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De dochter van de ambassadeur: Een prachtig verhaal over moed, verlangen en liefde in bewogen tijden
Pam Jenoff
3.44 AVERAGE
95 reviews for:
De dochter van de ambassadeur: Een prachtig verhaal over moed, verlangen en liefde in bewogen tijden
Pam Jenoff
3.44 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
the thing about this book is it came SO close to being 5 stars. i loved the plot and it kept me interested the whole time… sure its a little more romance-focused than political, which is different from the usual historical fiction novels i read but at the end of the day i personally didnt mind it. what keeps it from being 5 stars is how cheesy it got at certain points, ESPECIALLY the ending. the ending was honestly such a cop out in my opinion and (SPOILERS!!) the way the author decided to just kill stefan in the cheesiest wierdest way possible in the last, like, 3 pages was very obviously just bc the author couldn’t figure out how else to get him out of the way so margot and georg could be together.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
I've seen some comments that The Ambassador's Daughter is intended to be a prequel to the author's previous work The Kommandant's Girl. But from what I can tell from the little bit of Googling I've done (spoiler phobic) the characters don't seem to match up in the summaries. Either way The Ambassador's Daughter possibly being a prequel can be read as a stand alone.
I picked this book on a whim for two reasons: I love historical fiction and I love Paris. And a possibly third would be that the cover is absolutely stunning in my opinion. But the story! Oh, the story!!
This so far, is my favorite read of 2013, the book that all future reads will be held up against. The characters were wonderful and complex. I absolutely loved each one of them, even when I hated them! This book was a roller coaster of emotions. I made a couple mentions during my readings of this book of ALL THE FEELS!
Plus, how can you not hope that characters with such great, romantic names as Georg and Margot will end up together. I can't even put into words how much this one made me feel. The Ambassador's Daughter was one of those books that change your life.
Oooh and the plot twists! I didn't see those coming at all. Those were devastating. I'm glad I had tissues for those moments. I'm also glad that I realized I was holding my breath before I passed out, too.
While this book may be a prequel, as I mentioned above none of the characters seem to match. I know that what I'm about to say is a bit ridiculous as the book only came out last week, but I need a sequel of this book STAT. With the same characters. I need more of Georg and Margot and all the other characters that shaped the story.
I recommend The Ambassador's Daughter to anyone who loved a love story and/or historical fiction. But if you're an emotional reader like I am, don't say I didn't warn you. I hope you have tissues and chocolate nearby.
If I’m being completely honest, romance wise, I much preferred this one to The Kommandant’s Girl. Although, it is almost EXACTLY the same story with almost EXACTLY the same characters, Pam Jenoff did a great job changing it to fit in with the post-WW1 settings. It was interesting to watch how quickly my opinions of the characters changed. Wonderful book!
First of all, the first-person present tense narration threw me off at first. Once I got used to it, I was there for the ride.
The main character, Margot, is so naive. SO naive. But it drew me in because it isn't far from how I was at age twenty.
This book had lots of potential with the content matter bit I felt the story was a little too fluffy and less political than it seems.
There were exciting parts, but it almost felt like the author left out so much that she started in the beginning that it felt rushed near the end, like she was scrambling to wrap it up.
SPOILER***
For example, she just kills off the man Margot was supposed to marry right at the end so she could be free to express her feelings with the man she actually wants, or reveal Krysia as a spy after not bringing up the stealing of information again until the end. It all felt very "Chekov's gun".
Anyway, I still liked it and it kept me in, but did disappoint in ways. That's why I'm rating it 2 stars, because honestly if it was less I wouldn't have finished it.
The main character, Margot, is so naive. SO naive. But it drew me in because it isn't far from how I was at age twenty.
This book had lots of potential with the content matter bit I felt the story was a little too fluffy and less political than it seems.
There were exciting parts, but it almost felt like the author left out so much that she started in the beginning that it felt rushed near the end, like she was scrambling to wrap it up.
SPOILER***
For example, she just kills off the man Margot was supposed to marry right at the end so she could be free to express her feelings with the man she actually wants, or reveal Krysia as a spy after not bringing up the stealing of information again until the end. It all felt very "Chekov's gun".
