melerihaf 's review for:

The Looking Glass War by John le Carré
3.0

One thing that John le Carre is brilliant at is characters, and this book is no different from his others in that regard. With one or two sentences, he can tell you exactly what kind of person his character is. I love his writing. What I didn't like about this book was the ending. The book built and built and built and then the ending was so frustrating. It was one of those, "That's it?" endings. I had put so much into the book, gotten so attached to the characters, and then the ending happened. But I felt like the book was reflective of the mission that was being run, so while it was frustrating, it was okay that it happened. But arrggghhh! I wanted a different ending.