Everybody Rise by Stephanie Clifford is a tragicomedy about girl whose social climbing in New York comes to a bad end. This book reminds me of the Devil Wears Prada, with its vapid descriptions of clothes, social scenes and spoiled heiresses jetting from lake house to cabin, except that the heroine in the Devil Wears Prada had a voice and purpose. You feel for Andrea Sachs, while you don’t for Evelyn Bergan. Evelyn is in effect a puppet acting out the social climbing her mother never got to do and it renders her voice weak. It all wraps up nicely in the end-the heroine is found out, takes control of her life and finances and starts over. Yay. If you are into simple summer reads, this is a good book for you. If you want substance with your style, I’d suggest you look elsewhere.
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