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    The Knockoff: A Novel

    Written by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza

    Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

    3.5/5

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    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 for our Internet-addicted age.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 19, 2015
    ISBN9780553551006
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    • 4/5
      I'm of two minds with this one. On the one hand, it's delightful and I loved Imogen and Ashley and Erin and Rashid so much. Nice to read about ambitious, fun, fabulous and kind people. Loved the insider eye on the fashion world. Appreciated that Imogen grew and learned and also that her love life wasn't a plot point - hurrah for functional relationships in fiction! But on the other hand, this was all sort of toothless. Eve was such a villainous character, even getting chapters from her POV didn't help make her more than two dimensional. And when the villain has so few shades of grey, something suffers in the story I think - I prefer when you can see everyone's side, to some extent. Also, despite Eve's villainy, Imogen never really suffers irreparably does she? She always gets the upper hand and there's never any real suspense that Eve will win. Part of me would have preferred higher stakes to really make Imogen struggle, rather than surrounding her with endlessly supportive and helpful people. But another part of me is glad she didn't suffer too much. So, mixed feelings.
    • 4/5
      The main character was a little too perfect, and the work challenges not so bad. But I loved the descriptions. The villain was a little too cartoonish. I'm not sure that the multiple points of view added much; they're very few and far between. I figure you should commit to that device and use it a lot, or not use it. But I could relate to a lot of the work issues Imogen faced.
    • 4/5
      The Knockoff tells the tale of inter-office and inter-generational rivalry in the fashion magazine industry. Editor-in-Chief Imogen Tate returns from sick leave for breast cancer to find her magazine, Glossy, transformed into a website & app now called Glossy.com. Her sociopathic former assistant, Eve Morton, now back with a Harvard MBA, is in charge of the revamped Glossy. 42-year-old Imogen, ridiculously tech-hopeless, flounders badly while she tries to learn enough to keep control of her mag and keep her job. The 40-somethings didn't come across as any less entitled than the 20-something special snowflakes. Expecting your company to pay for every imaginable luxury because you put out a fashion mag? Getting your company to co-sign the mortgage on your $7M NYC townhouse, anyone?But the times are changing, and the corporate honchos - flint-eyed money-grubbing males instead of visionary fashionistas - now want it quick, cheap and dirty. Enter the techbitches! The explanation for Evil Eve - her football-coach father found her a life-long disappointment; he wanted a son. Imogen's tech-cluelessness is over the top, e.g. she uses the same password for everything, a combination of her children's names: johnny-annabelle1234. Really? There are senior citizens who know more about ID theft than that. Exaggerate and then exaggerate some more, but there is a manic energy about The Knockoff that carries it through. Read it for the fun and don't look at it too seriously.
    • 4/5
      This clever and amusing book is set at a New York fashion magazine, but the story could just as easily apply to any number of industries where if your salary is high and you are over forty you might as well pack it in. It's the millennials versus the dinosaurs in this new take on All About Eve. I am probably not the intended audience for this book since I never read chick lit and I haven't looked at a fashion magazine in years, but I found this to be well written and entertaining. This is a gossipy, name dropping satire of the magazine business. At least I hope it is a satire. During the six month sick leave of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, Glossy has been turned into an app and taken over by the uber bitchy, twenty-something, tech wiz Eve Morton. The magazine is now being used as a platform to more directly push merchandise to consumers. All of the things that Imogen liked about Glossy, the taste, creativity, glamour and perks have been replaced by people producing mediocre content in a sweat shop. Due to my age and experience I really related to Imogen and liked her tremendously. Eve, on the other hand, was a complete gargoyle.My small quibbles are that there is one big reveal that came as no surprise. Also, I thought that there should have been some explanation early in the book for why Imogen did not at least try to find another job. No one should ever have to work with Eve. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher.
    • 5/5
      This was a great read. I truly enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading many more of Lucy Sykes' and Jo Piazza's work in the future.
    • 5/5
      I loved this story!! Captured my attention and held it to the end.
    • 3/5
      Amusing read, but impossible to believe a 42 year woman in the fashion industry would not be tech savvy. Also her coworker was such a HR nightmare it was also impossible to believe she wouldn't be instantly fired. But this is not the type of book I pick up for historical accuracy so it gets 3 stars.
    • 3/5
      Millennials get such a bad rap and this book didn't help. It reads like a reverse Devil Wears Prada but the difference it it tries to paint the boss and a crazy millennial when she would be that crazy and unreasonable no matter what her age was. At least from what I remember of the TDWP, Miranda's evilness wasn't blamed on her age. I'm on the cusp of a Millennial and while I don't really get a lot of the millennial traits, I also don't get all the hate.

