A review by 1mpossiblealice
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

4.25

I've no idea why it's taken me so long to get to book three when I enjoyed the first two so much. This is the first really famous one I've read, and I get why. Looking at it now I've finished, it's very bleak. But it didn't feel that way when I was reading it - I was engrossed in the world and really gripped, especially towards the end when I knew something was going to happen to change things, but didn't quite know what. Le Carre is a great writer, and very easy to read (which for some reason I didn't expect). I'm sure if I read this again I would pick up more than on the first read too, it feels like that kind of book. 
I also found it really interesting as social history - I had to google when the Berlin Wall went up as I knew nothing about the history apart from when it came down. My edition also had an afterword written by Le Carre in 1989, which was interesting. 
An excellent read, but not one if you want something light-hearted!