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Cornwall, 1818-1820

The stories of the Poldark family—Ross, the strong, independent squire and his beautiful, outspoken wife Demelza; their son Jeremy; their talented, headstrong daughter Bella; and their long-standing feud with humorless landowner Sir George Warleggan—have sold millions of copies, and in the 1970s were made into the most widely watched TV series of the decade. Now, the twelfth and final novel brings the family story to a close—with Bella taking center stage, moving between her home at Nampara on the rugged Cornish coast and the wildly exciting world of the theater in London and Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.

688 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

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Winston Graham

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Winston Graham was the author of forty novels. His books have been widely translated and the Poldark series has been developed into two television series, shown in 22 countries. Six of Winston Graham's books have been filmed for the big screen, the most notable being Marnie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Winston Graham was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) and in 1983 was invested an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In his death, he left behind a son and daughter.

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216 reviews5 followers
May 30, 2016
I finally finished the 12th and last book in the Poldark series. If real life hadn't dared to interfere I probably would've finished long before now.

After 12 books I've grown so attached to these characters that it will be difficult to leave them behind even though the thought of reading something new and different is a very healing balm.

SPOILERS BELOW

Bella Poldark focuses on the trials and tribulations of Ross and Demelza's youngest daughter. She has inherited her mother's love of music and has her heart set on becoming a famous opera diva.
She's also quite precocious and has men falling in love with her at the tender age of 13.
I wish I could've found Bella's story more interesting but young adults would probably find Bella's story fascinating and entertaining.
The author has once again researched his subject thoroughly and I learned a great deal about the entertainment industry during that era.

I was hoping the final book would tie up a few loose ends and I'm very disappointed that this didn't happen. Surely the villainous George Warleggan deserved to pay for his many sins of omission and commission. I think the Poldark fans deserved to have an appropriate closure concerning George Warleggan. Similar to George R.R. Martin, Graham has the ability to make his most unlikable characters sympathetic to the reader but I still feel cheated where Warleggan is concerned.

Another plot thread that I wanted to see resolved was the death of Elizabeth. I wanted to see the quack Dr. punished for his ignorance which led to her death. Both George and Ross deserved to know how and why she died but Dwight Enys kept her deathbed confession to himself.

This series was such a learning experience for me; the author was able to make potentially boring subjects such as tin and copper mining fascinating to the reader. I could almost feel that I was down deep in the mines with the book's characters.

Graham was able to make the Napoleonic wars and the Battle of Waterloo come to life as well and I've thoroughly enjoyed learning about these subjects in a most entertaining way. The action/adventure elements were top notch as well with the intrepid Ross Poldark making an excellent hero.

I thought Graham's greatest achievement was bringing the wild and rugged Cornwall setting to life.

Graham's characters were so believably human and able to face life's hardships as well as their love affairs in a mature manner, so rest assured there's definitely no bodice ripper action in this series.

After finishing this series I treated myself to watching the 1970's BBC version of Poldark which I loved as well.
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1,557 reviews446 followers
December 24, 2018
Well, it's over. I have finished this final book in the series. Of course, the Poldark Saga will have to be limited to 5 stars by Goodreads rating system, but by my count, it gets 52 stars from me.

I can't describe how much I will miss this family, these people, this place. Heck, I'm even going to miss the 2 Irish Wolfhounds, Castor and Pollux, that belonged to Harriet, George Warleggan's second wife. No more wondering what George will do next, or how Ross and Demelza will handle what life throws at them. I wondered how the author would end this, but it was a perfect ending to one of the best reading experiences I've ever had.

I leave with a mixture of pride and accomplishment at finishing, and sorrow and disappointment that I must go. As Demelza would say:

"Judas Priest! I am bereft".
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1,658 reviews73 followers
June 25, 2010
It isn't that the book is a 5 star book, though it was great. It's that the series was amazing. I started reading this series when I was 12. I watched the two seasons on Masterpiece Theatre and fell in love. When we went to Toronto I bought all the books with the Masterpiece Theatre covers. I practiced my British accent and fell in love with Cornwall. When my parents took us to England when I was about 19, my request was that we go to Cornwall and it was everything I could have imagined. I didn't realize he had continued the series but I bought the other books as soon as I knew. (Probably on that trip to England because none of my copies have American publishers) But this final book, which was published in 2002 and which I probably found out about in 2003 when he passed away (and ordered from Canada). But didn't read it until this week. He published book one, Ross Poldark, in 1945. Bella Poldark, the concluding novel, was published in 2002. But no time had passed. The writing style was as engaging as it had ever been. It felt like I was coming home. And unlike other saga-style novels, the central couple, Ross and Demelza, remain a happily-ever after couple. They are no longer young, Ross is almost 60, Demelza nearing 50, but they have endured for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, through richer or poorer and at the end of this book, death had not yet parted them. Every character, every place, was as familiar as when I first read the novels. I noticed one actual mistake (not typos but a character error) but that's not bad for a series that took 57 years to complete. His memory for facts and events were not only accurate but felt true for the characters as they aged from early 20s to early 60s over the course of the series. This book focuses on the youngest Poldark daughter Bella but it also resolves the Valentine controversy or at least sets it to rest but also showed the damage parents do their children when they are too wrapped up in their own insecurities. All the great endorphins you are supposed to get from exercise I got from this book, all the happiness and pleasure and a book that ended on a promise, not of more but merely of future happiness.
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Author 4 books1,129 followers
May 22, 2025
Aaw, man. Gutted to have finished these novels. They are simply astounding. This final novel could have done with another wee edit, but what a great end to the series.
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319 reviews89 followers
April 15, 2016
Wow!! What a glorious and amazing journey this has been!! From the first book in this Poldark series to the last— twelve installments in all, I remained enraptured and enthralled by the remarkable characters created by Winston Graham. He is a master at weaving stories of love, loss, prosperity, heartache, rivalry, mystery, family, war— I could go on and on.

Centering around the life of Captain Ross Poldark and his beautiful (both inwardly and outwardly) wife, Demelza, the author stirs the reader’s soul and induces countless emotions.

The story begins in 1783 when Ross returns home to Cornwall after fighting in the American Revolutionary War. He finds that his father has died.




He also learns upon his return that his love interest, Elizabeth, is engaged to his cousin. This, in itself, leaves him devastated and very angry.




