A Legacy of Spies

Short thoughts. I like le Carré's artistry and Smiley and a couple of the other characters, even a few of the less likable ones. But there are some cartoon like characters outside of the main set, Control for instance.

This is a long later follow up to the Spy Who Came in From the Cold. I both remember while I like and do not always like le Carre. He can be tedious, which is part of both what I like and dislike about him. The plots are always complex, again I like and dislike that. I am often no excited about the book in the middle and frequently somewhat lost because we are intended to be lost in a number of these books.

But the ends tend to have really good pay offs. A four star here is really about the end more than the book as a whole.

My longer thoughts are on my blog at http://bookwi.se/legacy-of-spies/