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The 5th and last book in The Cazalet Chronicles. At the end of the vol 4 it was 1947, and when we meet them again it‘s 1956. A lot has happened in 9 yrs. I enjoyed being back with the family, but in this one there‘s a lot of endings. Some of these I anticipated others I didn‘t. We celebrate several Christmas‘ with the family which was why I read it now, I just wish we had left the family on a more uplifting note.

This is the end.... 🥲🥲🥲🥲

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Sad to say goodbye to the cazalets after this final 5th volume which ended on a magnificent finale as Elizabeth Jane Howard describes, in one of the best depictions I've read of a family Christmas, the last gathering at Home Place. Births, deaths, and marriages, this has been a wonderful reading experience, and we are left in 1958 wondering what happened to those gloriously drawn characters, particularly the new generation of children.

“The fifth and final volume”. And with that, this epic series has finished. I‘ve adored each of these books and the sprawling, privileged, sad, funny and messy family they introduced me to. I‘m so sad it‘s ended. I‘ve been saving this last one up all year, then when I finally started it I read it too fast in big greedy gulps. Very tempted to go right back to the beginning and start again.

A final return to the Cazalets after 18 years and perhaps not wholly successful, with a lot of recapping and several beloved characters behaving rather out of character. But if you're a fan you'll want to read it anyway, if only for completeness sake.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ And so, my year with the Cazalets concludes. I loved getting to know these characters & feeling immersed in a series. (I don‘t seem to get as caught up in series as I did when I was younger.) Highly recommended!

Sniff. Last of the Cazalets. This volume is kind of a mess. Kids are now adults with kids of their own. Some characters disappear or are replaced by a new iteration. Some characters return. (Teddy, Simon). Some things are resolved. Some things aren't. Some characters die. A few storylines are ridiculous (Neville 🙄). The ending is decidedly bittersweet. Life is change, change is life. A wonderful series! Definitely own to revisit!

This is it! The final volume of Cazalet Chronicles!

I started this series (and loved it), but never finished. I think I need to start from the beginning. #changes #septembowie