She’s Baaaaaack!
Reviewed by Mel
Hearse
I’m a fan of
Weisberger’s work—Last Night at the
Chateau Marmont is my personal favourite, and while her
latest, the hotly anticipated sequel to the best selling Devil Wears Prada, fails to knock it off the number one perch for
me, it’s certainly a great read.
Following on from the
original Devil, Revenge Wears Prada sees Andy at the newly turned age of thirty,
now an incredibly successful magazine editor, and working closely with her best
friend Emily, another Runway survivor (yes, THAT Emily). She’s about to be married
and has been careful to stay clear of Miranda Priestly, her dreadful first
boss. But Andy’s luck is running out. Miranda Priestly isn’t the kind of woman
who hides in the background.
In the words of the
book’s blurb—Miranda’s baaaaack...and more devilish than ever.
If I have a complaint
about the sequel, it’s that there wasn’t much of the Devil herself, and where
she did appear there was a slight feeling that it was really a tack on moment,
included simply for continuity or a sense of obligation to the franchise. The
strength of the book is Andy. Her story
line is interesting enough to class this book as a masterpiece in its genre
(Hey, literature it ain’t, but as a good chick-lit novel it excels.)
Overall, the book is a
great read, any issues are no more than niggles. The book is aspirational, glossy and all the basic things you want in a
good beach read.
I give it three stars
for execution, four stars for delivering the fun factor.
Our review copy of Revenge Wears Prada thanks to the stylish people
at HARPER
COLLINS PUBLISHERS Australia
BOOK BLURB
Everything′s in place
for the season′s hottest launch:
Tall latte (with two
raw sugars)? Check.
Gucci trench (draped
over desk)? Check.
Outrageous,
unreasonable demands? Check.
Andy has just turned
thirty and is an incredibly successful magazine editor, working closely with
her best friend Emily, another Runway survivor. She′s about to get married -
life′s on track and she's been careful to stay clear of Miranda Priestly, her
dreadful first boss. But Andy′s luck is running out. Miranda Priestly isn′t the
kind of woman who hides in the background.
She′s back... and more
devilish than ever.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Release Dates: Australia and New
Zealand: June 2013
Purchasing details: Click here
Author’s
Website: LAUREN WEISBERGER
Sample
Read: Click
here
THE AUTHOR
Lauren Weisberger is the author of the mega success
The Devil Wears Prada. It is almost autobiographic, since Lauren did start her
career as an assistant to Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour. She then
moved to Departures magazine where she began writing both for the magazine and
in writing classes by night. She debuted with The Devil Wears Prada, which
exists in more than 4 million copies and became the Golden Globe award winning
motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
With her second book, Everyone Worth Knowing Lauren Weisberger proved
that she was not just a one hit wonder, with more than a million copies in
print to prove it. .
Lauren Weisberger is now married to Mike Cohen who is also a writer.
