Okay I LOVED the Devil Wears Prada. Loved it, loved it, loved it! So when I spotted Everyone Worth Knowing on a trip to the book store it was a no brainer. Of course I picked it up. And immediately started reading it. (Okay, well not immediately. I might have read a few others first.) I really should have liked it. After all it was almost exactly the same basic story as the Devil Wears Prada. Don't believe me? Here's a quick rehash of the two books.
The Devil Wears Prada: Dorky girl takes a job at a fashion magazine. Becomes a basic slave (although stylish one) and consumed with the fashion world. Neglects her friends over and over for her job but feels real bad. Realizes in the end she doesn't like who she's become and tells the fashion world to go screw itself. Makes up with previously mentioned friends and gets an awesome job writing at another magazine.
Everyone Worth Knowing: Dorky girl quits bank job and gets a job at a PR company. Becomes a basic slave (although fashionable one) and consumed with the PR world of who’s who. Neglects her friends over and over for her job but feels real bad. Realizes in the end she doesn't like who she's become and tells the PR world to go screw itself. Makes up with previously mentioned friends and decides to become a romance writer.
Now, there were a few plot twists in Everyone Worth Knowing, but they weren't very clever or original. The romantic interest? I think I knew who it would be before the author knew. And through out there is a vicious gossip columnist called Ellie insider who seems to be out to ruin our main gal. If you read this book and can't figure out in five seconds who it is, you deserve to be slapped. Or kicked. Or made to read this book over and over.
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