The Devil Wears Prada

By: Lauren Weisberger

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

A sharp, witty, and hugely entertaining debut novel, The Devil Wears Prada is The Nanny Diaries set in the world of high fashion. Welcome to the dollhouse, baby! When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared and fawned-over editor, Miranda Priestly. But she's going to be Miranda's assistant, a job millions of girls would die for. A year later, she knows altogether too much: That it's a sacking offence to wear anything lower than a three-inch heel to work. But that there's always a fresh pair of Manolos for you in the accessories cupboard. That Miranda believes Hermes scarves are disposable, and you must keep a life-time supply on hand at all times. That eight stone is fat. That you can charge cars, manicures, anything at all to the Runway account, but you must never, ever, leave your desk, or let Miranda's coffee get cold. And that at 3 a.m. on a Sunday, when your boyfriend's dumping you because you're always at work, and your best friend's just been arrested, if Miranda phones, you jump. Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster who makes Cruella de Ville look like a fluffy bunny. But also that this is her big break, and it's going to be worth it in the end. Isn't it?

©2003 Lauren Weisberger (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Engaging

Being a guy I was not pretty much interested in the looong details about fashion, but I really liked the way the situations illustration and feelings were taken care of.
The narrator is totally amazing though, I got very engaged with the story and the way she dramatized and mimicked, I finished it in couple of days :)

Nice and Light

I really liked the narrator choice for this audio book - the humor she instills is pretty good, as well as the voice inflections of the other characters. There were times where she illustrates Andrea Sach's awe quite well.

Great book.

Really enjoyed listening to this book.
Funny, well written and read.
The heroine is very relatable, and with her you get a Great peek into the fashion industry world.

So captivating!

This is the best book I've found on here yet! I've only had it a week (probably less I think) and I've already listened to all nearly 14 hours of it. It is interesting, and well read, and a good laugh :)

good one

It's a good one, entertaining. i saw the movie first and both the book and the movie are equally good.

I watched the movie first

I love the movie, but the book had something special to it. There were many differences such as a Andy having more of an attitude behind MP’s back. I loved that she was a little spicy and even though acted the part in front of MP she wasn’t delusional in thinking she was going to be treated any better. I loved Lilly’s character more in the book, she showed that everyone has problems and she was less judgmental of Andy about her job. Emily was fabulous in both movie and book. MP seemed less controlled on the book, I liked the fact that in the movie her words were very important and she wasn’t so snarky or almost childish. All in all the book was really fun to listen to. Sometimes the audio didn’t seem to flow very nicely from where it was cut but this is an older audio book.

GREAAAAAT!

Best novel ever~!
quiet expensive,but worth it.

Enjoyable Easy Listening

Having seen the movie, but not actually have read the book, I thought this would be a nice easy listen. I was right. Never boring and keeps you interested. You feel for the main character but you really can't believe that people like this exist.

Highly recommend if you have an interest in human nature and emotions, would like an insight in to the fashion world and what people endure just to be a part of it.

Fun read but quite shallow

This book is a fun, mindless listen (loved the performance) but don't expect it to be as good as the movie. The character Andy is ALOT more whiny and annoying here and never really had a "turnaround" moment like she does in the movie. And the character Miranda is very one dimensional and unlike in the movie as well - she's just a "bitch" and that's it. Not much depth to her character beyond that which is a shame.

"Enjoyable Easy Listening"

Having seen the movie, but not actually have read the book, I thought this would be a nice easy listen. I was right. Never boring and keeps you interested. You feel for the main character but you really can't believe that people like this exist.

Highly recommend if you have an interest in human nature and emotions, would like an insight in to the fashion world and what people endure just to be a part of it.

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