Reviews - The Honourable Schoolboy: The Smiley Collection

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The Honourable Schoolboy: The Smiley Collection

John le Carré

3.75 AVERAGE

john_shaft_1971's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

panchosegovia's review against another edition

5.0

another George smiley novel, mostly set in Hong Kong. very good

christianholub's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark informative mysterious 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: Yes

Really dug this one! It’s not nearly as famous as other George Smiley novels, I think both for its terrible title and also because it’s set amidst the surging postcolonial revolutions of the ‘70s (and the capitalist West’s drug-dealing, death-squad reaction to them), a period that most modern British and American readers alike would prefer to forget about. But that’s exactly why I found it so riveting!

mikehex's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

museings's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chuckledemas's review against another edition

1.0

Probably is actually ok but I got hugely le carre-d out halfway through this one. Couldn’t finish. Maybe I shouldn’t have spammed his books so willing to admit this may be my bad