Between 2−3 stars rating, 22 September 2014 The devil may have returned, but she wasn't really around much.
By: Theresia Lim
Well, don't expect deep and meaningful metaphors and prose out of this one. Revenge Wears Prada is a guilty pleasure read, by which I mean that despite knowing the amount of *ehem* dislike this book has garnered, I still found myself flipping through the pages and following the story intently. Kind of like how I feel when I'm marathoning Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Which tells you that despite its not-exactly-Shakespeare-heck-not-even-close writing, Revenge Wears Prada does deliver a roller-coaster of a plot you can actually have fun reading, if you abandon all hopes to find a great literature piece, ignore the underdeveloped characters, and just decide to let loose and... See More
enjoy the ride for everything it has to offer. And what does this book has to offer? Personally for me, not much short of soap-opera twists.
I had hoped that Weisberger's writing skills had improved since The Devil Wears Prada. I quickly learned I was wrong, and from then on decided to just enjoy the book as a fun, light, breezy read, which is how I'd recommend you to approach this book. All in all, it's nowhere near a must-read for me, but fans of the first book and of the characters may enjoy this return to Weisberger's world, and those looking for a no-brainer read can welcome the mind vacation this book provides. Just don't expect to see much of the Meryl-Streep-made-famous Miranda Priestly character; for a titular character, Mrs. Priestly disappointingly does not appear very often in the book.