although that characteristic gets her in trouble). Andrea almost gives up the most important things in her life for this job, and of course needs to decide whether it’s worth it or not…. Kind of chick lit, but at least there was a good moral to the story. A fairly easy read, too. I borrowed this from mom. Lent it to Shel. Did she ever read it, and did she like it? :-)

perfect for the beach. not a high brow read, but totally worth reading if you're in the mood for a giggle

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.

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

The movie was better

Another book I picked up at the airport bookstore, and was glad I did. The story was something I could easily relate to.

2.5 stars

In The Devil Wears Prada, an aspiring writer, just out of college takes up the challenging job of an assistant to the editor of a top fashion magazine aka a despicable, demanding and she-devil incarnate boss.

The beginning was slow, the middle dragged and the ending was equally boring. It was so repetitive, I felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again.

Chances are you've watched the movie adaptation of this featuring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. If you haven't and are thinking of reading the book first, do yourself a favor and just go watch the movie. Because this is one of those rare, rare cases where the movie is better, actually much better than the book. Only the premise of both are same but otherwise there's a huge difference between the storylines as well as the execution and I'll say it again, the movie is far better.

I only kept reading hoping it'll get better, but sadly it never did.

Wouldn't recommend the book, will definitely recommend the movie!

**A free finished copy was provided by Random House. All opinions are my own**

Videorecensione: https://youtu.be/UpyKxD9q6gQ

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.