Author: Lauren Weisberger Cover artist: Evan Gaffney (design); Nick Dewar (illustration) Genre: Chick lit novel Publisher: Downtown Press Publication date: 2005 Like The Devil Wears Prada, Everyone Worth Knowing is essentially a morality play in which an unglamorous young single woman is suddenly thrust into a glamorous New York industry and slowly starts to get comfortable in it, despite keeping herself at a distance, at the expense of her relationship with family and friends, only to decisively reject it and begin to get what she really needs. Unlike its predecessor, however, the novel depicts far more decadent behavior from its wealthy elite, including casual sex, the frequent use of various illegal drugs and women starving themselves to the point that they frequently pass out from sheer hunger. |
Good Morning, Afternoon or Evening! If you are like me, I love to settle in to a good book and be allured into a foreign land with a new identity, friends, family, romance or adventure. Going through some old boxes I came across this goodie. I couldn't for the life of me remember why I had stopped reading it in the first place but now I am actually really glad I did! I was really impressed with the accuracy Lauren Weisberger depicts in this novel.
The main character Bette is thrown into a world she is unfamiliar with, the PR world. You are given glimpses of the party life and what it means to party for a living. From the descriptions of the events thrown to the bottle service at the clubs, I wonder how much "research" Lauren experienced because she was pretty on point. Especially being an event planner myself, she was on key with the description of how an event is actually executed and all of the moving parts.
I was absolutely entertained and it was fun to escape back into that world if only for the duration of the novel! And if you loved "the Devil Wears Prada", you will surely enjoy this book!
Cheers and Happy page turners,
Blondesheep
The main character Bette is thrown into a world she is unfamiliar with, the PR world. You are given glimpses of the party life and what it means to party for a living. From the descriptions of the events thrown to the bottle service at the clubs, I wonder how much "research" Lauren experienced because she was pretty on point. Especially being an event planner myself, she was on key with the description of how an event is actually executed and all of the moving parts.
I was absolutely entertained and it was fun to escape back into that world if only for the duration of the novel! And if you loved "the Devil Wears Prada", you will surely enjoy this book!
Cheers and Happy page turners,
Blondesheep