56 reviews for:

The Loving Cup

Winston Graham

4.05 AVERAGE

adventurous 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

One of the better books dealing with the Poldark children.
adventurous emotional reflective 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

I'm kind of amazed that I am ten books in and the books have kept up the quality as well as they had. I really thought they would have run out of steam, especially because Graham had such a huge lapse in time between some of them. But the same loveable characters are still there. I wish there was more of Dwight, but I guess the cast is too big at this point to keep it that balanced.
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
relaxing 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
adventurous challenging emotional

I don't know why this one took so much longer to read - I really liked it. There is a return to several storylines I missed, including Drake and Morwenna, and a blessed minimum of Stephen. Also, George gets another shock, which is always pretty awesome.

Another winner in the Poldark series; just love these books :)

Still enjoying this series. There are two more books, but I think I will be a little sad when I reach the end.

Spoilers...


I had a feeling that the coach robbery from the last book would play a prominent role in this one. I was afraid of what would happen at George's party if the lawyer recognized Stephen or Jeremy, and I found myself hoping that something would happen to him. So that ended in the best possible way for the two of them. Though I really wish Stephen wouldn't do business with the Warleggans, I feel like he's playing with fire.

Both Jeremy and Clowance got married in this book, and while they both have issues, hopefully their relationships will be happy. I'm worried something is wrong with Demelza, there's lots of mentioning of her physical state and how she's losing weight. We'll just have to see what happens to her in the remaining books.