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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More action-packed than the first book, what with the wife murder, wrecking ships, putrid throat outbreaks, card cheats, and business scheming. Still quite a bit more character-driven than the show. I'm surprised by how much of a relative non-entity the villain from the show is in the books so far, though I assume that will soon change.
Volume 2 of the Poldark series, this one is every bit as good as the first. Not truly focused enough on Demelza, to be honest, but it's written in the 40's by Mr. W. Graham so... unsurprising. Nevertheless, very good.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"What is the hallmark of change? Are we of different flesh, you and I, that death should bring you a golden crown and me a seat in Hell's cockpit?"
This is where the books start to show a difference from the series. I should say it is the other way around but for me is it this way because I watched the series first. Reading this part, I sometimes wished I hadn't. I struggle with the relationship between Dwight and Ross in the books. In the series, they are like brothers. They literally are brothers in arms. In the books, Dwight idolizes Ross to the point where it becomes a bit peculiar and a bit unrealistic. He hasn't done that much for him (yet).
Dwight and Keren is better done in books, two young foolish people who couldn't resist a fling and paid dearly for it. Once I read of Dwight telling Ross of the illness at Trentwith, I knew Julia would die soon and (slightly) prepared for it. I remember crying a lot when she died in the series so I expected the same to happen. But just as she fell ill, Demelza started hallucinating and she was gone. Just like that, gone in what felt like a single page, a sentence even. I was a bit baffled by it at first but as the loss became clear in Ross and Demelza, I understood that this is how it must have been for them. Julia was ripped away, no drawn out illness or deathbed but she left them so suddenly and quickly. Very well done, I would then say... I felt it that way too.
The books are still such a joy to read. I get emerged in 18th century Cornwall as soon as I dive in for a chapter. The characters are so real, so ugly and messy in their ways. I love it.
This is where the books start to show a difference from the series. I should say it is the other way around but for me is it this way because I watched the series first. Reading this part, I sometimes wished I hadn't. I struggle with the relationship between Dwight and Ross in the books. In the series, they are like brothers. They literally are brothers in arms. In the books, Dwight idolizes Ross to the point where it becomes a bit peculiar and a bit unrealistic. He hasn't done that much for him (yet).
Dwight and Keren is better done in books, two young foolish people who couldn't resist a fling and paid dearly for it. Once I read of Dwight telling Ross of the illness at Trentwith, I knew Julia would die soon and (slightly) prepared for it. I remember crying a lot when she died in the series so I expected the same to happen. But just as she fell ill, Demelza started hallucinating and she was gone. Just like that, gone in what felt like a single page, a sentence even. I was a bit baffled by it at first but as the loss became clear in Ross and Demelza, I understood that this is how it must have been for them. Julia was ripped away, no drawn out illness or deathbed but she left them so suddenly and quickly. Very well done, I would then say... I felt it that way too.
The books are still such a joy to read. I get emerged in 18th century Cornwall as soon as I dive in for a chapter. The characters are so real, so ugly and messy in their ways. I love it.
This one did start pretty slowly for me. But, it did pick up and was another beautiful story.
As with the last novel, the PBS series is a very close mirror. As with any written novel, the descriptions are much more vivid, engaging, and beautiful than the sweep of a camera can capture.