Captain Corelli's Mandolin vs Le grand cahier: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Guerre mondiale, World War II, World War, Fiction
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
De dochter van een Griekse dokter wordt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gescheiden van haar geliefde, een kapitein in het Italiaanse leger.
1 film adaptation
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Le grand cahier
Un premier roman à la charnière de deux imaginaires. "L'Ouest intimiste et l'Est politique" (G. Brisac, "Le Monde", 7 mars 1986, p. 22). Les héros sont des jumeaux qui, comme l'écrit J.-Folch-Ribas dans "La Presse" du…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Le grand cahier is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 9 for Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin has the widest readership — 94155 ratings behind its score.
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin runs the darker storyline; Le grand cahier stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Le grand cahier | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (94155) | — |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (82) | — |
| Google Books | — | 4.0 (4) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (78) | — |
Reception
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Le grand cahier | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 94155 | 4 |
| Editions | 70 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 52134 | — |
| Reading it now | 2574 | — |
| Written reviews | 4078 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 5465 | 572 |
| Pages | 534 | 185 |