tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post4134296870550121350..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Books: Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-58734954004687870352013-10-04T03:04:13.589+01:002013-10-04T03:04:13.589+01:00Maybe the revenge part is something like that sayi...Maybe the revenge part is something like that saying, "Living well is the best revenge"? Except that Andy isn't really living well if she complains about everything...so I'm out of ideas.<br /><br />I pop in Devil Wears Prada whenever I (a) have had a bad day, (b) need motivation to get something done, (c) want to put off doing something, (d) need to dust the TV. I've seen it so VERY many times.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-78271480022507826762013-10-03T20:55:45.964+01:002013-10-03T20:55:45.964+01:00Awww, little non-fandom people. Um, an AU is an al...Awww, little non-fandom people. Um, an AU is an alternate universe, so like the same characters and a similar dynamic, but in a different setting/maybe different character names. So this one was set on the Titanic. <a href="http://caramelapples11.livejournal.com/84323.html" rel="nofollow">HERE IS AN EXAMPLE</a>Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-61345827556095477042013-10-02T23:51:12.761+01:002013-10-02T23:51:12.761+01:00I have this terrible affliction where I now desper...I have this terrible affliction where I now desperately want to loan this book from the library and see how bad it is. I haven't even read the first one (only saw the film) but this sounds so god damn terrible that I can't get past it. It's like the worst version of rubbernecking.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259549933849264277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81561968229649741332013-10-02T23:39:11.707+01:002013-10-02T23:39:11.707+01:00Hahaha, well she managed to write something! Just....Hahaha, well she managed to write something! Just... Nothing worth reading. Sometimes it's ok to let things lie, authors!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-30614694306487344912013-10-02T23:38:26.538+01:002013-10-02T23:38:26.538+01:00You are sooo welcome for the warning. If I can sto...You are sooo welcome for the warning. If I can stop just one person reading this book, I consider my work here done. I'm trying to decide whether this was better or worse than SATC2, and I think this *was* slightly better... Possibly only in that I did keep making the (admittedly bad) choice to keep reading this, whereas I would never ever choose to see that abomination ever again!<br /><br />SCHOOL OF ROCK IS THE BEST. You better have actually watched it!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-12698693202212480632013-10-02T23:36:06.716+01:002013-10-02T23:36:06.716+01:00I don't know that she was trying to make Andy ...I don't know that she was trying to make Andy anything like Miranda, because she doesn't start ruining peoples lives or anything like that... She's just kind of awful and complains about everything and I just wanted her to shut up? In a nutshell!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81197326157128823222013-10-02T23:34:25.766+01:002013-10-02T23:34:25.766+01:00I mean... The book is good in a kind of chick lit ...I mean... The book is good in a kind of chick lit way. Like, it's on the upper end of chick lit. And its the best of all her books that I've read, so that's kind of how I assess things? The movie is still better because OMG MERYL! So I support your decision.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26225576860593869542013-10-02T23:32:55.761+01:002013-10-02T23:32:55.761+01:00I can't even deal with this information, Alice...I can't even deal with this information, Alice. I just... WHAT?! I can't get on that ship, because Miranda is literally the devil. As the name of the book suggests...<br /><br />*whispers* I don't know what a Titanic AU is, please elaborate. Even google couldn't help me with this one...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-79752692591806588332013-10-02T23:29:40.868+01:002013-10-02T23:29:40.868+01:00I honestly barely understand when books are part o...I honestly barely understand when books are part of a series, but when it's a book that CLEARLY didn't need a sequel... No. Just, no.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-29301918681236483332013-10-02T22:35:02.004+01:002013-10-02T22:35:02.004+01:00I did wonder how she managed to make a sequel at a...I did wonder how she managed to make a sequel at all, I guess really she didn't! Will avoid this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-9174110049312173872013-10-02T19:08:40.887+01:002013-10-02T19:08:40.887+01:00The Devil Wears Prada is a greeeeeeaat film and I ...The Devil Wears Prada is a greeeeeeaat film and I remember the book being great too but now that you've compared it to Sex and the City 2 I will NEVER read this. That film made me want to gouge my eyes out and learn to time travel just so I could go back to before it started and LEAVE. I have had the same experience with her other books, they're kind of meh and not as good, and if this is worse than them then there just can't be all that much good about it, thanks for the warning.<br /><br />On the other hand, that kid from School of Rock is great. In fact, School of Rock is just great... *goes off to watch School of Rock*anarmchairbytheseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593618746095559894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-85883551211982614332013-10-02T17:29:17.649+01:002013-10-02T17:29:17.649+01:00Good thing I was at the library yesterday and did ...Good thing I was at the library yesterday and did not pick this one up. It sounds like the author was trying to make Andy a whimpier version of Miranda without it ever really happening??Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00287429151542133314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46368612693930689402013-10-02T15:47:57.788+01:002013-10-02T15:47:57.788+01:00Wait, the Devil Wears Prada book was good? What no...Wait, the Devil Wears Prada book was good? What now? I thought the movie was good pretty much BECAUSE of Streep (and a little Hathaway) and that without them things would have been...ugh. Or maybe that was just my reasoning that the book can't live up to Streep as Miranda.<br /><br />But really, given this review, I think I'll avoid both this one AND the original and stick with the movie.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-11328011040680066532013-10-02T15:46:46.686+01:002013-10-02T15:46:46.686+01:00Well, at the very least this made me want to read ...Well, at the very least this made me want to read DWP. <br /><br />Also, did you know that there's a decent-sized shipping contingent for Miranda/Andy, and it's called Mirandy? And that someone wrote a Titanic AU for them? Yeah. That happened.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-27996865136164950242013-10-02T14:58:52.158+01:002013-10-02T14:58:52.158+01:00It always makes me sad when authors do this. I'...It always makes me sad when authors do this. I'll avoid it like the plague. Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.com