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Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns Mass Market Paperback – June 4, 2013
- Print length387 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication dateJune 4, 2013
- Dimensions4.1 x 1.1 x 6.7 inches
- ISBN-109781476716176
- ISBN-13978-1476716176
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- ASIN : 147671617X
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster (June 4, 2013)
- Language : English
- Mass Market Paperback : 387 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781476716176
- ISBN-13 : 978-1476716176
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.1 x 1.1 x 6.7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,750,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #133,057 in Women's Literature & Fiction
- #165,037 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Lauren Weisberger is the author of The Devil Wears Prada, which spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. The film version, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, won a Golden Globe Award and grossed over $300 million worldwide. Her second novel, Everyone Worth Knowing, was also a New York Times bestseller. She lives in New York City with her husband.
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I had read a serious book right before reading this, so I found Revenge refreshingly light and entertaining. It was an easy read following the serious book, which was exactly what I needed!
Initially, a lot of Revenge is Andy rehashing memories of her time with Miranda and these snarky descriptions are what made the original Devil so good. This time around, the Miranda memories do feel a bit warmed over, but are probably necessary to set the stage.
In Revenge, Andy and Emily end up on the receiving end of the charming version of Miranda (the version most celebrities saw in Devil). It was really interesting to see the juxtaposition of how she treats people she wants something from versus how she treats her underlings. You can feel her transform between personalities right before your eyes and then back again in seconds.
I also enjoyed the secondary storyline of Andy's marriage to Max Harrison, the son of a Media scion, and found her stuck-up snob of a mother-in-law to be somewhat amusing character. Even though she was dislikable, she added some humorous ridiculousness to the story.
Despite enjoying the book and flying through it, I hated the ending, and that seems to be the consensus among other reviewers. It couldn't have been more cliche and you could see it coming a mile away. Actually, there were a lot of cliche moments in this book and I rolled my eyes at some parts. But, I have to go on overall feeling while reading a book and I enjoyed this one for what it was...something light, easy, and not thought provoking. Sometimes you just need a book like that.
For more reviews, check out my blog, Sarah's Book Shelves.
Here's the thing (and I wish Amazon would let me draw a table here so that I could do a side-by-side comparison):
Andrea (in the movie) isn't that great of a character. Nope, she isn't someone that you can say, well, I would be friends with her if she was a real person. I mean, she easily puts her personal life on hold to become a slave to Miranda Priestly. She doesn't fight it at all - not even when the supposed love of her life begged her to do so.
Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly STOLE that movie. And are we surprised? No, because she's Meryl Streep. Her Miranda Priestly was delightfully snobby. She made that woman human. You felt SORRY for her when her marriage crumbled. And because of that, the Andrea (in the movie) seemed less bullied and more whiny.
So, that's where my mindset was when I started this book.
Andrea (Andy) in this book...sucks just as much as she did in the movie of the first book. She's incredibly negative, assuming the worst in every situation. When something goes wrong, she stubbornly refuses to discuss it, instead of entertaining another viewpoint. She's downright mean to her husband. And though she is angry with her husband for a certain behavior, she does it herself.
In short, she's really quite deplorable. There's nothing that makes you want to root for her. She refuses to accept responsibility for the role she played in the demise of several relationships.
Because the actions of Andrea elicit strong emotions, I have to give props to Lauren Weisberger. Putting aside the serious shortcomings of this character, the book itself was somewhat entertaining. Emily is always an interesting character - no shrinking violet here! I was confused about the Nigel character being so awful here in the book - another role to which the actor (the fabulous Stanley Tucci) in the movie brought humanity.
I would say it's okay if you're invested in finding out where the characters are now.
I read review upon review stating that this follow-up book was horrible. I was very hesitant to "waste my time" as others had said. I absolutely loved getting to rekindle with these characters. I think that the main problem that everyone has with the book is that the title is slightly misleading. If you really think about it, maybe it's not necessarily about Andy get revenge on Miranda Priestly. Miranda Priestly was always the one that wore the Prada, and a tiger can't change its stripes. Miranda was back and was there to hope everyone would still continue to mock her miserable lifestyle.
This book has many (not completely unexpected) twists and heart retching turns. I think that this book helps show that Andy was able to eventually do what was best for her, which in the long run put her life back on track and with the people she loved the most.
I will be re-reading this again and again! Thanks Lauren, for another great distraction from our every day life!