A review by acardattack
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This has a higher rating than I expected given seeing how some of le Carre's is rated.  I did consider DNFing this a couple times, but since I finished a book of this length, I dont feel I can go lower than 3 stars.

It is slow, A good half of the book could have been cut and it would have made for a much better book IMO.  Started very interesting, and then arduous middle half until about the last 25% where things started to really pick up