Review "The Devil Wears Prada" by Lauren Weisberger

"The Devil Wears Prada" is Lauren Weisberger's novel of a regular young woman who goes to work at a fashion magazine for one of the meanest bosses in literary history.

I read this book because I saw the movie and enjoyed it - and I thought the book would be an interesting character study of a really evil boss - and it was. The boss in the story is named Miranda Priestly and she is supposedly based on a famous editor of "Vogue" (not that I have ever read Vogue.) Ms. Priestly continually dominates her staff and keeps them on edge at all times. The narrator of the story, Amanda Sachs, actually gets to the point where she starts shaking when her cell phone rings. I won't go into detail and spoil some of the things Ms. Priestly does to her staff, but it was pretty harsh.

Ms. Weisberger has created an entertaining novel and memorable characters. While I don't care about fashion and that world it was interesting to learn about how so few people control what everyone ends up wearing. If you are looking for a fun, easy read about a dominating, evil boss then this is the book for you.