Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell

Mountolive

Alexandria Quartet #3

Lawrence Durrell

320 pages • first pub 1958 (editions) user-added

fiction classics historical adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Description

Mountolive is a novel of vertiginous disclosures, in which the betrayer and the betrayed share secret alliances and an adulterous marriage turns out to be a vehicle for the explosive passions of the modern Middle East.

Community Reviews

4.09
based on 246 reviews

Moods

reflective: 80%

adventurous: 60%

challenging: 60%

emotional: 60%

sad: 60%

dark: 50%

mysterious: 50%

tense: 40%

informative: 30%

funny: 10%

lighthearted: 10%

relaxing: 10%

Pace

66% of readers chose medium
33% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

44% of readers chose A mix
44% of readers chose Character
11% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

22% of readers chose Yes
55% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

88% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus?

42% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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