Negative Positive
Title: Rather stay in the warm
Review: I brought this novel having not read a spy novel before. But the le Carre books have always caught my eye with their mystique and the acclaim that its garnished from reviewers. I was pretty dissapointed. le Carre is certainly a gifted writer and the style of his writing leads to a shrouded, gritty urban atmosphere that lends well to a spy novel. However, the plot was pretty mundane and by halfway through the book it was becoming a real labour to finish and I was well past the point of caring about the outcome. For anyone who is a keen reader of espionage fiction this is probably the book for them. For myself, a novice in the world of spy fiction, I found it mundane and ultimately forgettable.
Is the review positive or negative? 