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maliae's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
amies808's review against another edition
2.0
I will say, this moved quickly and the plotline was interesting. However, having worked in magazine publishing for five years (granted, that itself was five years ago), I found it VERY hard to believe that the EIC of a top fashion magazine would a) not see the massive shift in the magazine world - which started well before the recession, and trust, everyone from assistants to EICs could see that the industry was changing b) had absolutely zero knowledge of technology even tho she works for a fashion magazine c) was not at least 50% still connected to HER magazine during her medical leave. Basically, I found the whole premise for Eve's reign at Glossy/glossy.com completely unbelievable. I would have believed it had the story been set ten years ago -- but if it had, the authors couldn't complain quite so much about millennials. This scorn for millennials was more than palpable; it was downright exhausting. Perhaps you will enjoy this book much more than I did if you have it in you to despise an entire generation. Besides all that, the authors needed an editor to excise at least 50 pages of "then she kissed him goodbye. Then she turned to the door. Then she opened the door and left."
pinkydink70's review against another edition
5.0
I rate simply: 5 = liked it, 3 = meh, and 1 = didn't like it.
draconishotpot's review against another edition
3.0
This book sounds like it was written by someone who simultaneously hates millennials, and also desperately wants to be one. It's filled with millennial stereotypes, like nap rooms, using an app for everything, living with your parents, not liking to carry cash, hating to use a phone, etc. But, I'm a sucker for a feel-good story, so I was rooting for the main character, Imogen, despite her initial aversion to technology and the millennials around her who thrived in it.
agsmith07's review against another edition
5.0
Clever, entertaining, eye-opening, and kind of... dare I say it? Scary! #dinosaursunite #techbitchescansuck
agrinczel's review against another edition
5.0
It took about 3-chapter to get into this audiobook, (I couldn't relate to someone my age printing out emails to read) but once I got into it, I was hooked for a while, then I thought it was a little slow, but overall a solid 4.5 stars.
I read (listened) to this as part of the 2017 #MMDChallenge (fun): "A book recommended by someone with great taste" (thanks Kim! :))
I read (listened) to this as part of the 2017 #MMDChallenge (fun): "A book recommended by someone with great taste" (thanks Kim! :))
hurrrae's review against another edition
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
3.0
callienicole's review against another edition
1.0
I hesitated to list this one, because it's really not one I can recommend at all. I basically discovered that I can rent audiobooks from my library directly to my phone, and I was so excited that I snatched the first book I recognized, which happened to be this one that I heard about on Anne Bogel's podcast. The synopsis sounded like one of those fashion industry chick flicks, so I thought it might be fun to listen to. But there are a wide array of vices throughout this book, everything from heavy drinking, to shoplifting, to taking other people's prescription drugs, all treated as normal and fun. Several references to sexual relationships, and one brief sex scene which I skipped past as soon as I heard it coming, so I couldn't even tell you the level of innapropriateness. And the language! F-bomb is used liberally. I'm not even sure why I finished it other than the generational differences and the dynamic between Imogen and her boss was interesting to me - but the end came with no real insight or resolution to that aspect of the plot, leaving me disappointed. So I wouldn't recommend it.
I have to note though that I thought the narrator did a great job of reading the different characters in different voices. I did laugh out loud when she read lines by Imogen's husband though, because those romantic-sounding lines in her fake man voice came off creepily funny to me, haha! It's hard for women to read man lines and men to read woman lines in audiobooks, I think.
I have to note though that I thought the narrator did a great job of reading the different characters in different voices. I did laugh out loud when she read lines by Imogen's husband though, because those romantic-sounding lines in her fake man voice came off creepily funny to me, haha! It's hard for women to read man lines and men to read woman lines in audiobooks, I think.
keen23's review against another edition
4.0
Picked it up and couldn't put it down.
Remember when Jane Green wrote good fiction, and not just the same story over and over again? Yeah, this book is Jane Green in her prime. Imogene is a delight- a 40-something, successful woman who has a supportive husband and who doesn't feel the need to take down other women in her field to be successful.
Remember when Jane Green wrote good fiction, and not just the same story over and over again? Yeah, this book is Jane Green in her prime. Imogene is a delight- a 40-something, successful woman who has a supportive husband and who doesn't feel the need to take down other women in her field to be successful.