1. Don't call your hot boss the antichrist to his face.
2. Don't stare at hot boss's, um, package or his full sleeve of tattoos. (No. Really. Stop!)
3. Don't get on the malicious first assistant's bad side.
4. Don't forget to memorize the 300-page employee manual.
5. If you value your cashmere, steer clear of boss’s dog.
6. Boss’s dimples are lust-inducing. Do. Not. Give. In.
7. “The elevator ate your clothes” is not a valid excuse for showing up to important meetings half dressed.
8. Don't break seven of the rules within the first week of employment if you, ya know, are in dire need of money to support your sick mom.
9. Whatever you do, don’t fall for the boss. See rule eight about sick mom.
10. Never forget the rules.
The Rule Book
really reminded me of a tamed down at times version of the move The Devil Wears Prada. I loved that movie so when I saw what the
book was about I couldn’t wait to start reading it. The Rule Book needed to have a few more rules added. The first being that rules are made to be
broken for the right people. The second
is to have a damn backbone and not allow others to get away with the shit they
do that not only hurts you but your career as well. And the third rule needs to be the most important
and that is you have to do what is best for you, don’t live your life for
someone else because if that is all you do then your life will end up being
pointless.
I know you are wondering why I am saying it needs these
other rules well it is because of a couple of reasons. Let’s start with the first shall we. Brogan aka the Antichrist, has his rules in
place for a reason, one that we never got a solid answer to even by the end of the
book. He slowly starts to break his
rules only to backtrack and enforce them but by doing so hurting Lainey. Brogan may be the boss and Lainey may be the
second assistant but you can’t always help who you fall for or what their job
title may be.
On to the second rule I believe needed to be added. Lainey allows herself to be bullied in a
sense not only by Jonathan the first assistant, but also by Brogan as well as
others she considered to be friends. I
am sorry but Lainey needed to grow a backbone and a set of balls and stand up
for what they did at times instead of just allowing it to happen and not
standing up for herself. That quality or
lack of one I guess I should say made me slowly begin to not like her
character.
Now lastly to the third rule and I think I wanted this rule
to be put in place because I have lived my life, pursued a career to help and
please someone else, not for me. The
reason why Lainey went to work at Starr Media is for a good reason; don’t get
me wrong but at the same time she was living and working for someone else, not
for her life. There was one scene that I
hoped would set the pace of the book in a direction of do what you need to do
for you, but it was quickly swept under the rug and Lainey once again was
working for a reason that shouldn’t have been only on her shoulders.
I had such high hopes for The Rule Book, I had hoped for a sexier version of the movie that I
love but in reality we got a watered down version that lost my interest on more
than one occasion. Will I continue on
with the series? I plan to see what the
next book will be about, and I hope that it is an improvement on the series so
I will want to continue to read it but if not then obviously I will chalk this
up to me just not liking the series and move on.
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