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A review by rizzfitz
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
4.0
I'd like to read more le Carré after this. (whoops: apparently I read Silverview last year but don't remember reading it at all? So I guess I liked it?)
I was told that literary writers are told to write a lot before the plot gets going to let the book warm up. This plot is cold for a lot of the beginning, like a lot of the books I end up reading. And just like other books, the pacing eventually becomes cinematic! With great writing! Nearly perfect! And then splat. The author just kind of ran out of write, and ended it. It would be generous to call it a cliffhanger. It was just a hasty wrap up. A no sequel request for a sequel, maybe? In fact I kept going back to re-read because I thought it was me. Then I googled to confirm it wasn't just me. But still am confused. This is a book that I wish I could start 45% of the way in and end 30% later than the plot stopped. But I can't write like this, so let me just shut up.
I was told that literary writers are told to write a lot before the plot gets going to let the book warm up. This plot is cold for a lot of the beginning, like a lot of the books I end up reading. And just like other books, the pacing eventually becomes cinematic! With great writing! Nearly perfect! And then splat. The author just kind of ran out of write, and ended it. It would be generous to call it a cliffhanger. It was just a hasty wrap up. A no sequel request for a sequel, maybe? In fact I kept going back to re-read because I thought it was me. Then I googled to confirm it wasn't just me. But still am confused. This is a book that I wish I could start 45% of the way in and end 30% later than the plot stopped. But I can't write like this, so let me just shut up.