Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis de Bernieres Reviews

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres' is a superb novel. Being over 500 pages it is also a long novel. The story is a romantic one in which 'Captain Antonio Corelli' falls in love with Pelagia on the Greek island of Cephallonia. It is brilliantly written and frequently contains some exceptional quotes. Despite it being a long novel ...  Read the complete review

When I was told I would have to read this novel for my A Level English Literature exam, I was less than excited. I was familiar with the title of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin', but had no real idea what the book was about and assumed I wouldn't be interested in it in the slightest. However, as soon as I decided to give the book a try and ...  Read the complete review

Having read a number of novels purely due to my fascination with the actor Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart by Barry Gifford and Leaving Las Vegas by John O’ Brien to name but two, I eagerly purchased Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to chiefly see what could appeal to Mr. Cage himself. This book is without a shadow of a doubt, very appealing. ...  Read the complete review

'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' is a beautifully written novel, at times funny, at times sad but always engaging. It is set on the Greek island of Cephalonia. It covers a period spanning from just before the Second World War and continues through the Italian and later German occupation of the island to the present. THE ...  Read the complete review

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is an emotionally satisfying, funny but at the same time harrowing account of a wartime relationship which ends with a seperation, and then the inevitable reuniting of the lovers. Set on the Greek Island of Cephellonia just as the second world war starts it is a facsinating account of the simplicity of pre ...  Read the complete review

I had actually started reading the book before I watched the film, but found the first fifty pages of the book quite hard going and found that the story jumped around a bit. However after watching the film I decided to give the book a good go and took it on holiday with me. The story revolves around Pelagia in the second World War who lives ...  Read the complete review

I've seen the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin and wasn't overly impressed. It was ok in a bit of a syrupy way, but it didn't have much going for it except stunning scenery and a predictable love story. People have said that the book is so much better than the film, which is often the case with films adapted from the book. ...  Read the complete review

Jeremy Paxman described as ?\Absolutely Excellent? and it has to go down as one of my personal favourites. If this book has managed to pass you by, it was first publsihed in 1995, then make sure you hunt it out and read it. Captain Corelli became a phenomenon in the late 1990?s and the popularity continued with the production of the film ...  Read the complete review

How far the great have fallen. Director John Madden has gone from making the 1998 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, "Shakespeare in love, "to what is easily one of the worst films of 2001. "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," based on the acclaimed novel by Louis de Bernieres, wears its false sentiment on its sleeve and its ...  Read the complete review

I was unsure of what to expect when I started reading this book – I had read rave reviews, I had seen newspaper articles systematically dismantling what they perceived as a distortion of historical events, and of course I’d been exposed to the whole media circus surrounding the release of the film that is based on the book. That ...  Read the complete review

I know so many people who have read ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’; some as part of reading groups and others just for pleasure. When people were reading the book many found it hard going but all of them said that it was a good book and well worth reading. When the film of the book came out on video I had heard so many good ...  Read the complete review

I’ll be honest with you. I don’t like reading all that much. It might just be me, but after a long hard day gruelling away in maths, music and numerous languages about topics such as how genetic modification might affect French snails or why Germany’s cross-dressers are worried about their sense of nationality, I look for ...  Read the complete review

1941. Invasion of Greece by the Italians is imminent. Dr Iannis and his beautiful daughter, Pelagia, live a tranquil existence in their village home. They have a menagerie of pets, among which Pelagia’s goat, with its ‘slotted eyes’, notorious for consuming the results of Dr Iannis’s writings on the history of Cephallonia. ...  Read the complete review

Captain Corelli's Mandolin has, unfortunately, become victim to it's own success. It has become one of those books that anyone who is anyone has read and so nobody now wants to read for fear of being a fashion victim. It even features in Notting Hill, Hugh Grant is reading it at the very end of the film when he and Julia Roberts are ...  Read the complete review

Loved the book almost from cover to cover, but not sure about the ending - Advantages: Good read - Disadvantages: Strange ending

Some novels are emotional, some stimulate thought, some educate the reader slightly as to a time or a place, some books make you laugh and some are written for pure entertainment. Some novels are written in beautiful expressive language, which creates an image in the readers mind and some use sharp quick prose to move the plot along. It is a ...  Read the complete review

With a long and somewhat boring train journey ahead of me, I decided I would read this book, which i had borrowed of my Mum. I had read about three pages and I found I could not put it down. The book is about a young Greek girl and her father who have to dea with Italian Occupation, German occupation and Earthquakes. It examines the struggles that ...  Read the complete review

Having read a number of novels purely due to my fascination with the actor Nicolas Cage, Wild at Heart by Barry Gifford and Leaving Las Vegas by John O’ Brien to name but two, I eagerly purchased Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to chiefly see what could appeal to Mr. Cage himself. This book is without a shadow of a doubt, very ...  Read the complete review

"Captain Correlli's Mandolin"became very successful when the recent movie with Nicolas Cage and Penelopy Cruz was released earlier this year.But for those who love reading books,the name of cpt Correlli was a familiar one.And I must say,although i saw the film and i though it was good,i can say that it is not as good as the book. ...  Read the complete review

As you will probably know due to all the recent publicity caused by the film, Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set in Cephallonia in the time of world war two. It is a love story but it is also a poignant representation of war and the strong relationships between people in times of war. The book really does deliver so much that the film does ...  Read the complete review