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Summary: How could you give this book a bad review?!
Review: I thought this book was totally fabulous! It was funny, witty, and a great representation of the back stabbing and politics that go on in a lot of NYC offices (not just the fashion industry!). The plot was easy to follow (I'm not sure what these negative reviewers were reading), the characters were funny and true to life (come on, you know you all have a similar co-worker), and I can't wait to read her next book!
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Summary: The Only Book I Couldn't Finish
Review: This has to be the worst book I've ever read and I've been a bookworm since I learned how to read. This story is about a woman who works for a celebrity gossip magazine, somewhere between a mixture of People and Cosmo. She isn't satisfied with her job and hopes to become a serious writer one day. She complains and whines but never does anything about it. She instaed becomes involved in a plot to take one of the bosses down instead. She seems to heap the blame for her lack of motivation and success on this woman. She infatuates about one of her co workers and goes out for drinks with another whiny friend. The characters are there but are never developed. When it seems as though the author might be getting around to developing some sort of plot she goes someplace else entirely and we are left with notjing. I couldn't bring myself to finish the last 50 pages. I kept reading only hoping something would develop. I finally abandoned hope of a storyline emerging and stopped reading when my husband passed on a new bestseller he was done reading. The only good thing about trying this book out was I rented it from the library. I would have been very upset if I had wasted money on this nonsense.
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Summary: Fun Read for All
Review: Vig Morgan wanted nothing more than to become a great editor and writer for a magazine. Now, she's finally worked her way out of the assistant to an editor position, and gets to do something that she's more interested in. Edit. Unfortunately, while she's looking to write more hardcore news stories, instead of writing about how bad JLo or Britney Spears looked at whatever stupid awards show they were attending this past week, she's unable to, as FASHIONISTA magazine is uninterested with it. So, Vig joins some of her co-workers in a plot to get rid of their evil editor-in-chief, but maybe she was wrong about the new woman coming to take over for the all evil editor, maybe the all evil editor isn't as bad as she actually thought.Being a fan of the movie HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, I was looking for a novel about young women working at a fashion magazine, when FASHIONISTAS popped up. Messina has created a hilarious, and very realistic plot, and her chracters are tons of fun, as well. Vig is a spunky, cynical, fun, young woman, who reminds me very much of Kate Hudson's, Andy Anderson, from HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, in the sense that her goal is NOT to write for a fashion magazine, but to write hardcore news. A must-have for all fans of fun fiction, or anyone who wants a peek into the world of journalism. Erika Sorocco
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Summary: This book attracted me because of its cover
Review: Yes, I admit it. I CAN be that shallow. I enjoyed reading the book and the pace that carries you from front to back cover, sometimes abrupt and lacking adequate transition, is brisk. However, I admit that I wasn't too impressed with the main character, Vig. Sure, she's smart, cynical, and she doesn't lament over her looks or lack of male companionship, but she's not very likable. She doesn't seem to like any of her "friends" nor does she care. She just wants to live her life the best way she knows how--one day at a time (cliche, I know). What I like most about the story is the plot to take down Jane McNeil, editor-in-chief from Hell, and Vig's deadpan summation of the "glamorous" world of publishing. The first rule of any workplace is CYA and frankly, it's Jane and Marguerite's rivalry and the slow unveiling of the plot that make the story worthwhile for me. Yet I think Messina does an excellent job at stripping away the pretense of our image-obsessed society that we can buy off the supermarket shelf and holding up a mirror to make us a little uncomfortable at seeing ourselves.
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Summary: This was the worst book I have ever read
Review: I can't even say what it was about, as there was no plot. I think that my 3 year old neice can write more compelling stories. If the author reads this review, can you please try and explain what this book was about?
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Summary: a great tale of office intrigue
Review: This is a book told from the point of view of Vig Morgan, a young woman working at a popular magazine called Fashionista in NYC. She is a wonderfully real and engaging character who can see the foibles of the people around her and even has a healthy view of her own strengths and faults. At the time of the events in the book she is an assistant editor and has been at the job for five years. Her original awe has been replaced by a cynicism for the trivial nature of the formulaic output of the magazine. She seeks a better life but is afraid to leave the safe comfort of the known. One day she gets invited to take part in an office plot to overthrow the editor-in-chief. Her involvement in the plot takes her outside her comfortable shell and she metamorphises and grows into a whole new level of professional and personal life. This is a well-crafted and tightly plotted work with great characters, lots of humor, and a light-hearted perspective on life. Vig Morgan is a bright, witty and engaging character who tells a great tale of office intrigue.
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Summary: Poorly made Knock Off of The Devil Wears Prada
Review: I have never been so thorougly disappointed in a book! The character of Vig has absolutely no substance and I couldn't even get halfway through this book. Normally I can get through a book in two days with my commuting, so I kept waiting for something remotely funny or even remotely interesting as I turned the pages, but alas - this book didn't do it for me. One thing this did do for me is put me to sleep on the train, so it helped with my cat naps on my way to and from work! I was so disinterested, I left it on the train for someone else to catch a few zzzzzzzzzzz's.
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Summary: Love it!
Review: This is a wonderfully written, witty, fun book with an insider's perspective of the fashion magazine world. This is what The Devil Wears Prada should have been but wasn't. I love this book. It was a super fast read and I was sorry to finish it.
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Summary: What characters? What plot?
Review: Of all the "chick lit" books I have read, this was the only that I did not want to read quickly or completely. The fact that there was no character development is the only thing that spurred me to continue-I kept hoping the author would let me know the main character at some time. If this book was published by Red Dress Ink, I may as well take a few months and write some of my own dribble to be sent into Red Dress so that I can make some quick cash like Lynn Messina did.
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Summary: Funny and Witty
Review: After reading a couple of the Red Dress Ink Series novels, I was (and still am) a little leary about picking up another one, but I'm glad I picked up this one.
While the book does follow the "formula" of so many other chic lit books, the main character is more entertaining, vulnerable, and witty without being too whiny or overly neurotic.
The best thing about this book is the relationships amongst the characters and the plot. Also, this book has a really good supply of supporting characters unlike so many other novels in this genre.
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