What readers think of The Devil Wears Prada, plus links to write your own review.

I enjoyed this book only because I wanted to get THRU IT and I was waiting for a climax. I felt as though something exciting was going to occur but it really never did,.Too bad, I think she could have done more with it..really.
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I found myself skipping to the end as the insanely high expectations of Miranda towards her staff [and their acceptance that 'that's just the way she is'] hit too close to personal experiences with managers of my past and present; I was not interested in wading thru every single word until the arrival of the main character's ultimate liberation, when it was pretty apparent she should have quit on page 4, or never accepted the job to begin with. I agree with other comments that the other characters seemed somewhat extraneous.

It would have been nice had the author answered her own question of why she should care about high fashion by inserting the thoughts of other characters' thoughts on why they were in the business [but maybe I skipped over that part].

As someone outside the world of haute cotour, I will continue to remain outside, and happily do so.

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
This was more of a 'journal' style not unlike "I don't know How She Does it" or "The Nanny Diaries". This is the story of a 20-something college graduate/aspiring writer who lands the job of assistant to the editor of a large fashion magazine. The editor and now her boss is portayed as a complete monster of a human being: demanding, rude, wasteful and downright insensitive. While I am not a big fan of fashion magazines even I figured she had to have worked for either Vogue, Vanity Fair or, at the least, Cosmo! The details were far and away too accurate to not have had such an experience first hand. That said, I found parts of it so unbelievable that I could not fathom a boss/ human being who could be so utterly self absorbed. Some parts are quite funny and I enjoyed reading the book. I will, however, never read a fashion magazine again without checking to see if by rearranging the letters of the editors name you can spell oh...say... Lucifer von Satan!

This is one of the rare cases where the movie was 10x better than the book. The book is a thinly veiled jab at Anna Wintour by an author who briefly worked for Vogue. If the author is like the narrator, she is judgmental, snarky, shallow, petty, and extremely lacking in self awareness. The only other time I disliked a narrator so much was when they turned out to be the murderer.

So-so at best. I recall this book lingering on the bestsellers' list for weeks on end and, for the life of me, cannot figure out why. I forced myself to complete the book only because I kept expecting it to get interesting. Sadly, it never did.

I agree with Anonymous. I'm almost finished with this book, and the story goes nowhere. Only an idiot would work for a person like Miranda (and the rest of the snobs, like Emily). I'm not sure anyone is truly that bad as her. Not to mention, Miranda's a lying sack of crap. Ex: Who would delibertately leave someone a voice message only to say in the end "I didn't say that"....

If you want a job at the New Yorker, go for it. You prefer having your confidence and ego smashed to smitherines first? Why would anyone with self-esteem do what Andrea is doing -- unless it's her immature age of 23 (24?) showing. Can't believe this story was on the best-seller's list. It's totally amateur writing. Pure curiosity is why I'll finish it. Hopefully, Ms. Weisberger won't write another novel.

As a fashion conscious teenage girl, I found the The Devil Wears Prada an appealing title. The appeal of the novel however, pretty much stops there. Though the book provided insights into the world of High Fashion, there were no moments where I thought 'wow, I didn't know that'. I did however, appreciate the detail that was put into describing the designer clothes.

I also feel that the story took to long to establish itself, and I originally found it difficult to sympathise with the book's main character Andrea, who is constantly put down by her 'boss from hell'. I found myself annoyed with her for not just quitting when she hated her job so much. I also felt that a lot of the book was just her complaining and not taking action to do anything about it... which is frustrating to read. I found the action's of her boss to be a tad unbelievable, and the rest of the characters a little bland and underdeveloped. The story itself is also quite predictable, and I was often able to guess the next turn of events.

Though The Devil Wears Prada is certainly not one of those books that you can't put down, it's readable - particuarly for young teenage girls who are into designer labels and fashion.

"The Devil Wears Prada" started out as a promisingly funny and entertaining book, but soon fell flat. After the first 200 pages, I found myself wondering where the book was going to go. So, she didn't like her boss or her job, then quit your job or quit complaining about it. The book and it's characters went nowhere. She might as well not have mentioned her roommate/friend or her boyfriend because the characters didn't evolve in the slightest bit. There seemed to be the hint that something may happen in the book, but alas, nothing never did. That is unless hearing the main character of the book, Andrea or whatever, complain endlessly about her boss and her job counts as something. If anyone told me that they planned on reading this book, I would seriously advise them to put that idea aside and read a book that is worth their time. I could sum up the main character's philosophy and/or the entire book in a few words, "boo hoo, I hate my job. (more tears), I hate my boss.(yet more tears) Let's just continually complain about it,(sobbing now)I have it sooooo bad.