Soon, however, he meets his future wife and thus the story unfolds and continues over the next 37 years.




This series is, for the most part, set in the beautiful countryside of Cornwall, England where mining for copper and tin as well as farming is prevalent. Banking plays a big part in the story throughout as well.




Ross’s biggest rival throughout the series is the hideous, arrogant, stuffy, and money hungry George Warleggan. A man whom I loathed from beginning to end!! (Credit to the author for creating such an atrocious character.)




I cannot go without mentioning Dr. Dwight Enys who is not only a respected and skilled physician in the Corwall area, but also Ross’s closest friend. He is near and dear to my heart.




I adored Demelza from the very beginning and my admiration and respect for her grew with every single book. Her love of port (at times to the extreme), flowers and singing were endearing additions in every installment. A devoted wife and mother, she loved Ross deeply as she also did her children.




I fell head over heels in love with Ross. Unfortunately, that strong of an emotion also encompasses feelings of anger and resentment at times. Luckily, love triumphs overall!!!




This review is not so much about this twelfth installment as you will have already discerned, but rather of the entire series as a whole. As I read each book, I posted updates and photos that better depict the stories as they unfold. In my feeble mind I am overwhelmed by all that took place throughout this journey, and I find it difficult to paint a picture of the entirety of these books for I am not eloquent in the writing of reviews.

Simply put however,

I laughed. I cried. I was enraged. I mourned. I feared. I loved. Oh, how I loved!!

I will NEVER EVER forget these books.






If you would like a taste of what this series has to offer before embarking on the twelve book series, I would recommend watching the 2015 BBC first season tv adaptation starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson. It is in watching this that I began reading the books.
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Author 1 book875 followers
July 15, 2017
The twelfth and last book of the Poldark series, Bella Poldark is a fitting and satisfying end to a saga that has spanned several decades and multiple generations of the Poldarks of Cornwall. Packed with story lines all its own, it still manages to tie up all the central characters and give one a sense that things have come to a completion. At the same time, there is a sense that life, as it always does, goes on.

Near the end, Demelza (perhaps my favorite character among all those I have loved in this series) states “I have only one regret--and that is that time just goes too fast.” It struck me that this echoes my feelings about this series of books….they just went too fast. I am not ready to relinquish either the characters or the story. I dare say I will be thinking about them for some time to come.

I can positively say that Winston Graham was a writer extraordinaire. How many people could write a series of books that cover this much territory and never make a misstep or get lost? Each of these people has a certain character when we meet them, and while each of them grows and changes, as people do, we never feel that they have become someone we do not recognize or that they have done something impossibly out of keeping with who they are. That is difficult when the writing is contiguous, amazing when you consider that Graham wrote these books over a span of some 70 years, with a gap of 20 years between the fourth and the fifth installment. Boggles the mind.

Having checked, I can see that his other works are hard to come by, but I will be watching and if one of them ever comes within my range, I will snap it up. If you are thinking of reading this series, please dive right in, you will find the water is FINE.

I would be remiss if I did not mention that reading this with my GR friend, Lori, made it all the more special. It was wonderful to know that every time I murmured an “Oh, God, No” or found myself with tears streaking my face, there was a kindred soul out there feeling the same. A treasure shared is a treasure doubled, Lori...you made this experience twice as rich.

I am all pumped for the third season of the PBS series now and will only regret that the story on PBS will end long before the actual story has been told. I do wish they would take it all the way through to the end, but as it is, I will be grateful to have read the entire series and to know the rest of the story that transpires after the credits roll.
49 reviews
April 17, 2016
This was my least favorite of all 12 books in the series. The serial killer was ridiculous, as was the cigar-smoking ape. Bella's career didn't really interest me, so this one was hard to get through.
I was very disappointed and wonder, as someone has suggested, if a ghost writer wrote it.
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198 reviews3 followers
March 22, 2016
I am a die hard fan of the Poldark Novels, indeed, of everything Winston Graham wrote. I first read 'Ross Poldark" aged 16 and was enraptured from the start. The Cornish countryside lovingly described, the characters believable, lovable or hateful, fully recognisable despite the setting of the 18th Century. So it is with dismay that I have to say that this book was ill- conceived. And unecessary too.
Here is my first problem. Bella Poldark is described, quite a lot in the novels prior to this one, as having black curls, black eyes, and being "the most like Demelza" than any of the other children. How then, did her hair become fair, her eyes, a blue- grey like her Father, Ross? She becomes a completely different person.
Secondly, Winston Graham turns Valentine into an absolute parody of himself. He keeps an ape in the house, Butto, and continues to make a mess of his life, but this time, it's less believeable and much more tedious. And, to top it all, as Winston Graham clearly hasn't got much more to say about the Poldarks, we now become engaged with a mystery, a murder mystery!
A real shame, because, of course it is still a very readable book, but it becomes hackneyed. Clowance still has suitors galore, every man who looks at her falls in love with her. It worked before, it doesn't now. That's not real life.
I feel that "The Twisted Sword" should have been the last Novel, as originally planned.

Bella Poldark", at best, should be seen as a stand- apart novel.
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267 reviews6 followers
April 25, 2025
Ach ja, Poldark.
Mit sozialkritischen Anklängen und im der Serie wunderbar eingefangen die Atmosphäre und Landschaft.
Danke @Andy Marr für die Erinnerung!
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1,955 reviews611 followers
October 6, 2019
**This review actually refers to five books in this series: Stranger From the Sea, The Miller's Dance, The Loving Cup, The Twisted Sword & Bella Poldark**


I really have no clue what rock I was living under....I have no excuse. But, up until recently, I had no idea the Poldark series on television is based on a series of books! I love sweeping historical family sagas. I have no earthly clue how I missed this one! Rectifying the situation immediately!

There are 12 books in the Poldark Saga, written by Winston Graham from 1945-2002. The books are set in Cornwall, starting with Ross Poldark in 1783 and ending with Bella Poldark in 1820.

It's official -- I love this series! And I'm reading my way through all of the books before I watch the television series. I have a rule that before I can watch a film or television adaptation, I have to read the books first. Then I'm acquainted with the characters and can see what they changed/added/kept true to the original, etc. There are actually two Poldark television series. One from BBC in the 1970s that serialized the first seven books. And then the newer series that started in 2015. There have been five seasons of the new show. I can't wait to watch it! Still reading my way through the books first...and enjoying every page!

