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None No current Talk conversations about this book.  jj24 | May 27, 2024 |   Readers are meant to sympathize with the dinosaur and that was easy for me since I am even older than her and have actually had more than one conversation recently wondering exactly what is the point of Instagram anyway? Filled with fun characters and while the plot is completely predictable it was still a worthwhile use of time. Perfect for light reading. (  ) hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 | Boring until the end, it was nice to see Eve get her just desserts (  ) bellac89 | Jul 29, 2023 | ) Sunandsand | Apr 30, 2022 | ) avdesertgirl | Aug 22, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML:An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her twentysomething former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the magazine, famous for its lavish 768-page September issue, into an app. When Imogen returns to work at Glossy after six months away, she can barely recognize her own magazine. Eve, fresh out of Harvard Business School, has fired ??the gray hairs,? put the managing editor in a supply closet, stopped using the landlines, and hired a bevy of manicured and questionably attired underlings who text and tweet their way through meetings. Imogen, darling of the fashion world, may have Alexander Wang and Diane von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she can??t tell Facebook from Foursquare and once got her iPhone stuck in Japanese for two days. Under Eve??s reign, Glossy is rapidly becoming a digital sweatshop??hackathons rage all night, girls who sleep get fired, and ??fun? means mandatory, company-wide coordinated dances to Beyoncé. Wildly out of her depth, Imogen faces a choice??pack up her Smythson notebooks and quit, or channel her inner geek and take on Eve to save both the magazine and her career. A glittering, uproarious, sharply drawn story filled with thinly veiled fashion personalities, The Knockoff is an insider??s look at the ever-changing world of fashion and a fabulous romp f No library descriptions found. |
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Imogen Tate, well-respected 42-year old Editor in Chief of Glossy magazine, returns from a 6 month medical leave to find that her former assistant (and newly minted Harvard MBA) Eve has convinced the magazine publishers to cease the printed magazine and turn the entire operation into an e-commerce app. Imogen struggles to understand the rapidly changing technology and her relevance in the new corporate structure, while Eve is determined to turn the staff against Imogen and do whatever it takes to push her out of the company.
The two characters are foils. Imogen is Oscar de la Renta -- classic, polished, and timeless, no matter what the latest tech craze of the day might be. Eve is Forever 21 -- bold, eye-catching, but at the end of the day just too cheap and tawdry.
We all know how this is going to end, right? But that's okay. We don't read books like "The Knockoff" because they're the next "To Kill a Mockingbird". We read them because they're just plain enjoyable.
Do I have quibbles? Sure. Imogen is portrayed as an absolute tech neophyte upon her return to work after a 6 month absence. As the Editor in Chief of a major magazine, she would undoubtedly have to have known the basics such as Instagram, Gmail, etc. Eve is a one-note character that rhymes with "witch". However, she was formerly Imogen's trustworthy assistant, and in that role they each had each other's backs. Eve becomes such a sociopath after getting her MBA,and it's totally incongruous with who she was before. This abrupt change in character really doesn't make much sense.
Quibbles aside, "The Knockoff" is an entertaining read, particularly for those whose guilty pleasure is fashion. Grab your Kate Spade sunglasses, your favorite drink, and read on!
Thanks to NetGalley and Doubleday Books for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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