- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (3 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007181493
- ISBN-13: 978-0007181490
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 14 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 735,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Alice O'Keeffe
The working title of The Doorman Wears Dolce makes this instantly recognisable as the follow-up to surely the most fabulously titled debut of 2003 The Devil Wears Prada. For her second novel Lauren Weisberger sticks with what she knows; New York City, but this time it’s the achingly cool world of Manhattan’s party people rather than the fashion pack. At the beginning of the novel Bette (Bettina) Robinson, 27 year old daughter of vegan hippie parents is working eighty-hour weeks as a corporate drone in the offices of investment bank CWK Hoffman. The highlight of her social calendar is a dinner date with her uncle and his boyfriend every Thursday night. Handily, said uncle is also a famous, highly syndicated columnist who manages to secure Bette a shiny new job as a party planner at top PR agency. Cue our heroine’s descent into Manhattan’s social whirl as she struggles with the outrageous demands of celebrity clients plus unwelcome exposure in a regular gossip column. It’s a perfect escapist read, and fans of The Devil Wears Prada will love it but if you’re missing your SATC fix then I’d recommend Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin and Midnight in Manhattan by Francesca Delbanco as altogether more satisfying slices of the Big Apple.
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'Loved Devil Wears Prada? Then you will devour this follow-up.' ELLE PRAISE FOR THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: 'This little gem mixes Sex and the City charm with dry New York wit.' REAL 'Sassy, insightful and sooo Sex and The City, you'll be rushing to the bookshop for your copy like it's a half price Prada sale.' COMPANY 'The most fun we've had in ages.' HEAT 'Delicious!a great insight into the world of magazines and fashion.' RED 'Perfect reading in the bath with a flute of champagne.' EVENING STANDARD 'A fabulous book you won't put down.' THE SUN 'A fun read.' DAILY EXPRESS 'A rattling read.' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Laugh out loud at this fictional fash editor's outrageous shenanigans.' ELLE GIRL 'An entertaining read.' GUARDIAN
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well I thought it was great!,
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This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
I've seen some bad reviews for this book and I really can't understand why?! I'm not very well read on chick-lit so maybe those that are will see whats coming from the end of the first page but i was completely hooked! And i love all things New York which just happens to be the setting.
it can only be classed as chick-lit but as long as you know what you're getting, you can't go wrong. I thought it was great.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as "The Devil Wears Prada",
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This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
This is your standard unchallenging chick lit, not Austen or Dickens, but enough going on to get you to the end of the book...though you may be disappointed at the end of it. I picked it up because I'd liked the writer's previous book, but the central character seemed to me to be a pastiche of the central character of The Devil Wears Prada (perhaps a version of Lauren Weisberger herself?) and the story was basically the same.
The central character is Bette, who loves Harlequin Romances - the equivalent of Mills & Boon in the US I assume - has a very long-drawn-out non-relationship with one man and a very trashy-romance-novel relationship with another both of which are unbelievable and not very interesting. The book is also full of underdeveloped story lines and characters which remain the most unsatisfying thing about it. Saying all of this, however, I did manage to finish the book despite its many faults, and it did have some entertaining moments. It's never going to win the Booker Prize (or any prize for that matter!) but as chick lit goes, it's OK...not good, not awful, just OK.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It Wasn't Bad, I Have Seen Much Worse,
By truthbetold (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
Granted, the book starts slow, but then when I was about to give up, I couldn't put it down, finished in a day. I discovered lots of new and actually learned something in a fun way.
Strengths: For starters, this was an excellent introduction to a PR world, had no clue, the story sounds credible. Also there is life after banking and after PR - so great to see the easiness with which the character switches from industry to industry. It is one of the first books to give the idea about the blogging community and how exciting, influential and catching it is for some parts of society. The night life and the whole social scene is contemporary, fun, true and generally very, very good. Lots of issues like girls starving, international jet set, and all the rest is credible and original. But mind you it is written for an audience who don't know basic things, even about Hermes bags, etc. Lots of issues touched upon socially are true and up-to-date. I liked her unpretentiousness, lack of playing the society games, keeping appearances, etc. Her friendships are genuine, refreshing and nice. Weaknesses: Strikingly it is written in the language of a 11-year-old. Haven't read Devil.., but surprised how it could have been a best-seller. Banking part is totally non-credible, the worst snapshot of the industry in my experience. The author just shouldn't have gone there. No wonder the character quit it. Not all English men are gay!! English sloanes don't use such language. A writer should have done her home-work. I have heard such language: "Love, can you.." "Blokes", etc. only from East-End taxi drivers. The lack of direction is scary. The girl is depressed for extended periods.
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