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The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

liebermanp's review against another edition

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Insanely long chapters. Loved the movie and the book was decent so far, but I just couldn't get past the long chapters. Might try to listen to the audiobook sometime 

mcbibliotecaria's review against another edition

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3.0

The men in this book were a#$%les. Like her boyfriend who refused to empathize with how sucky her life was under this tyrant of a woman. The security guy who would force her to sing everytime she came in just screams sexual harassment. Even her dad, who would disappear to work, or be disappointed, or just not be there. The women I appreciated came in all types, but this book was longer than it should have been. And I'm just so ticked that everyone was depending on her, like without her nothing else is fine, and that was a different kind of dependency. Her best friend fell apart because she was working, her relationship fell apart because she was working, all knowing it was only 1 year out of her life. So everybody besides Andy in this book can suck it, because that kind of sick dependency on one person has led many a woman to her own downfall, with her own feeling of self worth not important until everyone else is okay. This book left me mad I see.

gooseberry's review against another edition

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lighthearted tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

ina_'s review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

ms_morri1's review against another edition

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2.0

DNFed. I might try this book again, but I was listening to this on audiobook and still didn’t finish it. I think I just struggled to like any of the characters in the books and I just didn’t want to keep going after a certain point.

tessacrocker's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

pandora520's review against another edition

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5.0

good fun

rhemajoy's review against another edition

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4.0

ok yes, Miranda was demeaning and impossible to please, but Andy wasn’t much better. Andy agreed to put up with the (albeit awful) job for a year, but managed to have a trashy attitude about it the entire time. don’t get me started on her putting off calling Alex and her parents when she KNEW they were disappointed in her for going to Europe. this year, i’m revisiting my favorite movies/tv shows via the books that inspired them. I’m conflicted about the changes made for the movie — it seems many of them were necessary to condense the story into a 100-min format. The book could’ve been more concise… but i understand why it wasn’t. Andy bf’s was unlikable in the movie (he exuded hater vibes) because the film lacked a lot of character building from the book.

laurenbea814's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

suicidaldaron's review against another edition

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4.0

sort of went on for a bit too long, but honestly it was a very fun read.