The working title of The Doorman Wears Dolce makes this instantly recognisable as the follow-up to surely the most fabulously titled debut of 2003 The Devil Wears Prada. For her second novel Lauren Weisberger sticks with what she knows; New York City, but this time it’s the achingly cool world of Manhattan’s party people rather than the fashion pack. At the beginning of the novel Bette (Bettina) Robinson, 27 year old daughter of vegan hippie parents is working eighty-hour weeks as a corporate drone in the offices of investment bank CWK Hoffman. The highlight of her social calendar is a dinner date with her uncle and his boyfriend every Thursday night. Handily, said uncle is also a famous, highly syndicated columnist who manages to secure Bette a shiny new job as a party planner at top PR agency. Cue our heroine’s descent into Manhattan’s social whirl as she struggles with the outrageous demands of celebrity clients plus unwelcome exposure in a regular gossip column. It’s a perfect escapist read, and fans of The Devil Wears Prada will love it but if you’re missing your SATC fix then I’d recommend Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin and Midnight in Manhattan by Francesca Delbanco as altogether more satisfying slices of the Big Apple.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
An enjoyable non-taxing read I read this book in about two days on a winter sun holiday. I wasn't expecting much from it after reading some of the not-so-complimentary reviews on amazon, but I was pleasantly surprised. I think I may have even enjoyed it more then The Devil Wears Prada. I love the glitzy New York setting and there are some well depicted characters. It's all very tongu in cheek and it was funny reading about the various shallow creatures of the exclusive Manhattan social scene but I came to the same conclusion that the... more info
Good read!! When I started reading this book, I wasn't sure I was going to like it.
It started out very similar to "The Devil Wears Prada".
After quiting her job, Bette is looking for something new (well, looking might be a bit of an overstatement here).
Her ucle gets het a job as a party planner, and just like in Weisberger's previous novel, the people she works with are shocked to find out that Bette's never heard of fashion names and asseccories like a Birkin Bag.
After reading that bit, I... more info
Rubbish I rarely give up on a book, but 100 pages in I tossed Everyone Worth Knowing aside. It reminded me of a very bad novel I started writing when suffering from depression several years ago. In fact, any thoughts I may have entertained of finished that novel have been resolutely abandoned now that I've read this book and realised just how bad trite characters, overt product placement, coy 'I'd been stopped and asked if I was a model' exposition and othersuch nonsense comes across. If nothing else, this book has... more info
I quite liked it Ok so it wasn't as good as the Devil wears Prada, but i still found it an enjoyable and entertaining read. Made me want to sit down and watch my SATC boxsets for some reason! Don't sit down expecting another Devil wears prada, if you want that then i suggest that you just read the devil wears prada again. Give it a chance and don't compare it too much, just enjoy it for what it is. Would have given it 3 and a half stars if that was an option.
