The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to plaints about "The Boss from Hell." Narrated in Andrea's smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda's children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day--and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.

I picked up this book more out of curiosity than anything else since I enjoyed the film but found that it was lacking in some places and I was wondering what the book would be like. I'll tell you one thing it is completely different from the film! From the beginning to the end this book is just so much better, the characters are more real, the boss more of a bitch, the tasks more insane and the storyline is completely different. It even ends differently! Not as neatly and perfectly as the film I might add, but a lot more like real life and a lot more interestingly.

For anyone who has ever had a bitch as boss and thinks that theirs is the worst read this book and marvel over how truly impossible someone can be! This book is a fantastic escape and is fiction at his best. Weisberger writes very well and you really engage with all of her characters; personally I had the over whelming urge to reach into the book and rip out Miranda's throat. The characters are more fleshed out than the film and aren't completely glossy Hollywood as in the film.

Don't watch the film after reading the book though because you'll only be annoyed by the film.

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