Reviews

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

laurans's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

ilia_fr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective

4.75

matthew_hough's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

wanderingmole's review against another edition

5.0

Characterisation and voice of novel superb. Very enjoyable read. Not too challenging.

loumoopoke's review against another edition

funny hopeful relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexual assault, and Rape

stoleyourfoodinthelibrary's review

Was a meeting that could have been an email

kathypapakyriacou's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

laticsexile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

What a wonderful book. To write a novel which is simultaneously very funny, very touching, and very dark is an amazing skill. To say that one didn't want the book to end is a massively overused comment, but is definitely the case here. I also immediately ran to wikipedia to find out more about the massacre of the Acqui division and the Greek Civil War, because the sense of the history and the setting is incredibly strong. 

It would have been a 5 star review for sure, but the book paints a slightly rosier view of the British than is probably reasonable. As a Brit myself, I feel justified in docking the quarter point, although I might reinstate it at some point ;-)

cemoses's review against another edition

3.0

It is more about the history of a Greek Town in the WWII than a romance which is what I thought it might be.

carolinajfonseca's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.0