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I really enjoyed this book. My first instinct was to pass it by, as I had already seen the movie, but I'm so glad that I didn't. While definitely chick lit, it's a fun and very entertaining read. There were times that I actually laughed out loud with the author's very humorous writing style. An easy, smartly written, funny book.
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I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.
I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit puff piece where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

Marquaita O. (
Quaita) wrote on 7/8/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Just could not get into this book. I put it down and came back several times and still was not able to finish it. I guess it was just not my cup of tea.

Caroline O. (
cmoh) wrote on 1/30/2007...
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I saw the movie first and was expecting a light comical read and did not get it. If not compared to the movie the book is very good. Just don't expect a comedy.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Okay, you have to ask yourself, "Is it okay to read a book about a character you can't stand who is getting beat up by a boss you would have told off right around lunch time on your first day?"

Christie C. (
ChristieC) wrote on 6/15/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book! I wanted to read it before seeing the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it! Very funny - her boss is truly the devil. What an arrogant witch! I think Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep will do justice to the lead roles!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a fun, fluffy, fast read that made me chuckle more than I thought I would. In fact, I'd thought I'd hate it, but I really surprised myself by actually loving it.
Yeah, it's not the world's greatest literature. But it's become a classic of contemporary fiction, and deservedly so.

Cathy V. (
CathyV) wrote on 8/22/2008...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A sometimes fun/sometimes painful tale of a toxic work situation -- the boss is awful, but the employee sneers at the whole fashion scene--so the outcome is well, predictable.

Yasmin E. (
yasmin) wrote on 8/25/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
if you've seen the movie then you definitely need to read the book.....if you think its gonna be the same as the movie...GUESS AGAIN!!!

Kelli S. (
Kelli) wrote on 8/17/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book is horribly boring. I had planned on reading the book before seeing the movie, but I don't plan on doing that any longer. The main character is annoying, the work scenario is ridiculous, and you find yourself wondering how anyone with a decent IQ level could bother working for someone so uppity. Then you realize that it would never happen in real life and put the book down in disgust. The author, in a meager attempt to impress upon the readers just how upscale the boss is, goes on and on (and on and on) with lists of various designers and so on. You could easily skip nearly a whole page now and again because of it.
In short, not worth the read unless you're marooned on a desert island and have nothing else to do. Even then, I'm not sure I'd bother.