The Devil Wears Prada is
one of those realistic fiction type novels, which I really enjoy. This is a
book I have read over and over again, and enjoy every single time. Some may
find it boring, considering it’s sort of a story of how much our main character,
Andy Sach’s, life kind of sucks. She works for a terrible boss, gets terrible
pay, has a best friend with a drinking problem who ends up getting into a car
accident, and a jerk boyfriend who doesn’t seem to understand how this job
could end up helping her in the long run.
I think one thing I really like about this book, is like
with many books, it’s not super serious or formal, and the narrator keeps a
nice sense of humor throughout, which makes it easier to read.
Although according to some of my research, it may just be a
retelling of Lauren Weisberger’s experience working at a fashion magazine to an
editor not much different than the novel’s own Miranda Priestly. So then this
novel makes me start to think if this whole book is just Weisberger complaining
about her own terrible experiences through a different name.
That changes things a little bit, but I think it’s actually
interesting to get sort of a peek into how the fashion industry works, and how
unfair it is. Obviously, Miranda Priestly is kind of an awful boss. She doesn’t
really care much about the well-being of others, considering she has everything
exactly the way she wants it, whether it’s getting her coffee at just the right
temperature at the right time, getting her daughters the newest Harry Potter
book before it’s even released, and getting reservations at the right restaurant
without ever telling her assistant anything about what restaurant it could be.
But all in all, if you just read it as a story, it’s an
enjoyable story to read, and to see the crazy things Andy has to deal with
working for a crazy boss for a fashion magazine. I find myself laughing at how
absolutely ridiculous some of things that Andy is forced to do are.
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