Anyway, I still liked it and it kept me in, but did disappoint in ways. That's why I'm rating it 2 stars, because honestly if it was less I wouldn't have finished it.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I read "The Kommandan'ts Girl" several years ago, and finished "The Diplomat's Wife" (I think that's the title) about a week ago. Upon discovering the prequel, I decided to finish the trilogy. In this novel the protagonist is Margot, and her father is a German Ambassador at the end of WWI. Needless to say things did not go well for Germany during the peace negotiations/Treaty of Versailles, but Margot's father and a few other Germans were hoping to make a "new world order" and for things to be better. We have the benefit of hindsight in matters like this, and obviously Jenoff is able to do some foreshadowing about Jews and how they need to be more careful in Germany moving forward. She briefly mentions that the German people, with their tail between their legs in defeat, needed a Scapegoat after their embarrassing loss of the war and for some reason the Jewish people were/are an easy target.
Anyway, I digress. There are many things about this novel which I like. The idea of musicians being spies, and the beginnings of intelligence/counter-intelligence is a great stepping stone into the next book. However as others have mentioned, the characters are not too relatable. It's also frustrating that I do not remember what happens to Margot in the next book...I appreciate that the book talks about the end of WWI and the peace negotiations which I have never read about before. I wish Jenoff wrote less about the love triangle and drama regarding Margot, Stephan, and Georg and focused instead on Krysia's character development.
Anyway, I digress. There are many things about this novel which I like. The idea of musicians being spies, and the beginnings of intelligence/counter-intelligence is a great stepping stone into the next book. However as others have mentioned, the characters are not too relatable. It's also frustrating that I do not remember what happens to Margot in the next book...I appreciate that the book talks about the end of WWI and the peace negotiations which I have never read about before. I wish Jenoff wrote less about the love triangle and drama regarding Margot, Stephan, and Georg and focused instead on Krysia's character development.
Margot Rosenthal is accompanying her father to Paris. Margot’s father is attending a peace conference. Margot would rather be something else versus joining her father. However, when Margot thinks about where she should be and that is with her fiancé’ Stefan, Margot realizes that Paris is not so bad after all. It is not that Margot did not once love Stefan but since his return, he is a changed man.
While in Paris, Margot meets Krysia, a piano player and Georg, a solider. Both Krysia and Georg will help shape and change Margot’s world forever.
The Ambassador’s Daughter is like the fourth book that I have read by this author. I have enjoyed reading books from this author. Pam makes her characters feel alive and the world she builds around them in her books is great. It is like I booked a trip to wherever the story is based around.
I have not read the Kommandant’s Girl, so I did not make the connection like some of the other readers did that this book was a prequel to the Kommandant’s Girl. Of course, not that it mattered to me as I still enjoyed this book. For me it probably was a good thing that I had not read Kommandant’s Girl this way I did not already know how it would all end. I was just able to sit back and read this book.
I liked Margot although I can not say that I was in love with her. This is because, while Margot was nice so was almost too nice. I wanted her to have more of a back bone and stand up for herself and not try to be what everyone else wanted or thought she should be. For example, I thought that Margot should have cut off her engagement to Stefan. It was clear that Margot had strong feelings for Georg. The last few chapters tied up the story nicely. While there really was no surprises.
While in Paris, Margot meets Krysia, a piano player and Georg, a solider. Both Krysia and Georg will help shape and change Margot’s world forever.
The Ambassador’s Daughter is like the fourth book that I have read by this author. I have enjoyed reading books from this author. Pam makes her characters feel alive and the world she builds around them in her books is great. It is like I booked a trip to wherever the story is based around.
I have not read the Kommandant’s Girl, so I did not make the connection like some of the other readers did that this book was a prequel to the Kommandant’s Girl. Of course, not that it mattered to me as I still enjoyed this book. For me it probably was a good thing that I had not read Kommandant’s Girl this way I did not already know how it would all end. I was just able to sit back and read this book.
I liked Margot although I can not say that I was in love with her. This is because, while Margot was nice so was almost too nice. I wanted her to have more of a back bone and stand up for herself and not try to be what everyone else wanted or thought she should be. For example, I thought that Margot should have cut off her engagement to Stefan. It was clear that Margot had strong feelings for Georg. The last few chapters tied up the story nicely. While there really was no surprises.
You know that book Flora Poste is writing in Cold Comfort Farm (the mini-series; I haven't read the book)? The writing style in this novel is kind of like that.