The five books listed here are books #8-12 of the series. I had review copies of all 5 novels and read them cover to cover. Binge read them, to be honest. I love the characters...the setting....the history. I had to stop periodically and look some things up as I'm not familiar with the time period or history of Cornwall at all. The one problem with reviewing books is that I'm under a deadline. With historical fiction or family sagas, I like to take my time and let the story sink in and savor the characters. But with five books to read, and not having read the first books in the series beforehand, I was a bit lost in names, places, etc. The story was enough to carry me through! I loved every book!

I'm backtracking now and reading the series from the start....and I will re-read these books when I come back around to them. I will have an even better understanding of the characters and history during my second reading! And then I can watch the television show. I'm curious which books it has already covered and which ones are upcoming -- whether it stays true to the books or goes off course, etc.

Great books! I highly recommend this series to any readers who enjoy historical fiction, family sagas, and just history in general!

Love, love, love! :) Here are some extra exclamation points in case I did not make it clear that I enjoy this series: !!!!!!!!

**I read review copies of these novels from St Martins Press via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are entirely my own.)
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167 reviews5 followers
August 27, 2015
I thought this was the weakest of the Poldark novels, and definitely a disappointing finale. Far too many new characters were introduced (looking at you, Prideaux and Essie) to no real purpose, and then there was the ludicrous and completely unnecessary Jack the Ripper-esque subplot. Not to mention that I honestly did not care one whit about Bella's singing career, and just skimmed over all those chapters. Still a fairly enjoyable reads, but I guess I expected the last novel to wow me and this just didn't do it for me.
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February 5, 2020
I am utterly bereft and traumatized that this book did not give me the happily-ever-after feeling I was hoping for. The plots were devastating (some of them) and Ross remains an anti-hero after all these years.

Cornwall, 1818- The Poldarks are trying to move on with their lives after the death of Jeremy. Visits from Cuby and little Noelle help ease the pain a little. It helps Demelza to have someone to talk to. A serial killer stalks young women and Valentine is on a path of debauchery which none have ever seen the likes of. He has grown closer to Ross in the last few years and Demelza fears Valentine will draw Ross into some reckless scheme or another. I too, had misgivings and a feeling of dread. I loathed Valentine's despicable behavior towards Selina and his glee in giving pain to everyone. Later, I saw Valentine as a tragic character longing for unconditional love. Valentine kept pushing boundaries to challenge people, hoping that someone would love him. Only Ross shows the young man any kind of affection.

Ross's obsession with Elizabeth leads to Valentine's destruction. This plot is the real tragedy of the novel. I have some empathy for George but not much for Ross. Ross is really not very likable. He's an antihero but not so much a hero. I very much admire his sense of social justice and teaching his family to view everyone as equals, but his recklessness, his passion destroyed any finer feelings I may have had for him. He nearly destroyed his marriage more than once. Ross, at least, finally feels some guilt over his part in what has happened to Valentine.

More than 25 years ago Ross took Elizabeth against her will possibly resulting in an unplanned pregnancy. Probably, but men are stupid and apparently can't do math. Demelza has an inkling and she doesn't like it. She has been so patient and long suffering. I love her to death but enough is enough. He deserved all the heartache she brought him and the black eye he got in the show.

That one act by Ross set the stage for the rest of the drama. Elizabeth died as a result of Ross's suggestion that she have another baby. The doctor she went to was not so much a quack or doing anything illegal. SHE chose to go to him and get the potion, which is still in use to ease labor in some countries, although banned in the USA and UK. SHE didn't follow his directions or tell Dr. Enys that she took this potion. Dr. Enys admits he couldn't save her but he does know what caused her death. He's an honorable man who refuses to violate HIPPA by telling Ross what really happened but I think Ross deserves to know because it was his idea for Elizabeth to have another "premature" child. (I'm still not clear on why Elizabeth felt the need to take a potion when she could have fudged the dates by having more sex with her husband more often. I gather she didn't enjoy begetting children and saw the potion as a better option or a safety net.)

Elizabeth would be heartsick at what happened to her family after her death. While her much-loved eldest son became a man and returned home to Trenwith to raise his family, her younger son was left in the cold, in spite of George's promise. While Valentine had all the material advantages George's wealth could bring, the boy lacked loved. George saw Valentine as a cuckoo in the nest, in spite of Elizabeth's reassurance. George also saw Valentine as a tool to achieve his own social climbing ends and Valentine rebelled. Young adult Valentine embarked on a career as a rakehell, a smuggler and perhaps a serial killer. He caused his wife to threaten suicide and finally run away taking their young son. I believe Winston Graham did not fully understand the law. Selina's child doesn't legally belong to her and she can't legally take him with her if she chooses to leave. Ross and Geoffrey Charles debate what the law would say if George and Selina try to sue for custody of little Georgie. I think the court would side with Valentine, sadly, unless George gets involved and tosses money around to get Valentine declared incompetent. It worked for Lady Byron who managed a legal separation from Lord Byron and gained custody of their daughter so it COULD happen but the Byrons were the exception.

When Valentine seduced the half-witted daughter of John and Ruth (formerly Teague) Trenegloss that was the outside of enough for me. I was utterly disgusted, as was everyone else in the county. Agneta didn't understand their relationship was supposed to be clandestine or why he cooled off. She stalked him, even went to his house encountering Selina and paid with her life. Everyone suspects Valentine is the serial killer. He argues he didn't kill Agneta and he didn't seduce her. He thinks she wasn't as slow as she seemed and he wasn't her first lover. Even if he wasn't, she could have been taken advantage of by any number of wicked men because she really, truly didn't seem to understand Valentine. He was cruel even if he didn't kill her. I don't blame Selina for being angry and leaving.

The ONLY thing Valentine did that I approve of is to rescue an ape from a street performer. Butto became Valentine's surrogate family, the one who showed him unconditional love and caused Valentine's death in the end. I did not approve of Valentine teaching Butto to drink and smoke cigars. It's immoral to do that to an animal, no matter how closely that animal is related to humans. (They didn't even know that yet, it was just amusing to Valentine to adopt this creature as his protegee).

