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Summary: MORE WITH THE POLDARK FAMILY
Review: Unlike the previous reviewer, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. I had had some recollections of the PBS Poldark Series when it was on TV back in the '70s. But beyond that, I did not know anything else about Ross Poldark and his family. That is, until I read this novel, the first of the series for me. In this novel, Winston Graham provides rich character sketches of Clowance and Jeremy, two of the Poldark children. Clowance is a free-spirited, sensitive, yet sober-minded kind of young lady. You see her becoming acquainted with a young man who was fished out of the sea, and are witness to her growing attraction to him. He (Stephen Carrington) is an adventurer, a dreamer, a striver, a charmer, and a gambler. Yet, he has a good heart. A big heart. I don't think it at all strange or odd that a young woman should be attracted to a man who is a bit rough round the edges as Stephen is. The reader may consider Stephen Carrington as a force of nature in terms of his personality and spirit. Jeremy's story is especially touching. He and his father have a somewhat uneasy and distant relationship, which by turns, begins to become closer. And there is also Jeremy's growing love for Cuby Trevanion. Contrary to what the earlier reviewer said, I thought "The Stranger from the Sea" was a wonderful story. In addition to Ross and Demelza, you begin to see in this novel how the lives of their children are shaping themselves. I liked that. And the author's descriptions of Cornwall are so evocative. You can almost feel the salt of the ocean on your skin and clothes as it pounds against the beach, or feel the touch of a rising breeze sweeping across the hills, signaling the approach of an autumn storm. I can hardly wait to read the rest of the series!
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Summary: MORE WITH THE POLDARK FAMILY
Review: Unlike the previous reviewer, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel. I had had some recollections of the PBS Poldark Series when it was on TV back in the '70s. But beyond that, I did not know anything else about Ross Poldark and his family. That is, until I read this novel, the first of the series for me. In this novel, Winston Graham provides rich character sketches of Clowance and Jeremy, two of the Poldark children. Clowance is a free-spirited, sensitive, yet sober-minded kind of young lady. You see her becoming acquainted with a young man who was fished out of the sea, and are witness to her growing attraction to him. He (Stephen Carrington) is an adventurer, a dreamer, a striver, a charmer, and a gambler. Yet, he has a good heart. A big heart. I don't think it at all strange or odd that a young woman should be attracted to a man who is a bit rough round the edges as Stephen is. The reader may consider Stephen Carrington as a force of nature in terms of his personality and spirit. Jeremy's story is especially touching. He and his father have a somewhat uneasy and distant relationship, which by turns, begins to become closer. And there is also Jeremy's growing love for Cuby Trevanion. Contrary to what the earlier reviewer said, I thought "The Stranger from the Sea" was a wonderful story. In addition to Ross and Demelza, you begin to see in this novel how the lives of their children are shaping themselves. I liked that. And the author's descriptions of Cornwall are so evocative. You can almost feel the salt of the ocean on your skin and clothes as it pounds against the beach, or feel the touch of a rising breeze sweeping across the hills, signaling the approach of an autumn storm. I can hardly wait to read the rest of the series!
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Summary: I prefer to stop the series with "The Angry Tide"
Review: Well, I'm sorry but I just don't like sequels, I keep getting terribly disappointed. I loved the first 8 Poldark books, the ones that concentrated on Ross & Demelza; I didn't feel that their children needed their stories told!! But, given that, Stranger from the Sea is a poor first follow-up. I particularly dislike the character of Stephen & can't see how Clowance would ever be attracted to him; Jeremy & Cuby's story is slightly more interesting, but blah blah blah, it's all much ado about nothing. (I liked Jeremy's story as it continued through the other sequels; however, I never understood anything about Clowance or what attracted so many men to her.) My advice: read every Poldark book up to "The Angry Tide" and then stop.
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