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Title: Fun movie/Awful book
Review: I made it to page 99. When I read that a 6-year-old who brought a box-cutter to school was in the 4th grade, that was it. That fact was soooo wrong, I couldn't stomach any more. I didn't like the "heroine." The descriptions of the clothes and decor were more like name-dropping than narrative. Maybe that's what readers who liked this book wanted, but there's so much better fluff-reading in the world. (Like Janet Evanovich). And any person in the world who is as obnoxious as the Miranda Priestly character needs to be shunned. I liked the movie, but it was very good casting that made it work, especially the impeccable Meryl Streep who managed to create a Miranda that wasn't a cartoon character. I found the book in a bargain bin and paid 40 cents for it; that was probably too much.
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