Then George Warleggan starts weaving his tangled web again, wanting an heir for his business. Uncle Cary at long last shuffles off this mortal coil. George is thrown from a horse into a old, abandoned mine pit. My heart was in my throat. I really can't stand him but I don't want him to die! I was happy Lady Harriet chose to look for him and persist in her search until he was found, banged up, but alive. George is now an old man. How sad. He's beginning to think about his own mortality and thinks little Georgie should be his heir. Of course to George, this means being controlling and manipulative but is that such a bad thing? Maybe little Georgie will rebel or maybe he'll be just like George hopefully without the jealousy and suspicion. Selina finds George's terms acceptable but she doesn't really know him. What galls me is Ross's interference, siding with Valentine, to keep George's grandson away from his only grandparent.

Sadly, Butto, the ape sets Place House, Valentine's home on fire because he got out of his compound and lit some cigars, took them back to his compound and fell asleep. The lit cigars burned the straw and the fire spread. This is where the story gets upsetting. Everyone gets out of the house but Valentine has to go find his ape and Ross has to go back in and find Valentine. The house is burning, the smoke is getting thick, Ross is about to run out of air when Valentine appears calling "Father! Father! I found Butto, He's dead in the dining room but I escaped through a side door." Ross is about to pass out from smoke inhalation when the dining room ceiling comes crashing down on him. He feels someone grab him and pull him out of the house. He's taken to Trenwith, ironically to Elizabeth's bedroom where he took her against her will. He has a strange hallucination that Elizabeth is there in the room as it looked long ago.

Ross was burned, has a concussion, shock and coughing a lot. He nearly died. His loving wife is there by his side and the room decor is different. Valentine is missing and discovered dead in the dining room holding the hand of the ape. Ross can't figure out how and whether he was hallucinating. I'm so traumatized by this plot. Valentine was turning over a new leaf. All he wanted was unconditional love and he never got it. Tragic. I think all of Valentine's bad behavior was testing people to see if they would still love him and no one did. Ross came close and that's why Valentine was so intent on befriending Ross. While sweet, loving Demelza didn't like having Valentine around, she did later consider that perhaps she should look at him in a different light and welcome him into her home. This is a very tragic conclusion to the "who's your Daddy?" plot. It's almost worthy of Maury Povitch but better written than the silly stories on TV.

I sort of feel sorry for George because he has never understood how to be a good person AND be accepted. He doesn't understand that his fortune can only get him so far. At this time, it's breeding that counts. He can't relax and act like a gentleman. He's always trying to make more money. George was a bad father, a bad husband and hopefully he will be a better grandfather. By the time little Georgie is grown, the Industrial Revolution will be in full swing and money will count for more but human kindness and empathy go much farther as we have seen from Ross's better actions. I don't see George as a villain, just as an antagonist- a foil for Ross.

Back at Nampara, Ross finally gets around to telling Demelza he put a fortune into another failing mine to help another widow's son. He didn't do it for Selina but for the boy. Demelza is mad reminds him of how he almost went to prison for 3000 pounds 30 years ago. He reassures her the mine will pay and he has more money now. She's a bit miffed that he never tells her what their income actually is. Now their relationship is rocky again. She loves him and he loves her, they have a solid marriage but he does some really dumb stuff that hurts her. The mine will eventually yield enough to pay back his money, plus Wheal Leisure is still doing well, Wheal Grace is failing but still open and the boat building business at Looe seems to be doing well enough. This is still no excuse not to consult with Demelza. I thought he had gotten better at sharing with her. The book ends with their relationship a bit cool - enough so that young Henry notices.

Clowance still blames Cuby for Jeremy's death, not knowing Jeremy's dark secret that gave him the need to join the army. She would probably blame Cuby for that too. Clowance is disillusioned with adult life. She was so captivated by that rogue Stephen that no one else will do unless he inspires a grand passion within her. Demelza knows marriage and true love are not like that. I liked child Clowance who was Cornish to her soul; who galloped across the moors, ran barefoot and helped provide for the Paynters. Adult Clowance, like Jeremy, is moody and broody. I admire her for trying to keep her husband's business afloat. I hoped she would marry Ben Carter but it was not meant to be. She seems him as a family friend only, but he does get a happy ending when Demelza's niece Essie comes to Trenwith to work as a nursemaid for Geoffrey Charles's children/wife's companion.

Clowance's happily-ever-after takes a little longer to come. She has two suitors and I like them both but think they're both wrong for her. Captain Philip Prideaux distinguished himself at Waterloo. Ross thinks if there were a medal for bravery, Philip would have won it. Sadly, it seems Philip is suffering from what would 100 years later, be termed shell shock or post-traumatic stress syndrome as we call it today. Not surprisingly, he had a nervous breakdown which resulted in him killing a man. Now permanently retired from the army, he's in Cornwall staying with relatives. I think Philip is a good guy. He's sincere, honest and kind but as he admits, he's a soldier. He thinks and acts like a soldier and not a lover going a-wooing. He's also very high strung. Edward Fitzmaurice is a real catch and not just because he's wealthy and titled. He is a genuinely nice man who doesn't have any vices (that he admits to) and truly loves Clowance. However, he isn't right for her. He will worship her and want to ease her path. Clowance is a Cornish woman through and through. She grew up somewhat rough- rough for gentry anyway, rough like the sea and the windswept Cornish landscape. She's tough. She doesn't need to be cherished and worshiped. She needs an equal partner who will not worship her nor take advantage of her. She deserves to be loved for who she is and have a man who will treat her as a partner, as her father does her mother- sometimes.

I didn't care much for Bella's plot and I found it inconsistent with the attitudes of the time period. A woman who appeared on stage, especially in a breeches part, would be considered beyond the pale. Why would her fiance encourage this? There's no way respectable people would encourage their loved on to try for a career on stage. Nothing in any other book or blog post about the Regency era suggests that times were changing fast enough to make this an acceptable career choice for one of Bella's tender years. There were a few actresses accepted at this time and just after but their histories are a bit scandalous. Charles Kemble, who is mentioned in this novel, was the head of a theatrical family. His daughter, Fanny, would become a celebrated actress and respectable lady but not yet in 1820. I skimmed most of the details about rehearsals. Bella seems to be more loosely based on Fanny's mother, who might I point out, was European by birth and not English. It was different on the Continent. Bella's whiny drama bored me so I skimmed it. The history of The Barber of Seville would be interesting to opera buffs. Of course I've heard of it and know "Figaro!" but opera doesn't really interest me and I couldn't put off the niggling feeling that Bella was going to get into trouble.

