308 reviews for:

El espejo de los espias

John le Carré

3.57 AVERAGE

cariadreads's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sbarnes01346's review against another edition

1.0

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How do you make espionage boring. How is that even possible.

john_devine's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

sfletcher26's review against another edition

5.0

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Unfairly overshadowed by the books that came before and after it, The Looking Glass War is a gem of a book and deserves acclaim every bit as effusive as that for Spy & Tinker, Taylor.
Le Carrè is a masterfull storyteller.

towercorvid's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad slow-paced

rhihill's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rcthomas's review against another edition

4.0

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I think that this novel is not as good as its predecessor, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, but I think I liked elements of it more. I appreciated le Carre's focus on a slightly more shoddy and realistic approach to intelligence work that sold the entire experience for me better in many ways than the previous book. It's a nice reminder that things can go wrong in very mundane ways as well as spectacular ways, I guess. Overall recommend reading both as a way to juxtapose the two styles to writing espionage thrillers.

mike_brough's review against another edition

3.0

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A book of two haves, with the first being slow and slightly confusing. The second half tears along.

Avery is everyman (avery-man?) and hasn't had the naivety knocked out of him yet.

Smiley is Smiley.

ethangrant's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

fdes_817's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced