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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
Oh dear, I can see why you felt disappointed. I liked Toby and Emily very much and really wanted it to come right for them, though I fear it didn’t. But perhaps even they didn’t appeal to you for some reason.
I think you listened to the book, as did Catlady, and I suspect the complexities of the plot would be made harder by that, rather than having a book where you could flip back if necessary.
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No, I read it. The audible version was read by the author, and that's rarely a good thing. Plus I've had enough experience with le Carre's writing to know it can be a bit hard to follow, so eBook seemed like the right thing for the first pass. If I'd enjoyed it, the plan was to do a second pass with the Audible book, but I obviously never got that far. As for Toby and Emily? Emily was OK, I did kind of like her, but I never thought much of Toby and didn't see how anything good could come to him, even very early on.
I voted for the book, and was quite looking forward to it. Ah, well. Maybe Dickens will be better.