A review by inherentlysleepy
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

2.0

I DESERVE AN ICE CREAM AND A BOWL OF FRENCH FRIES AND A PLATE OF FLAME GRILLED HUGE BURGER AND A TALL GLASS OF SWEET ICED TEA FOR MANAGING TO FINISH THIS HIDEOUS BOOK!

"No choice? You have nothing but choices! Andy, this job is not just a job anymore, in case you've failed to notice — it's taken over your entire life!"

I wouldn't say anything more other than reading the miserable Runway assistant life of Ahn-dre-ah had given me a massive headache the entire time. It was great, for I know the author was successful in making her readers feel the same exact torment the heroine was going through. But, was it entirely necessary? I wished Lauren Weisberger could have cut me some slack, I don't deserve it.

The entire story was consistent (for giving me a migraine, yes) and steady-paced. Though roughly 10% of the book I found myself skipping from which I rather found irrelevance in enumerating and roll-calling tons of names of signature brands, almost the entire time. I really don't care that much. There was some very subtle plot holes, and the narrative and story flow continued to provide unimportant information — and character, like Christian. Why was he supposed to be there again? Nothing much happened anyway. I wouldn't say Andy wasn't at all relatable — she is. Because once not a long time ago I found myself in the same shoes as hers. Not exactly working in a fashion mayhem, but almost the same as how I came to a point where I've overlooked my family, friends, even welfare of myself by acting heroic and unselfishly. It was a very, very dark place to be in on one's career.

Overall, I'm glad they made a movie out of this, because from the onset of the book I knew that this kind of story is better off on silver screen rather than a great amount of time sitting and reading. After all, it's very Hollywood-ish. And I don't look forward to read the sequel.

EDIT: from 3★ down to 2★. Had to diminish one... I just knew I had to.