Like Clowance, Bella has two suitors. Her long-time suitor, Christopher Havergal was first introduced as the reckless Lieutenant in Geoffrey Charles's regiment who chased after a hare when he could have been shot. I feel the relationship is icky and doomed to start because Christopher first fell in love with Bella when she was only 13! After some drama, success on the stage and a fling with the Frenchman, Ross arrives to bring Bella home. Sadly, she comes down with diphtheria, the same disease that killed Julia all those years ago. Seeing Ross's concern was touching and showed a softer, kinder side of him. He still mourns Julia and Jeremy and can't bear to lose another child. Dr. Enys is able to save Bella's life but not her voice. She is unable to sing in the upper registers and loses her spirit. Ross doesn't like her like that but all the quacks in London can't fix her. Bella turns to acting on stage and appears as Romeo in "The Two Lovers of Verona." (Knock-off Romeo and Juliet. The closing of the book gives us a sweet scene between father and youngest daughter and Bella's return to Cornwall.

Cornwall is as much a character as the people. Winston Graham's writing is brilliant and beautiful. I can see Cornwall in my mind and long to go there. I would fully expect to meet the characters. They're so real and have been a part of my life. I will miss them.
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691 reviews5 followers
January 11, 2016
Well, after several thousand pages and many, many days immersed in Cornwall and the joys and sorrows, troubles and triumphs of the Poldark clan and their friends and neighbors, I am done. It was a rousing good time throughout. Once into the third book in the series, I was too hooked to stop.

This last book, "Bella Poldark," is not my favorite by far, but is well done. Almost a melodrama, but it brought closure to the many storylines running through the series.

I am amazed at the ability of Winston Graham to write a series of twelve books which held my interest throughout. Some were better constructed than others, but on the whole pretty consistent in spite of having been written over many years, with a gap in the series of several years while he pursued other writing.

I now understand a lot more about the history of the time period and the culture of the people, and I was well entertained throughout.
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Author 36 books93 followers
October 17, 2013
Cannot believe this was written by Winston Graham - a book that almost destoys his legacy of the superb POLDARK books. It is flat and contrived and has none of the magical small details that bring the other books alive and made them such a success.
So much so that I suspect either an editor or a ghost writer must have written it under his name - after all he was 92 when he was supposed to have written it.
Too much of this ghostwriting using a famous name is going on in publishing today and it is nothing less than a con on the readers.
Winston Graham had superb talent, whoever wrote this has none.
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514 reviews106 followers
January 14, 2022
It has been quite an amazing ride to read all twelve books in the Poldark Saga.

This series has to be one of the most consistently written series of all time. From the first to the last book, there was a sense of warmth inviting me into the world written by Winston Graham. I loved who he wanted me to love and hated who he wanted me to hate.


IN CONCLUSION...

If you love historical fiction, then you will love the tale of the Poldarks.

I will miss this world, these characters, and the comfort they brought me.

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November 26, 2015
I've just finished the Poldark series and at this very instant, I'm wondering how I can get on with a different book or story! Oh, I know I will as I cannot stay without reading. I started slow with Ross Poldark in August and still slow with Demelza in September but I read the next 10 with such a frenzie in less than 2 months. I breathed the Poldark world for every minute of my days. I didn't always give a 5 star to all the books as I found some more compelling than others. I would say that my two favorites were Warleggan and the Twisted Sword. I often felt upset and shocked at Ross's actions, but wondered too if Ross was like that because a man created him and made him more to his image? And I mean by that as a man would think and react which is probably very accurate versus the way a woman author would have made him? I love the whole series so much and I can't believe it took watching the new BBC series to start reading the books! I lived in Cornwall for 3 years which makes the story even more realistic as I know all the places mentioned so well. In all, if I could rate it my own way, I would give the entire series a 10 Star! And I wonder how I can possibly go on tomorrow without opening a book and not being with Ross, Demelza and their world!
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561 reviews
February 18, 2017
*SPOILER ALERT!*

I finished the series with a tear in my eye. So much enjoyment; so much unfinished business.

Apparently WG announced that this would be the last book (at least he did in the edition I was reading). Maybe he was sick (he died the year after it was written), but I can't understand why he did not want to continue the story. Of Bella we at least get a hint of her future, but what about Harry? What about Selina and little Georgie? What about the increasingly wonderful Harriet, with her amazing ability to bring two bitter enemies at least a little closer than ever? And so many others.

During the fire scene, I first thought "Oh, God, don't let that ape be the end of Valentine!", but that thought was quickly replaced by "Oh God, don't let that ape be the end of Ross, or I'll kill Valentine myself!" Butto was quite the distraction, but Paul Kellow was more so. Unfortunately, I tumbled to his guilt pretty early.

I am at wit's end. What do I read now? How do I follow this absolutely marvelous series? My sincere and grateful thanks to Winston Graham's heirs, for his having created a story and group of characters that thrilled and enthralled.
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1,234 reviews140 followers
March 2, 2015
In this novel, the lives of the Poldark Family come full circle. As the title suggests, the novel is centered on the youngest daughter, Bella, who has her heart set on becoming an operatic singer.

As in all the preceding 11 novels of the series, Graham brings to life here the feelings and sensibilities of early 19th century Cornwall, and by extension, England and Europe in the immediate post-Napoleonic era. The characters are well-drawn and you find yourself, as you read this novel, wanting to know how they'll fare at journey's end.

While I enjoyed this novel, I felt sad to know that this is the last of the series. (As some of you may already know, Winston Graham passed away at the age of 93 this past July.)

Next to James Clavell, Graham has been able to create characters in the Poldark Series - Ross & Demelza & their children, George Warleggan, Valentine Warleggan, Verity, Geoffrey-Charles, Cuby - who could take on the lives of REAL PEOPLE. Love or hate them, you could never be indifferent about these people while reading any of the Poldark novels.
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870 reviews36 followers
December 13, 2016
What a great ride these Poldark books have been. I typically steer away from long series anymore because I don't have the patience or I get tired of the characters or the author's voice. Not so here! These books were addictive! I never got tired of them. I'm frankly shocked at how fast I've devoured all 12 novels over, I think, less than 3 months! I believe my husband is glad they're finally over so I have to rejoin the world of the living again. Sigh. Reality can be so overrated!

