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I can't say this cleared up many of the questions I had after seeing the recently released movie, but the scene in which Smiley (tries to) confront Karla forms the heart of the novel, and practically jumped off the page and demanded four stars, so wrenching and alive it was.
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I haven't read enough spy novels to know if I do or don't like the genre as a whole, but this book was pretty "eh" for me. It just took a lot of work with all the crossing-double-crossing, what felt like millions of characters, and sometimes hard to follow descriptions. Could be the genre or the book in particular, but regardless, 3-stars seems right in line with the way I felt when I finished.
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I'm sure this is fantastic if you really love spy novels. I don't and this one didn't make me. Still though - wonderful writing so I can't really say it was a waste to read it or give it less than three.
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Good Cold War spy story. Unfortunately there are times in Le Carre's story where he lost me a little. Fortunately I found out that he is known for changing perspective/point of view which can be confusing to the reader - which was a bit of a relief. Felt less like a dumbass after learning this. Borrowed from Jen.
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Classic spy thriller in which a mole has infiltrated the British intelligence hierarchy. After a slow start, the plot began to open up for me and I really began to enjoy the novel.
If you won't like this, you probably already know; but in that case, I'm not sure I want to know you.
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Feb 20, 2013
taeli
marked it as to-read
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Josh
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