El espejo de los espias by John le Carré

3.57 AVERAGE

jeremybmueller's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

steg's review against another edition

3.5
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

sledge_hm's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ceeferg's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark reflective sad fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mcastello13's review against another edition

I’d like to try and return to this series to finish it at some time, but I just can’t get through this one right now.
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adrianjd's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Excellent.  Tense throughout.  Painful to read in a good way.  The value of status trumping the cost of life.  Dark.  Loved it 
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jeremiah_scanlan's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Takes a while for the other shoe to drop but when it does, boy does it

yp21's review against another edition

2.25
dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brndvorak27's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous mysterious medium-paced

mwevelan's review against another edition

2.5
adventurous sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Not my favorite of le Carré’s Smiley novels, which seems to be keeping with the popular sentiment when the book was released.  A slow and, at times, boring exploration of the life of an old and out of shape spy trying to remember how to work a radio set.