Well, like all great things, my time with the Poldarks must come to an end. I guess it's best that we ended with "Bella," which had its moments but felt like it was continually losing steam the longer I read. Valentine and the ape? Weird. A serial killer loose in Cornwall? Seemed like Graham threw that in because he was bored or just to create a challenge for himself. Bella's career? Yawn. Bella's suitors? Seriously icky.

In my dream ending for this series, it would have been so lovely to have had a big event where everyone came together so we could have a quick peek at what's happened to all of the characters we've come to love over the years. You know, a big send-off like at the end of Big Fish. It would have been really easy for Graham to do this with a device like a wedding...maybe Bella's or Ursula's...or funeral...say, Valentine's, or why not kill off George or Ross to end things with a bang? Everyone could come together and Graham could have panned over the crowd, giving us little morsels about each character or family. It would have been appropriate, but I guess Graham wasn't willing to ever close the door on this series completely, even though he was apparently 92 when he wrote "Bella."

Anyway, I'm glad I finished the whole series despite the end with a whimper, and I'm glad I get to continue to enjoy these characters as the new series on Masterpiece spins on (even though the book is always better than the movie!). Local friends, PLEASE borrow my books so I feel somewhat justified in spending so much to get them! You can get the first 3 from the library. I own books 4-12.
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125 reviews31 followers
December 3, 2017
Am I reading the same story? I was bitterly disappointed with the conclusion of Ross and Demelza's story. So many are acting like everything was back to normal with them at the end when it wasn't. Ross, who was pivotal for me at the start of the series, sorely disappoints me. He is truly a flawed hero, who I wish had gone more out of his way to repair his relationship with Demelza, who to me is the long suffering wife who Ross never really went out of his way to make her feel deep, and abiding love. Demelza sacrificed for Ross, but when did Ross sacrifice for Demelza?

He is flawed by his selfishness and pride. Even at the end he chooses to keep secrets, and even acknowledges his lust for another woman (at 99%!), but does not make plans on how to bridge the gap in his relationship to his wife.

It just doesn't seem like a happy ending, and after 12 novels, I felt entitled to a happy ending and was so disappointed when it didn't happen for me.

These quotes are all after 93%!!!
"It was strange, thought Demelza, that while such handsome words should bring a complete reconciliation nearer, a lingering trace of the gap was still there."

"two weeks since Valentine had died and Ross might well have died too – in a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. Later there had been the coolness between herself and Ross, of which a trace still existed."

"The strange hallucination he had suffered when about to be dragged back from the burning house still plagued him in moments just waking or near sleeping. He must, he knew, never allow it ever again to come between him and Demelza. He shared totally her exuberance over Bella’s astonishing success. But Demelza had acute perceptions. He must hide all darker thoughts from her. He must put on a brave face, a good-tempered face, which should not be difficult because the happy face was the true one; there should be no need to pretend feelings which his common sense told him were entirely genuine."

and then 2 paragraphs later Ross notes,
"In the coach he thought of his liking for Harriet. It was truly a physical – a sexual – attraction. But the sexual appeal was short of lust, the liking not near enough to love. He knew that but for the existence of George they could become fast friends."
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4,585 reviews294 followers
November 2, 2023
Bella Poldark (The Poldark Saga #12) by Winston Graham is the grand finale of an epic historical series that I've loved. I can't believe I've finally completed all twelve books of this series! Bella Poldark really sends it off in style. It's something else seeing Ross and Demelza going from the young leading cast of this series to the supporting cast as their kids and the next generation take the lead. As much as I appreciated getting to know the next generation more as adults, Demelza and Dwight are still my two favorite characters and it was good to see them back here. I was also very proud of Bella for all of her accomplishments. By the way, the conclusion of Valentine's story is something else. After everything, it's tough to believe that this series began in 1945 and wrapped up in 2002 when the author was nearing his 94th birthday!
17 reviews
November 9, 2016
Cornish Heritage, English History

I have now read all 12 books in sequence. As an Englishwoman living in Cornwall - between the Nampara and Falmouth extremes of the book's geography - I have thoroughly enjoyed learning more about this area. Mining, Trevithick, early banking practices, Bal-maidens and Napoleon. I've learned so much social history while being totally enthralled by the living characters which brings those stories home. Fabulous
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1,113 reviews37 followers
July 24, 2018
The best in the series! It feels like Graham really mastered this story and his writing by this ending. So much going on with a dose of suspense! A fond farewell my Poldark friends, I'll be watching you one day (the tv series) when I feel like I've forgotten enough to want to revisit with you all. ;)
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1,223 reviews118 followers
July 28, 2020
Every journey has an end, so this journey of mine in this very beautiful series has come to an end, with another very interesting book that includes many important developments and at the same time acts as an epilogue as it closes many open accounts from the past. In this, our heroes face some unusual situations, such as the temptation of fame, a serial killer and irrational rivalries, but in the end, fate brings thins to a state where the maturity they have acquired from everything they have gone through help in most cases. In others, however, they can not do many things. In any case, their paths lead to the beautiful Cornwall where together with the next generations they are called to continue until the end.

An intense and moving book that ideally completes this series, taking one last look at many of these characters who accompanied so many readers. However, this completion does not have the feeling of an end as it leaves many things open and the reader can assume any other development and wonder about the future of the heroes but I like that, I think it fits in well with what was one of the basic patterns throughout the series, that life always goes on and leads us in different directions. So I feel like we're just letting them travel this route, making an account of everything we've read in these twelve books. Surely the account of this journey is that it is a special phenomenon in the world of literature, a great story about the effort of people in changing conditions, a beautiful journey that those who have a special relationship with reading must make.

