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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A good espionage book with a lot of depth and human nature analysis. I found it quick to read with small chapters that allowed for the book to be picked up easily.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This writing is absolute perfection. I know that Greene specialises in the “boring” and i’ve never been able to pinpoint what was so great about this kind of writing but this is exactly the type of prose that makes you look up from the book and think “i’ve felt exactly like that”.
dark
mysterious
tense
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love this novel because it is superficially a genre novel (mystery-thriller-espionage) but the spy stuff is just background for fleshed out characters, and there really is not a lot of plot machinations to get lost in, like I do with a lot of Le Carre's works (or even Greene's earlier novels). My favorite bit is when the protagonist, out of pity, attends the wedding of the daughter of a stuffy, lonely security officer.
slow-paced