Some situations were meant for the trashy novel. Beaches. Airplanes. Visa appointments. Judith Krantz is one of the best writers in this genre (yes, to me trashy novel is a genre) and "Princess Daisy" is the perfect combination of glamorous people, soap opera worthy plots and just enough sleaze. In the '80s, this was the sort of thing we read when we got past our Sweet Dreams/Sweet Valley High years and I have to say it beats Chick Lit (which to me was never a genre) by a mile. When i say "trashy novel", i do not mean "trashy writing". Judith Krantz is actually a really good writer. She really takes you away and she can spin quite a story. The book spans continents and generations and is an epic tale about the life of a beautiful princess whose life takes several dramatic and unexpected turns. There are secrets! Betrayals! Affairs! Exotic locations! It's the literary equivalent of Spam...totally unnatural, probably very bad for you but SO YUMMY! I'll probably be in the mood to read this again someday but as it is the sort of book that always finds its way to Book Sale counters, I'm pretty sure i can find it again when i need it. In the meantime, "Princess Daisy" is up for grabs to the first person who decides to surrender to it. :)Don't overthink it, don't go all intellectual on it. Just grab a cocktail, kick back and enioy the ride.UP FOR GRABS!
Bij haar geboorte krijgt zij de namen Marguerite Alexandrovna Valensky, maar iedereen noemt haar Daisy. Daisy met het zilvergouden haar en de koolzwarte ogen, dochter van prins Stash Valensky en de romantische Amerikaanse filmster Francesca Vernond. Er is echter een geheim dat haar gelukkige wereld overschaduwt... Wannaar haar halfbroer Ram misbruik maakt van haar onschuld, stort haar droomwereld in en vlucht zij naar New York. Daisy vecht voor haar onafhankelijkheid in een wereld waarin North, haar roekeloze baas, onmogelijke eisen aan haar stelt; waarin Patrick Shannon, een keiharde zakenman, zijn eigen plannen met Daisy heft en gelooft dat zelfs zíj te koop is. Maar dan, op het toppunt van haar eigen roem, laat Daisy de liefde toe in haar hart. Waardering:Ik ben niet een roman liefhebber vooral niet als de haat-liefde verhoudingen er vanaf springen. Echter dit boek was een apart verhaal dat wel lekker weg las, maar dat 200 pagina's minder had gemogen. Vaak heb ik hele stukken overgeslagen, omdat ze voor mij gevoel geen waarde of diepgang gaven aan het verhaal. Al met al een auteur die ik niet zo snel opnieuw zou kiezen. Ondanks dat het boek lekker weg te lezen is, heeft het verhaal me niet echt kunnen bekoren. Daarom twee sterren. Het is gewoon niet mijn genre.Uitgeverij: ElsevierISBN: 90.10.03333.9526 pagina's; HardcoverHet boek is verfilmd
Do You like book Princess Daisy (2001)?
omg, i read this when i was thirteen and i was SCANDALIZED and i loved it so much i stole it from my cousin and only gave it back in exchange for another judith krantz novel (scruples). please tell me you have seen this miniseries starring lindsay wagner, ringo starr (!!) and rupert everett. it is delightfully terrible (as are all the other JK miniseries featuring now A/B-list actors with terrible 80/90s hair and massive shoulder pads).
—keri.
Rob the book of its letters? Well, that's too much to say, but I read it so many times that I came close.I bought it many years ago and I liked it. What the story is about, you can find in the synopsis, I won't repeat that. But the story itself was new, a romantic story from a different angle. How twin sisters can be so very different, how one pays the price for keeping a secret that there's two sisters and not one. How the one that's visible struggles and how finally the thruth comes out.When I wirte it down now, it seems like nothing new at all, like more of the same. But, like I said, when I read it first, it made a great impression on me.I do recommend it for people who like romantic stories that have a bit more to it than just romance. ;-)
—BoekenTrol
La Krantz mi sorprende di più ad ogni romanzo: ha una tale maestria nel farti entrare fin dalle prime battute nelle storie che narra, da coinvolgerti tanto che non vorresti mai fare altro che andare avanti con la lettura. Una caratteristica che apprezzo di tutti i suoi romanzi è la delicatezza e l'attenzione con cui delinea le sue protagoniste femminili, e qui lo fa in maniera eccellente con il personaggio di Daisy. E' impossibile non sentirsi vicina a una ragazza come lei, con le sue paure, i s
—Manuela