Κάθε ταξίδι έχει το τέλος του, έτσι και αυτό το ταξίδι μου σε αυτήν την πολύ όμορφη σειρά έφτασε στο τέλος του, με ένα ακόμα ιδιαίτερα ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο που περιλαμβάνει πολλές σημαντικές εξελίξεις και ταυτόχρονα λειτουργεί ως ένας επίλογος καθώς κλείνει πολλούς ανοιχτούς λογαριασμούς από το παρελθόν. Σε αυτό οι ήρωες μας αντιμετωπίζουν ακόμα μερικές ασυνήθιστες καταστάσεις, όπως τον πειρασμό της φήμης, έναν κατά συρροή δολοφόνο και παράλογες αντιπαλότητες, στο τέλος, όμως, η μοίρα τα φέρνει έτσι ώστε η ωριμότητα που έχουν αποκτήσει από όλα όσα έχουν περάσει να βοηθήσει στις περισσότερες περιπτώσεις. Σε άλλες, όμως, δεν μπορούν να κάνουν πολλά πράγματα. Σε κάθε περίπτωση οι δρόμοι τους οδηγούν στην όμορφη Κορνουάλη όπου μαζί με τις επόμενες γενιές καλούνται να συνεχίσουν μέχρι το τέλος.

Ένα έντονο και συγκινητικό βιβλίο που ολοκληρώνει ιδανικά αυτή τη σειρά, ρίχνοντας μία τελευταία ματιά σε πολλούς από αυτούς τους χαρακτήρες που έκαναν συντροφιά σε τόσους αναγνώστες. Βέβαια αυτή η ολοκλήρωση δεν έχει τόσο την αίσθηση ενός τέλους καθώς αφήνει πολλά πράγματα ανοιχτά και ο αναγνώστης μπορεί να υποθέσει οποιαδήποτε άλλη εξέλιξη και να αναρωτηθεί για το μέλλον των ηρώων αλλά αυτό εμένα μου αρέσει, νομίζω ότι ταιριάζει ιδιαίτερα σε αυτό που ήταν ένα από τα βασικά μοτίβα σε ολόκληρη τη σειρά, ότι πάντα η ζωή συνεχίζεται και μας οδηγεί σε διαφορετικούς δρόμους. Έτσι νιώθω ότι απλά τους αφήνουμε να συνεχίσουν αυτό το δρόμο, κάνοντας έναν απολογισμό για όλα όσα διαβάσαμε σε αυτά τα δώδεκα βιβλία. Σίγουρα ο απολογισμός αυτής της διαδρομής είναι ότι πρόκειται για ένα ιδιαίτερο φαινόμενο στον κόσμο της λογοτεχνίας, μία μεγάλη ιστορία για την προσπάθεια των ανθρώπων σε συνθήκες που αλλάζουν, ένα όμορφο ταξίδι που όσοι έχουν μία ιδιαίτερη σχέση με το διάβασμα πρέπει να κάνουν.
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716 reviews79 followers
November 21, 2020
I will also do a video review here at my channel: http://www.youtube.com/magicofbooks

"Bella Poldark" is the twelfth and final book in Winston Graham's "Poldark" series. After a devastating loss at Waterloo in the previous book, the Poldark family moves on with their lives as best they can. Ross and Demelza continue to support their children's ventures, while dealing with a serial killer lurking around Cornwall. Clowance tries to find love again. Valentine continues his recklessness and vanity. And Bella's talents as a singer and actress exceed everyone's wildest expectations.

I am done. I think it's taken me somewhere around 4 months to finish this series. You can read this series any way you choose, but there's something satisfying and gratifying when reading a series this large and just binging your way through it with no brakes. I have loved every step of the way. I have enjoyed reading about the lives of these characters: the ones you love, the ones you hate; their triumphs, their tragedies. Winston Graham never had a dull moment. He knew every in and out of his characters. Everyone and everything came alive in breathtaking detail. I am thrilled I have accomplished this massive series, but also rather sad that it's over. There's always the TV show to rewatch, and the possibility that sometime in the future the showrunners may revive the show and adapt the second half of the book series. I can't recommend this series enough. If you love historical fiction, this is the book series for you. It's a family saga full of interesting, fascinating characters, and plotlines that engage you from beginning to end.

So on to SPOILERS. The remainder of this review I will be hashing out some of my thoughts and feelings for some of the major things that happened, including character deaths. So be warned. Again, SPOILERS!

1. I guess I'll start with the book title, focusing on Bella Poldark. Bella has always lingered in the background for the entirety of this series. When Winston Graham had the ten year time jump, Bella is a new addition to the family, but Graham spends the majority of page time focusing on Jeremy and Clowance. This final book goes in the opposite direction. Obviously, Jeremy died in the previous book, so that took him out of the equation. And Clowance spends the book being sad and depressed, thinking about her complicated feelings about her husband Stephen, who also died in the previous book. Thank God though, Graham gives Clowance some happiness and she does marry Edward Fitzmaurice by the end of the novel. But other than that, Graham doesn't spend a lot of time with Clowance. So that opens up the pages freely to Bella for a change. I immensely loved Bella. She's outgoing and fun. She loves to act and sing. And with the help of her family and her love interest, Christopher, she gets those opportunities to go for her dreams. She gets to do opera in France and she's massive success. Even when she gets sick and loses the ability to sing, she still gets the opportunity to perform stage plans. And through an incredible series of events she winds up playing Romeo (yes, from Romeo and Juliet) and gains even more success and popularity. Because I've been with the Poldark family for so long I felt their love and excitement and I was happy to see Bella follow her dreams. I had my concerns as well with Christopher, and they had a few hiccups in this book, but I was glad Bella and Christopher wound up together as well.

2. Hey, there's a serial killer in this novel! Rather early in the novel we start to see a shadowy figure following women and killing them. Seriously, it was driving me crazy as I was attempting to figure out the murderer before Graham revealed the identity. My guesses initially were, first, Philip Prideaux (I was very suspicious of him for the longest time. His attitudes and behaviors felt like dead giveaways, plus his obsession with Clowance). Second, Butto, the ape! Okay, hear me out: before the reveal that the killer could speak, I was suspicious it was the ape. But no, the killer turns out to be none other than Paul Kellow! That was genuinely a shock to me, but also I didn't quite get it. I wish Winston Graham had set up Paul as the killer a bit better, maybe even giving hints in previous books. Paul is seriously a psychotic mess. We've known in previous books that he's had financial problems and all of his sisters have tragically died. But never once have I felt that Paul was mentally unstable to the point that he would go out and kill women, and lastly target Demelza who, apparently, he was sexually attracted to. Since when? I did like the idea of a serial killer, but the reveal of Paul honestly was a bit perplexing to me if not a bit sloppy.