      That being said I did enjoy the book and I did root for Imogen, but the story fell a little flat to me overall, probably because of my feelings in the first paragraph. I'd also recently read another novel, where I think the author was better able to address these differences.
    • 3/5
      Sykes, Lucy & Jo Piazza. The Knockoff. 10 CDs. unabridged. 12 hrs. Books on Tape. 2015. ISBN 9780553551013.Long time Marie Clare fashion director, Lucy Sykes, teamed up with Yahoo Travel editor, Jo Piazza, to pen a hilarious high fashion novel that will have readers in stitches. Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, must compete with her former assistant, Eve Morton, who is intent on taking over her job and pushing Glossy into the digital age. Eve bullies her way to the top and tries to make forty something Imogen feel like a dinosaur at every turn. Eve turns the beloved magazine into an app, fires most of the staff, and creates the most hellish work environment imaginable. Can Imogen become tech savvy enough in time to save her job? Imogen and Eve must battle over fashion in the digital age; is there still a place for style innovators or just tech imitators? The story is narrated beautifully by Audie award winning, Katherine Kellgren; who does a fantastic job of bringing to life the sarcasm, wit, and incredulity of the characters. Verdict For fans of Sex in the City, The Devil Wears Prada, and high fashion. - Erin Cataldi, Johnson Co. Public Library, Franklin, IN
    • 5/5
      I am not a fashion maven but I loved this book. The story is about Imogene Tate who after recovering from breast cancer surgery returns to her job as a magazine editor only to find that her magazine has now been turned into an app and the digital content is being directed by her much younger, former assistant, Eve. Imogene is left scrambling to catch up to the digital age before she is declared extinct. I am exactly the age of Imogene Tate so I found her struggles with technology highly relatable, although I would like to think that I am not quite as clueless as she was at the start of the story. Imogene can't even initially grasp facebook, twitter, or instagram, all of which I think are pretty main stream. Being of a certain age however I do have to admit to asking my teen age daughter for technical advice on a pretty much daily basis. But just because you know the latest social platform it doesn't mean that you can read people. I like how the authors show that technical wizardy is not the be all end all of success. Good people skills are still important and that is where Imogene really shines. Her reputation in the fashion world is something Eve cannot tarnish no matter how much she tries. Like a certain other Eve who schemes to transplant her older rival, this Eve gets her just desserts in the end. I highly recommend this very entertaining read. As Imogene would say, it's fabulous darling!
    • 4/5
      I would not call myself a fashionista. Yet I wanted to check this book out because it did talk about laughs. I am always on the look out for a good book that will make me laugh. There were moments that I did find myself smiling from the antics or conversations that took place in this book. Once I picked up this book I was blazing through it reading it. I was more than half way when I put it down. However I am closer to Eve's age but I really related to Imogen. I am on social media but not a junkie or would I call myself a expert either. I have twitter and facebook accounts. I don't really get twitter and it is only really used when I post a review about a book via goodreads. I briefly tried Pinterest for like 3 seconds. Also, I don't own a cell phone. So I was truly behind Imogen. Plus, I thought Eve was a bitch. She should have been more gracious towards Imogen as she was the one that helped her. The nice gal does finish first.
    • 3/5
      This book did hold my attention because I could relate to being tech challenged. Imogen had a great head on her shoulders, she just was a very busy lady. I found the character of Eve to be evil. These strong evil thoughts towards Eve almost forces me to stop reading. I enjoyed the characters that called Imogen "friend." The story moved along at a good pace. I will seek-out this author again in the future.
    • 5/5
      Just plain fun to listen to on the audio version---Katherine Hellgren was terrific with the different characters, particularly Eve and Imogen---and good for Imogen in the end!
    • 4/5
      Good read!! I was a little worried at first about the "All About Eve" similarities but it turned out to be a great story!!
    • 2/5
      Kind of fun, but seems like just a "kids these days" rant.
    • 5/5
      Even though the main character is a 40-something woman who is completely clueless about technology, I feel like I can related to her or other characters. In today’s workplace, continuous learning is a must. I think Imogen sets a good example to all the new corporate employees out there. A master or PhD from an Ivy League schools might land you a job but skills are what get you promotions or somewhere in your career. Adapting is very important.

      The knockoff is a funny and well-written book. I even had to google some of the apps it mentions in the book. What I do not like about this book is that the authors think a person who can use social media or apps is a techie/nerd. A business degree and computer science are totally two different things.

      I believe the company can changed dramatically in six months, but the industry should not have changed that much. Facebook and blogs have been out for over 10 years, twitter and Instagram are not new either. People in the industry have been using them, so her absence for six months should not have any significant changes in Fashion Week or New York City.

      Imogen character is based on one of the authors, Lucy Sykes, who has work for Marie Claire as Fashion Director.

      Highly recommended this book to anyone who likes The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger or girls who like fashion with some bullyings.

      4.5 stars of out 5

      Received a free digital copy from NetGalley.com in exchange for an honest review.