Mountolive (Abridged) Audiobook

" This is a rather interesting book, but it is the third in a quartet. I haven't read the first two, and this one does stand alone, but it would be interesting to see the perspective of the events in the first two. The first three books are focused on different characters and how they're viewing the goings on in Cairo (time period: near the end of the British empire). Of course their lives are intertwined, but the characters tend to have slightly minor rolls in the books where they aren't the focus. Since I'm a character over plot kind of girl, this concept is interesting. Maybe, if I wasn't reading for school, I'd track down the rest of the books. Maybe. "

" Together, the Alexandria Quartet creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of the city, Alexandria. Each volume is the same story told by a different character. My favorite is Clea. "

" See Justine review. "

" Either I've gotten to be a more adept Durrell reader or this was the only book of the Alexandria Quartet that constitutes a page turner. Or perhaps it has to do with the tale's focus on a relatively straightforward and likeable character, a prototypical well-intentioned Brit, that gets to act out a Cleopatra fantasy (kind of hot). The heady prose has never bothered me; it's romantic, so shoot me. "

" 4 out of 10. "

" This book is more political than the first two of the Alexandria Quartet, so I could not get into it as much as I would have liked. Now, on to Clea! "

" What I said in my comment... about the absence of plot in Durrell, is quite wrong. With Mountolive, I can now see why people think the Quartet is a masterpiece. "

" You have a story in your head shaped from the first two books and suddenly it appears that nothing is what it seems or as others think it is. The story changes, the character changes and you're stunned how different things are from someone else's point of view. "

" This was another one of this quartet that was slow to start but once I got into it I enjoyed it a lot. Yet another facet to a complicated story. "

" This was good but not like the other two. "

" Book 3 of the quartet and it keeps getting better and better. More layers of intrigue, explanation and perspective are laid on. It brings to life Egypt and the life there from multiple points of view. Wonderful. "

" my brain melted. "

" The weakest of the Alexandria Quartet, but still pretty fucking awesome. Not as pretty as the first two books because of the change of narrator, but it reveals a lot more of the obscenely complicated plot, and the last page is pretty badass. "

" This one gets a little political, and puts the reader in the shoes of an ambassador. The cultural aspects of this story are fulfilling. "

" Puts the whole story together, satisfying in that. "

" Continuing the quartet another layer is added... "

" Now the plot is really thickening. Durrell's sensuous and layered language makes this book impossible to put down. "

" This is the third book in the "Alexandria Quartet" but I particularly loved this one. It's so poignant. It deserves a review in itself! "

" Finally, Durrell stops trying to convince us of his genius and just tells an interesting story sensitively, and with great nuance. "

" Exotic world of ex-pats and colonials in Egypt during WWII. "

" Mountolive seductively ties together Durrell's previous two 'Alexandria' books, adding the intrigue to the romance. "

" Now the plot is really thickening. Durrell's sensuous and layered language makes this book impossible to put down. "

" Title in portuguese: Montolive – Lawrence Durrell (trad_Daniel Gonçalves ) Ulisseia ed., 1961 Lisboa - Book to reread for pure pleasure. - The fourth book of the Alexandrian' quartet. notes. Mountollive by Lawrence Durrell (1960) "

" Puts the whole story together, satisfying in that. "

" I first read this book, together with the other three comprising the Alexandria Quartet, in my early twenties and was smitten instantly. It is one of the few books I re-read from time to time. "

" This book is more political than the first two of the Alexandria Quartet, so I could not get into it as much as I would have liked. Now, on to Clea! "

" Finally, Durrell stops trying to convince us of his genius and just tells an interesting story sensitively, and with great nuance. "