What I imagine The Devil Wears Prada for finance to be. Lots of call-outs to specific brands and perks that feel a little gossip-y but hey, I couldn’t stop reading the same way I can’t quit celebrity news.

Very interesting to reflect at the end of the book on the dissonance between the lack of agency portrayed as we dwell real-time in the narrator’s head and the apparent position of power that an outsider might otherwise have seen. You almost forget this is someone being paid 6 figures with an Ivy League degree who is almost certainly doing impressive things with her time (many of which I imagine she might not be able to more specifically disclose because of confidentiality agreements) - nonetheless losing the detail on the finance components that aren’t just about the lifestyle removed some of the very aspects that make this perspective unique from the narrative.