The Devil Wears Prada
A Novel
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4.2 • 420 Ratings
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Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT MOVIE STARRING MERYL STREEP AND ANNE HATHAWAY • DON’T MISS THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, NOW IN THEATERS!
“The degree to which The Devil Wears Prada has penetrated pop culture needs no explanation.”—Vanity Fair
A gloriously wicked story about the ultimate Boss from Hell and the deals we make with the devil to get to the top
Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
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 her a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, 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 it’s worth the price of her soul.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Get ready to spend a year with the fiercest, most fabulous boss from hell. In Lauren Weisberger’s hilarious novel, recent college grad Andrea is hired as an assistant to the terror that is Miranda Priestly, editor in chief of Runway magazine. (Weisberger spent some time at Vogue magazine and lived to tell the tale.) Andrea knows this highly coveted opportunity could help her land her dream job…if she can survive the never-ending barrage of coffee runs, late nights, and icy browbeatings from the ruthless Miranda. Published in 2003, Weisberger’s take on the horrors of paying your dues feels timeless. And now that body-shaming and bullying in the workplace are a bigger part of the public conversation, it packs even more punch. We laughed out loud at the spectacle of adults groveling before Miranda and at Andrea’s scathing internal comebacks to her boss’ outlandish demands. The Devil Wears Prada is a classic underdog story sprinkled with glamour.
Customer Reviews
Very much of its time
It’s definitely worth reading if you have only seen the movie. You’ll notice a lot of differences. Andy is blonde, instead of brunette. Nigel is a very fringe character here, but a very important secondary character in the film (probably the best upgrade they made in adapting it). You’ll see it’s not always a contentious relationship between Andy and Emily. The biggest difference is the film really sanitized how much Andy’s life was coming apart at the seams. I think this is why her boyfriend’s character comes off as a jerk in the movie, because they removed key details about things happening in her personal life that she was too busy to pay attention to. It gets really dark before it snaps her back into focus. Without that, it seems like her boyfriend is whining about the demands of her job instead of trying to help her see how much she is neglecting the most important people she loves.
It’s an entertaining story, but you’ll see that the details are extremely set in the early 2000’s. The fact that Andy has to constantly run out to get Starbucks, hot lunches and so on makes little sense now when we have every food delivery platform on the planet. The fact they almost never text each other — everything is a phone call. That Andy gets horribly lost on her first day and is rushing around asking for directions; a reminder this was before Google Maps was a thing.
Devil Wears Prada
Love this book! It's better then the movie! I wish I would have read this prior to seeing the movie!
The book of my life
This book is definitely one of the reasons why I love NYC, and why I came here to re-invent myself.
I've read it once a year, and I never get tired.