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

Don't let this two star rating deter you from reading this book. It was not for me but it may be for you. Here is what went wrong for me:

I have watched this movie many, many times. It is a comfort movie for me. I watch it when I am sick. I watch it when I am sad. I also watch it when I am happy and when I am healthy! (You get the idea...I have seen it a lot!) I think having watched the movie multiple times and loving it is what caused the book to disappoint me. Turns out, the movie kept the basic idea of the book but changed it enough to make me appreciate the storyline the movie tells over the book. My absolute favorite character in the movie is Emily Blunt's portrayal of Emily -- so great! The Emily in the book, in my mind, did not live up to the movie version of Emily. The other main issue was Andrea herself. I know she is supposed to be treating her friends badly but in the movie I felt she was able to do this and still remain likable. This book version of Andrea was not likeable in my opinion. Then there were small things, like Alex playing a much smaller role in the book and how Andrea interacts with Christian.

I think if I had done this in reverse and read the book first I may have had a different opinion of this book but I suppose I will never know. In this case, I couldn't help but compare the book to the movie and I found myself disappointed. I will still try a different Weisberger book at some point in the future.

It's funny how you forget about a book. I read this when it first came out 10 years ago and thought it was a fast, fluffy read, but nothing else really stuck w/ me. Then, I saw the movie and thought "I know it's been a while, but I really don't remember all this happening" - so, when I saw the book on the charity table, I figured it's only a quid, why not.

Criminey, the things you forget - like what a whiney and generally unlikeable person the main character is. She bitches, she moans and she essentially steals from the company and we're supposed to like her?? It's the "something for nothing" mentality that really drags the book down - she seems to think that she can do a year as an admin and it's worth 3 years anywhere else - but somehow, that isn't going to involve work.

I'll finish it, but I'll also put it back on the charity pile w/o a backwards glance.

I love these people so much that nothing else but The Devil Wears Prada could make me want to give them bloodied noses.

Dear Miranda Priestly,

I only want simple and inexpensive gifts this Christmas. I want a Bobby Brown make-up set from Bobby Brown herself (though I don’t use make-ups), a one-of-a-kind leather Kate Spade handbag from Kate and Andy Spade, a multistrand beaded verdura bracelet from Aerin Lauder, a diamond encrusted watch from Donatella Versace, a matching beaded tanktop and evening bag from Mark Badgely and James Mischka , a zebra-paint jacket from Alberto Ferreti (I don’t do animal prints but if it’s from A. Ferreti it’s okay), a Burberry cashmere blanket from Rose Marie Bravo. There’s more. I’d like handbags too in every shapes and sizes from everyone: Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Giselle Bunchen, Hillary Clinton, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein, Annie Leibowitz, Nicole Miller, Adrienne Vittadini, Michael Kors, Helmut Lang, Giorgio Armani, John Sahag, Bruno Magli, Mario Testino and Narcisco Rodriguez. I know that it’s just a few, so I hope I can have these all for Christmas. That’s all.

XOXO,
Rhea Claire

As everyone knows, the book is almost always better than the movie. But there are a small number of books that are not as good as the movie. I keep a rolling list on my profile page (I think about this question more than a person should) but they generally fall into three categories: great books turned into all-time masterpiece-level movies, solid books turned into great movies, and flawed books turned into good movies. You can probably guess why I’m bringing this list up here.

*Choices*

**3.5 Stars**

This is about a feared and revered Runway magazine editor Miranda Priestly. She is a no nonsense, unreasonable, impatient and everything must be done in seconds kind of person.

Andrea goes for an interview as a junior assistant/lackey to Miranda and gets the job but is quickly learning that working for her is more than a full time job. It takes over her life and what spurs Andrea on is that this job could possibly be a stepping stone to her dream job of going into publishing and it is for only one year. As everyone says it’s a job that “anyone would die for”

Andrea starts to change and not in the best way, all her relationships are suffering such as her boyfriend, best friend and she never calls or sees her family, this is because she fears getting sacked. The job is all about image and even the heel heights are compulsory wearing anything lower than 3 inches you are out.

When her closet friend is in the hospital due to a serious accident while Andrea is working for Miranda in France her family expect her to quickly hop on a plane.
Andrea is thinking of work and her commitments is she doing the right thing? Can she keep up with Miranda’s intolerable behaviour or will she wake up and stand up for herself….

Reading crime #5000 for the month of January.
I saw the movie first.
I loved the movie.
This is the first time I have read this book.
I didn't like the book.

Before I begin I should say some nice words. While reading this book, I kept picturing the actors/actresses from the movie. It was like re-watching the movie again but in my head. I'd rather watch the movie - it was less painful.

The Devil Wears Prada was not a perfect book. It really wasn't. It was beyond terrible. It had so many flaws that I don't really want to talk about them. HA! just kidding - here come the flaws people!

Step one: When reading The Devil Wears Prada I suggest you have a bottle of wine somewhere near you. If you are of drinking age, open the god damn bottle and pour yourself an "Alaina Pour."

For example:

Step two: Take a huge sip when any character annoys you.

For example, Andrea/Andy annoyed me every time she talked. I just couldn't like her. Not even wine could make me like her. This whole not liking her made me so sad because I liked her character a hell of a lot more in the movie but that's probably due to the amazing Anne Hathaway.

Step three: Skim through the boring parts. HA - just kidding! Don't do that. Suffer instead. Enjoy Andy whining throughout the entire book. The entire time I was reading this book, I was whining about her whining and how I would rather participate in a star wars movie marathon.

SPOILER: I don't like any of the Star Wars movies. I didn't see the one that came out in December 2017 with my family and I'm pretty sure I slept during the movie before that. IN THE MOVIE THEATER. I have no regrets - best nap of my life!

PS. Sorry to all the Star Wars lovers. I tried to get into them but yeah.. I can't. More for you?

Anyways, I'm kind of sad that I read it but I'm also happy at the same time because I still haven't DNF'd a book and I got one more book off of my TBR list.



Step four: If you see this book.. walk away. NO - RUN FOR YOUR LIFE AND DON'T LOOK BACK EVER.

I don't get it. This book was terrible! I hated the protagonist. She whined her way through the book and I didn't blame people for disliking her. She was that way from the start. I can't imagine a more boring book about fashion. But there were clever quips etc. just watch the movie. They into bed everything. Try THE KNOCKOFF by Lucy Sykes. Much better

I saw the movie when it came out. Meryl Streep was so good that I can’t visualize Miranda as anyone else. Seems the movie followed the book fairly well, but the book bored me whereas the movie was so much fun.

Since only this book in the trilogy was produced as a movie, I’m curious if the other two will read better done I won’t have a basis of comparison.

3.5⭐️
So I’ve watched the movie more times than I can count at this point, which definitely made it hard for the book to live up to it. The movie is just too good, and while there was nothing I really disliked about the book, it wasn’t as enjoyable as the movie for me. It’s hard not to compare the two.

The book “The Devil Wears Prada” written by Lauren Weisberger is a novel about a girl called Andrea who accidently gets a job at a fashion magazine, but she doesn’t know anything about fashion. Everyone says this is a job “a million girls would die for” but it turns out that her boss is the biggest nightmare. Her job is extremely demanding and her boss won’t take “no” for an answer. It is a fabulous book about managing work and life outside of work. It can teach a lot and make you question how much time do you spend with people you love. In my opinion if you start reading this book you are going to fall in love with it. I would recommend this book to everyone but especially young teenage girls who are fond of fashion.