Reviews

The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff

ahunt94's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

aggie2010's review against another edition

4.0

The Diplomat's Wife follows the heartbreaking story of Martha, the best friend of the protagonist of the previous novel "The Kommadant's Girl. Martha falls in love with an American G.I., Paul, after being rescued from a concentration camp and they vow to meet in London to get married and start a life together. Paul dies in a plane crash on his way to meet Martha and Martha is left on her own pregnant trying to figure out what to do next with her life. She meets a British diplomat and begins working with him and marries him. The British government believes there is a mole leaking information of agents and look to Martha to reconnect to people of her past which will help them figure out who the mole is. The story is incredibly heartbreaking, moving, full of suspense, mystery, surprises. I found myself gasping, screaming and crying on several occasions. I highly recommend this book.

airxtciv's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

literarycoffeecat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

greenmachine31's review against another edition

4.0

Good story. Interesting twist

mayarao1's review against another edition

1.0

I really could not get into this book. First off, nothing on the book suggests that this book is second in a series. I found it at Costco and it wasn’t sold along side the first book, so I had no idea. I’m not sure this is super important, though, considering this book is about a different character than in the first (apparently).

I think I really just couldn’t stand her style if writing. It wasn’t descriptive enough, there was no character development, and everything just happened so fast and out of nowhere. I need to be drawn into a scene and fall in love with characters to care about a story, and this just didn’t do it for me. It was almost like watching a cheesy and far-fetched romance movie but you don’t even get a visual of the hot guy.

ally2008's review against another edition

5.0

Traditional chick lit cheesy romance, but set in post WWII Europe. Predictable love story with fun spy action.

wvteach's review against another edition

5.0

I loved this story…it took a minute to catch up that it was part of a trilogy. I’m looking forward to the others.

I “figured it out” but it was still fun! I can not even imagine the courage needed to survive the craziness that was in that part of the world!

wendyskeenan's review against another edition

3.0

Again, I wish I could give 1/2 stars. 3.5 stars. Book was good, not great. Could have been more character development, but I did like the twists.

tschonfeld's review against another edition

4.0

I appreciated the time period of this book - we don’t often read about what happens AFTER the war. Good character development and the twist caught me! Recommend.