The Revenge Wears Prada

One of my favorite books will always be " The Devil Wears Prada". It was My first "young adult" book since I started reading the Princess diaries and the Harry Potter series in my teen years. RI read the first page and I was hooked.  When I was back home in Brazil living a boring and simple life  I would read this book over and over and picture myself on Andy's shoes, working with fashion and magazine in the greatest city in the world, New York.

I wanted that. The fun, the excitement, the challenges, the morning coffees! I saw myself in her in so many ways and every experience I had I could find a way to relate to the book. Weird, I know! It was the perfect success and love story with the drama and adventure that made it perfect! It had a beginning, middle and end. 

 This book guided my path to New York since  day one and I was only super thrilled when,  what felt like an eternity later, the author decided to release a sequel to what I called perfection: the Revenge Wears Prada.

After I heard the rumor that there was a sequel on the way, I started to imagine what it would be like! Not only me but the fans all around the world were counting the days for the release. It was sooo expected that I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. And I was sure that it was going to be a hit!

But what when disappointment shows up without an invitation?

Right after the release I couldn't find the time to grab a copy (and I forgot to pre-order it!) so While waiting for it  I did what I shouldn't have done: I read all the possible reviews of it. Yep, about 50! From fashion bloggers to well known book critics... All with their opinions saying that they expected more, that the story was too confusing and pointless...WHAAAAT??... and with all that I suddenly decided not to read it myself. Yep. Save me from disappointment for a change. Do you know when you watch a perfect movie like the "Lion King" or "Aladdin" and Disney can't help but write sequels to a perfect ending and you just end up not liking them as much? I didn't want this to happen to my perfect book with a perfect ending. Not this time. I will forever have her as one of my favorite authors and all the negative and disappointing reviews about the sequel won't affect that. So I just won't read it for now, maybe when out paths cross again and opportunity happens in the future, maybe with more time, I', sure I'll be ready for it then. Ready to appreciate the story better, maybe with different eyes and less expectation. What I've learned from past experiences and life is that I believe waiting for the right moment might be worth the wait. So I will wipe out all the negative comments about it and digest it in my own terms when the influence from them is gone. I see it it as postponing happiness, which I never do, but in this case, it seems necessary.