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Would have been twice as good were it half as long.
This book was a diverting "guilty" pleasure to read. (I never liked that expression because I never feel guilty about reading trashy novels.) However, it really didn't need to be as long as it was. The thing that added all the uneccesary length was Krantz's insistence on giving us pages of background information on characters who are completely tangential to the plot. We get all kinds of introductions to and sex scenes between characters who cimply do not matter. The book is supposed to be about Princess Daisy, based on the title, but her story only takes up 2/3 of it. <
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>I like Krantz's writing style, because it's wildly over the top and often makes me laugh. However, she does have a tendency to just run on and on about things once she's already made her point. In the interest of NOT following in her footsteps, I will end this review.

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A CLASS ACT
Princess Margaret Alexandrovna Valensky, AKA Daisy, has it all: loving parents, a title preceding her name and money that grows on trees--until tragedy strikes. Before you can say, oh here we go again, Daisy's charmed life is turned upside down when she is forced to face a painful past... and an unsure future. Judith Krantz's fans can rest easy; the author's second outing after the megahit Scruples is a winner. PRINCESS DAISY is a compelling yarn of the rich and rotten, jam-packed with beautiful people, lavish settings, designer clothes and plenty of skin. Daisy and friends are an exciting bunch of characters; unidimensional, perhaps, but fun. Their world of champagne and caviar is a celebrated experience no matter what. Yes, Krantz spreads it thick on the over-the-top scale, but who cares. The novel works. It is as grand and as sinful as those secrets her heroine so desperately wants to hide. Go on, indulge, for PRINCESS DAISY is classy stuff in escapism fiction.-----Martin Boucher

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This was painful to read!
I have always loved Judith Krantz's work and have read just about everything she has written. Sadly, I had to force myself to finish this tome. The characters are flat and bland, and the story is just plain uninteresting. It was a total waste of time and money. You want to read great Krantz, read Mistral's Daughter, Scruples I & II, I'll take Manhattan (especially juicy) or the Jewels of Tessa Kent.