Book Review - The Nanny Diaries

Meh.

That pretty much sums up The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus about a college graduate who inexplicably decides to go to work as a Nanny for a demanding, self-absorbed 5th Avenue mother.

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It felt like a Devil Wears Prada rip-off, but with a far less exciting plot and very unimaginative writing. You’d think they could come up with a more creative name for the Nanny than…”Nanny”! The demands she had to endure were predictable and the dramas she and the household faced trite.

Nevertheless, I finished it. Not really sure why. I even started to watch the movie (with Scarlet Johannsen and Laura Linney) on the plane. That looked even worse than the book so I switched off about 10 minutes in.

My verdict - don’t waste your time!