Una lettura particolare che, se da un lato fa sorridere, dall'altro offre vari spunti di riflessione.

Andrea Sachs è una studentessa modello, da poco laureata in una prestigiosa università. Viene assunta alla Runway, rivista di moda fra le più quotate in America, alle dipendenze di Miranda Preston, icona del settore moda. Quello che per lei era un sogno, però, ben presto, si trasforma in un incubo perché la celeberrima Miranda, oltre a essere un capo dispotico, a tratti sembra soffrire di bipolarismo e, quello che doveva essere il lavoro ideale si trasforma in una corsa contro il tempo per accontentare le richieste (assurde) della sua datrice di lavoro, rendendo la sua vita un inferno.

E qui arrivano gli spunti di riflessione: fino a che punto è giusto sacrificare la famiglia, gli affetti, la propria libertà per il sogno di una brillante carriera? Quali dovrebbero essere le priorità della vita?
Davvero molto carino il ritmo anche se, dato che non avevo visto il film, a fine lettura ho iniziato subito la visione e devo dire che mi è piaciuto di più del libro. Sarà stata la bravura della Hathaway o l'interpretazione magistrale di Meryl Streep nel ruolo di Miranda Preston, sarà stato il ritmo frenetico della metropoli che rende di più sullo schermo che sulla carta, l'ho apprezzato di più.
4 stelle per il libro
5 stelle per il film

It's rather funny that this is the second book i finished it the exact same time as the first time I read it. First finished it in 14 december 2017 and did the same today. It was a decent read, didn't love it but didn't hate it either. I was curious to give it another go as I heard nothing but raving things for the movie and I'm more of a book person.

I picked this up because it was in the guest room at my aunt's beach house and it seemed like good "summer is here, I just finished finals, don't make me think" reading. I think I read it in about 3 hours, and I couldn't remember a single thing that happened to the main character once I was done.

In fact, if they hadn't come out with the movie (which I'm a big fan of, by the way), the book would have probably disappeared from my radar forever.

Nothing really happened in the book, which I objected to. It wasn't funny enough to be a straight-up comedy of errors, but the only semblance of a plot I could pick out had to do with the crazy, evil shenanigans of Anna Win--I mean, the editor Andie worked for.

I think the author could have given us much juicier inside-info about Anna, by the way. I know more about her from Page Six and industry gossip than I gleaned from this book...so come on, if you're going to write a novel the intellectual equivalent of a gossip rag, at least make it US Weekly and tell us something as opposed to making it In Touch Weekly and regurgitating what everyone already knows. Seriously...

Recommended for: when your brain hurts and you want to read something mindless, yet you won't stoop so low as to read a book written by someone without a basic grasp of the English language. Also, if you live in Wyoming and want to know if the rumors you hear about that Anna Wintour lady are true (they are).

4/5 stars
Alright, so let me say first and foremost this is not my typical genre to read. That being said, I really thought this book was unique in it's own way.

Andy is fresh out of college and has no job prospects when she receives a call for an interview at Runway, an elite fashion magazine. Surprisingly, she is offered a job as Miranda Priestley's assistant and quickly learns that in the world of fashion, there aren't enough hours in a day. Her patience, relationships, and sanity are tested to the very limit as she endeavors to use this job to become a writer within a year.

So right out the gate, this book has a lot of great sarcastic humor in it, which I really liked. It kept things very light and easy to get through. Andy had a very clear and vivid POV and was consistent and humorous in getting her point across.

That being said, at certain points Miranda didn't seem as brutal as she did in the movie, and Andy received an alarming amount of support from her coworkers in hell. These aren't really cons, just observations.

Overall, my decrease in rating is due to the fluidity of things. I felt personally that there weren't enough big events in the book to keep me going for more at a fast and steady pace, which drew out my reading of this book. Still, I enjoyed the majority of it and definitely had a great time exploring Andy's brief time in the world of fashion.

I didn’t think I’d ever say this about any book, but… the movie was better

I finished The Devil Wear Prada last night. I had some trouble getting into the book, those first descriptions of Andrea's adventures before joining the magazine were really not that interesting to me. After she enters the magazine world I became more interested in her relationship with everyone else. Meaning I'm not that into fashion so some people might actually appreciate the fashion angle in this book more than me.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job "a million girls would die for." Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.