3. Dear God, I have to talk about Valentine next. Very much like Jermey in the previous book, I was shocked by Valentine's death. Valentine ended up being one of the most tragic characters in this entire series. We've been lead to believe he was the son of Ross and Elizabeth, but raised by George. He was often neglected by George and his suspicions. And he grew up to be very vain and arrogant, throwing wild parties, and sleeping around with any woman he could. When he married Selena, I naively thought that she would help calm him down and he would have happiness. But no, he went even more extravagant than ever before and continued to sleep with many women. Even the birth of his son did nothing to calm him into a better man and father. I think the one redeeming factor to Valentine was his odd love for the ape, Butto. For some reason he loved that monkey to the point that during the big house fire, he runs in to rescue the monkey, though they both die in the process. Winston Graham lives in rather open ended. Did Valentine die accidentally by the fire, or as Demelza suggests, did he use the fire as an excuse to commit suicide? Either way, this creates an odd void in Ross, who on some level knows this is his son, meaning he's lost two sons know, and Ross struggles deeply, putting a bit of a rift in his relationship with Demelza. Jeremy died tragically as a hero at Waterloo, but he died regretting his mistakes and sins. Valentine died tragically, almost like a villain, having never regreted his sins or mistakes, instead dying as a miserable, unloved man.

There's a lot to say about this book, but I think that was it for the highlights. In general, I felt this was a perfect conclusion to the series. So the big question: what are my favorite books? To be honest, I loved every book. Not a single bad book in the bunch. If I had to narrow it down, I still preferred the first seven books in the series. That's what the TV series adapted, and that's what I fell in love with, so it was natural for me to have a slight preference for the first seven books. I think starting with book 8 I was just a little bit saddened that some characters only had minor page time (looking at characters like Dwight, Caroline, Drake, Morwenna, and Sam). But I still fell in love with the Poldark children and their stories. And at the core was always Ross and Demelza and their beautiful love story, which Winston Graham never once lost sight of. Once again, I can't recommend this series enough. It's full of beautiful descriptive writing and wonderful heartwarming characters. And again, so sad it's over now! Whatever shall I do?
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104 reviews
August 26, 2024
Con Bella Poldark, Winston Graham cala il sipario su una saga che mi ha appassionato fin dai primi libri.
Con una narrazione ricca e avvincente, Graham ci porta a vivere le ultime vicende di Ross e Demelza che si intrecciano con quelle delle nuove generazioni, in particolare con la talentuosa Isabella-Rose, che sogna una carriera da cantante.
Chiudendo l'ultima pagina, è impossibile non sentire un po' di malinconia per l'addio a questi personaggi.
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1,600 reviews89 followers
April 5, 2023
I've finally closed the door on my Cornish hens. The Poldark series is finished! It's taken me 12 books, 43 episodes, and 7 years to hang up my tricorn hat for good. We had a good run, but it certainly overstayed it's welcome. It should have ended 5 books ago, but who doesn't love a good family legacy collection? I can say with certainty that the Poldark children are spoiled and not as interesting as their parents. They inherited their family's penchant for drama, but failed to transfer the ability to manage it. I'm glad my favorite member, Verity Poldark, remained unscathed and my babydoll aunt was thankfully left standing. There were a lot of casualties on the southern coast and you had to be careful where you stepped. For all my expectations regarding the finale, a wayward gorilla was definitely not one of them. It was a bananas (pun intended) inclusion and it didn't make any sense. I was a little disappointed by the nosedive of the series, but I'll keep the spirit alive with my fondness for the show and the first 7 books. I am absolutely grateful that this was a complete series when I began it because I would not be part of the clownery waiting 20 years in between some of the books. That's starting to mirror my anticipation for The Winds of Winter, but let's not jinx it. I love the Poldarks and I get immense satisfaction when I fully complete a book series. Although I'll probably never get to visit the real world Cornwall, I can confidently say I know the fictional Georgian era like the back of my tricorn cap.

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629 reviews
May 24, 2016
It’s over!! I’m so sad!! In a happy way though because that series was well worth the read!! I had serious reservations about reading it because I knew tough shit would happen but in the end, it all comes together in a beautiful way, so I’m really glad I stuck with it. Now.. SPOILER QUESTION I need to get opinions on!!

Ok so what’s with the whole Val hallucination thing? Are we suppose to believe his spirit helped Ross in the fire? That he faked his death? What?! So if anyone has ideas please let me know!

I also kinda was annoyed how once again Ross felt extreme guilt over V and he’s suddenly a saint that Ross feels he didn’t do enough for. Now, let me explain, I did feel bad at his death and his circumstances growing up, it was very sad. But as an ADULT he was an ass, (and sometimes downright creepy) and once again that’s Ross’s responsibility? I think Ross knows George wouldn’t have let him near him anyway but to let this grief become worse than Jeremy’s in a way, that’s what I think bothered me more. Maybe I read too much into it but imo, V had many opportunities once away from George to change and he never did. At the end he seemed to try but too little too late I guess. I think also, we were only told of Ross hanging out with V more after J died, we never actually saw much of it so maybe if we had I would have actually felt like Ross’s grief level was more justifiable. Not that he didn’t have a right to be sad but yeah. Lord knows J was never my fave either but it seemed V got more of the grief from Ross so it kinda made me grrr.

Anyway, love how Clowance actually grew a brain and married the right man and it all worked out for her! It turns out I love Edward and was glad to see his character fleshed out more. Loved seeing Ben get his happy ending too.

Bella.. Glad for her also but I wasn’t sure what to think of Chris half the time. I’m assuming he means well and will be good to her..but I kinda wonder why Maurice just fell out of the picture…

Lastly, Ross and demelza. They faced everything together admirably. It wasn’t always easy but what is? Their love was the best part of these books! I’m sad it’s over but now I have the show to look forward to and seeing this all come alive on screen!

Can anyone else see that last scene in the books which takes place in a coach, happening in the finale as a way to really come full circle? Ep 1 had Ross alone in a coach coming home, and I can see the final series ending the same way but with his family.

Oh, also, I loved the added mystery this one had. Gave it that extra flair.

Man, gonna miss these characters so much! Thank god for the show!
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