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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
This book is surprisingly fruity. I had a hard time keeping track of who’s who but this book is a masterpiece in pacing and tension building.
mysterious
medium-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
I love this book with all of my heart. It's one of my favourites. That said, I cannot give it a five-star rating as, to this day, I do not understand how the boat scene occurred, worked, any of it. What was le Carré on to even come up with such a thing, much less write it in such hard-to-follow detail? Any reader who can make sense of that is on some similar performance-enhancing drug. Despite its - in a word, confusing - ending, I adore the characters, the plot, the tension the book builds. It's brilliant and perfect and only one scene boggles the mind, so, not bad.
I absolutely loved the BBC 2016 adaptation of this book. So was delighted to find the original source material because as every reader knows the book is always better... right? It took me forever to get into this book (although I’m not really sure I ever did). The plot left me pretty confused really. I was never quite sure where I was supposed to be, how or why. Not helped by there being too many characters that don’t really add much to the narrative. They all just confused the heck out of my brain trying to keep track of them and why they might be important. Very disappointed.
This was such hard work, as reflected in the fact that it took me three weeks to finish the damn thing. Once the "main" story of Pine spying on Roper actually got going it was quite gripping but it took so long to get there! I wish I'd just watched the tv series quite frankly
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Locations in the novel and TV adaptation!± Night Manager booktrail
I'm currently getting well into the TV show and just had to read the book - you know how it is. It's a thriller and a half this one. Differnt to the TV show of course but in a good way and the story is as strong in both. The troublesome nature and dark underbelly of the world of international intrigue really come across well and without giving anything away, it's just a really good thriller!
The Night Manager is on a mission which takes him from the cliffs of west Cornwall, via northern Quebec and the Caribbean, to the jungles of post-Noriega Panama. Noriega had been somewhat of an ally and a CIA asset the author says but soon became imprisoned by them.
The novel is set at a significant time in world history and when the Colombia drugs trade was at its height. John le Carre mentions in the author foreword that these were the days of Pablo Escobar and when the DEA in America was starting to find that a great deal of money was found to have traces of drugs on it – especially that coming from Bogota.
The world of international arms dealers comes to life and with drugs, violence and corruption this is a dark post Cold war world indeed.
I'm currently getting well into the TV show and just had to read the book - you know how it is. It's a thriller and a half this one. Differnt to the TV show of course but in a good way and the story is as strong in both. The troublesome nature and dark underbelly of the world of international intrigue really come across well and without giving anything away, it's just a really good thriller!
The Night Manager is on a mission which takes him from the cliffs of west Cornwall, via northern Quebec and the Caribbean, to the jungles of post-Noriega Panama. Noriega had been somewhat of an ally and a CIA asset the author says but soon became imprisoned by them.
The novel is set at a significant time in world history and when the Colombia drugs trade was at its height. John le Carre mentions in the author foreword that these were the days of Pablo Escobar and when the DEA in America was starting to find that a great deal of money was found to have traces of drugs on it – especially that coming from Bogota.
The world of international arms dealers comes to life and with drugs, violence and corruption this is a dark post Cold war world indeed.
This got added to my shelves because I had seen the tv series and really enjoyed it, andunusually so had the other half, so much so we watched it a second time a while after. So in my head I already knew the characters, in fact it was a bit of a surprise to find Burr in the book is male and not a heavily pregnant Olivia Coleman! The beginning of the book is pretty much how I remember the series, so it was quite easy to pick up, however I appreciate anyone who hasn’t seen it finding all the characters confusing. I personally preferred the parts that followed Jonathan Pine and Dicky Roper, the parts with Burr and all the investigation was a little confusing and not so interesting. About halfway though there was a big difference between the two and actually I think the adaption did it so much better, especially the ending. Not a bad read though.
When I started reading this, it felt like a fun spot thriller. And it drew me in as it laid out all the players and set the stage. But then, it just didn't hold me. By the end I was bored, uninterested. It was a bit of a chore to finish, to be honest.