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Everyone Worth Knowing (Thorndike Core) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Lauren Weisberger (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 648 pages
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (19 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786279842
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786279845
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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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 'Not since the heyday of Sex and the City has a story so caught the imagination of ladies who lunch.' HARPERS & QUEEN '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 --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A mission not a pleasure!, 26 Feb 2006
By O. Doyle "celticshedevil" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
I picked up ‘Everyone Worth Knowing’ because I wanted a fun chick-lit book to chill out to after a bout of reading quite heavy books about the Holocaust. While it started out as fun and chilled I found finishing this book more a mission than a pleasure.

The story centers on Bettina Robinson (Bette). She works 80hr weeks at a safe boring job in a bank, a job which she decides to jack in when her annoying boss gives her one pep-talk too many. After several weeks of lazing on her couch she decides to get a job and ends up working as a party organizer for Kelly & Company. All of a sudden she’s propelled into the realms of the super-rich where her job is to party and be seen in the hottest nightspots Manhattan has to offer. Before long she goes from reading the gossip columns to being in the gossip columns for her ‘relationship’ with the notorious British playboy Philip Weston.

While Bettes boss, Kelly, is loving seeing her Company’s name in the news thanks to Bettes ‘relationship’ with a notorious playboy, Bettes own hippy parents are totally aghast at the antics of their daughter. Then Bettes somewhat celebrity columnist uncle Will gets dragged into the gossip columns, right around the time that best friend Penelope decides to head off to LA with her trust-fund fiancé. And poor Bette is left on her lonesome with only the super-rich A-list party crowd to keep her company.

While the author tries to make you feel sorry for Bette and how a life of partying and rubbing shoulders with the A-list is so tough it just annoyed me. Bette to me just came across as a selfish, attention-seeking blonde who would whinge no matter what job she had. Poor dopey Penelope is just such a cliché as was the plot of Sammy who goes from zero to hero in no time at all. Oh please!

This book was a true light-weight with no real plot to it. I found it mildly amusing to start with but eventually just grew tired of the ‘poor me’ story-line. My advice - pick up a Cathy Kelly book instead.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable non-taxing read, 10 Dec 2008
By Zara (Belfast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
I read this book in about two days on a winter sun holiday. I wasn't expecting much from it after reading some of the not-so-complimentary reviews on amazon, but I was pleasantly surprised. I think I may have even enjoyed it more then The Devil Wears Prada. I love the glitzy New York setting and there are some well depicted characters. It's all very tongu in cheek and it was funny reading about the various shallow creatures of the exclusive Manhattan social scene but I came to the same conclusion that the author probably has - that all these party people are, eh, not so worth knowing!!! Don't expect too much from this book but if it's a holiday read you're after it's a bit of fun and escapism. I now look forward to reading Chasing Harry Winston!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Something Worth Reading (If you don't have anything else to read.)., 31 Jul 2007
By maya j "mayapapaya" (Quail Crossing) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Everyone Worth Knowing (Paperback)
While The Devil Wears Prada was cutting edge, fresh and scandalous, Everyone Worth Knowing was tried, true and predictable. Here's the premise: Young New Yorker, fabulously beautiful, but doesn't know it; Super talented, but bad job; Great connections to other fabulous people, but doesn't seem to care; Men who like her, but really don't act like it. It seems to have been just a reworked version of 'Devil' or, incredibly, this book really reminded me of Something Borrowed (which was a fantastic book). Regardless of this predictability, 'Everyone Worth Knowing' was okay to read because we like stuff like this. It's fun, it's easy to read, and it requires no cognitive thinking skills. It's just that if you're looking for something new and different- it wasn't there. I had a really hard time envisioning the main character, Bette, and I don't think it was because she wasn't described well. What we read was that she was smart, beautiful and talented, but that these traits were unnoticed, unrevealed and undiscovered. As much as Lauren Weisberger tried to bring those things out of her- her visage just didn't manifest itself to me. 'Everyone Worth Knowing' is an okay book that would be an easy, quick read on a plane trip, because if you got distracted, it wouldn't be hard to just jump back in and keep reading- it does not require a lot of thought to process this book. Recommended if you don't have anything else to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic holiday read
I really enjoyed this book (and all of the other Lauren Weisberger books). It's a fantastic holiday read and I would recommend it to anyone!
Published 1 month ago by Ms. G. Wilson

2.0 out of 5 stars Read it if your life revolves around fashion, celebs and lettuce leaves
This book came as a freebie in a magazine some time ago and I was looking forward to reading it as I had enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrea Smith

3.0 out of 5 stars Good read!!
When I started reading this book, I wasn't sure I was going to like it.
It started out very similar to "The Devil Wears Prada". Read more
Published 9 months ago by Lisette

1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish
I rarely give up on a book, but 100 pages in I tossed Everyone Worth Knowing aside. It reminded me of a very bad novel I started writing when suffering from depression several... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mrs. J. A. Collins

3.0 out of 5 stars I quite liked it
Ok so it wasn't as good as the Devil wears Prada, but i still found it an enjoyable and entertaining read. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ernie the cat

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
I really loved this book - I read it straight from cover to cover because it was so enjoyable and an easy read.
Published 12 months ago by linzi t

5.0 out of 5 stars A truely girlie read
Interspersed with more in depth novels, this is good fun. Nothing to cause you great upset etc, just good fun about a twenty something girl living in the city. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jeni

4.0 out of 5 stars Well I thought it was great!
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... Read more
Published 17 months ago by A. Townsend

1.0 out of 5 stars Trash but not even good trash
Exactly the same plot as her last book, The Devil Wears Prada, girl falls into new job, gets sucked into social scene or will lose job, cancels arrangements with friends/family at... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Pushkin

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as "The Devil Wears Prada"
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. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. N. L. Vincendeau

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