After Andrea starts working at the magazine she has to deal with her boss's impossible requests, rude manners and every hour calls. She feels compelled to try to answer every request because everyone tells her that after one year of putting up with Miranda Priestly she will be able to choose the job she wants.

As the action progresses Andrea is more and more into the Runway spirit, where everybody wears designers clothes, is sickly thin and lives in fear of the boss. Her relationship with Priestly's Senior Assistant Emily shows exactly that - either Emily is defending her boss and her rudeness or, when she is also a target, she is bad mouthing her in secret.

Although she becomes more of a Runway girl Andrea keeps herself focused on the real job she wants - to write for The New Yorker, and can't resist sometimes feeling superior to everyone else who works for the magazine. With that goal in mind she keeps accepting Miranda's demands thus hurting her relationship with family and friends. The climax come during a trip to Paris where Andrea is preparing to help Miranda organise a party even though her best friend is cometose in the hospital. Miranda makes one more impossible demand - to removate her daughter's passports in 3 hours - and Andrea finally tells her F*** ***.

That's the end of the job and she comes home to be with friends and family even if her relationship with her boyfriend is already damaged.

I thought this was a fun book to read after I made through those first pages because Miranda's rudeness and everyone else's reaction too it are actually really fun and make for some LOL moments.
However once you close the book there's really nothing that stands out. As an example of chick lit I think it lacks some growth of the main character, in the end Andrea only learned to dress herself better and maybe to pay better attention to her family. But she already had her own set of values and principles at the beginning of the book.
A C+.

OK, so this girl's boss asks her to do unreasonable things. That aside, however, the main character is a whiner who needs to grow up.

So many of the things Andrea complains about in this book fall under the category of "doing your job." Sure, the job sucks, but it also has unbelievable perks. Running all over town seems like a hassle, but a) that's your job, and b) you get chauffeured on those errands. Wearing free designer clothes. With a nearly unlimited expense account.

What? You're not allowed to talk to your best friend or your mom or your boyfriend on your cell phone at your desk because your boss might see? That's not a bitchy boss, that's called doing your job.

You're not allowed to leave your desk because you're responsible for answering the phone and your callers should never be subjected to voice mail? That's not a bitchy boss, that's called doing your job.

The lines are too long at the cafeteria for you to get your lunch and get back to work on time? Bring a lunch from home.

You have to wake up at 7 am? What the hell is wrong with you? Do your job.

Also, rolling your eyes and sighing audibly every time you're asked to do something should have gotten you fired long ago.

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

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).

Fun, light hearted read... MUCH better than the movie!!! Another reason I rarely watch movies of books I've read!!!

I had high hopes for this book, being as I think the movie is relatively clever and enjoyable, but I was sadly disappointed.

Andrea "Andy" Sachs is a predictable and over used heroine that we are all familiar with. A spunky, independent "free thinker" that, while struggling to make her way from college into the journalism field, takes a job working as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of Runway magazine,the predictably hellish Miranda Priestly.

My main problem with this book, aside from it's writing style, is that all the characters fill a rather traditional role and lack a much needed depth that made the book almost unreadable, in my opinion. You have the sensitive boyfriend, the caring parents, the wild child friend, the ridiculously demanding boss, the tempting playboy, and the annoying, two-faced coworkers. And as for the writing style, I'm not sure if there's a name for it, but you sort of got the impression that she was trying way too hard. I mean, does a casual, devil-may-care young woman really need to think the word "abismal" or "abhorrent" twice in the same paragraph? Because of these things, I found myself inwardly groaning at some scenes and even skipping them. This is one rare occasion where I can honestly say I'd rather watch the movie.

On a high note, I like high-end fashion, and just seeing the words of famous designers and labels was a nice feeling for me. Haha!

not even gonna bother with this...
-it was repetitive
-boring
-had poor chracter development
-so slow
-and SUCH A DRAG OMDSSS

The movie was wayyy better imo