The Mission Song (Abridged) Audiobook

" I am a huge John Le Carre fan, but this book left me feeling kind of empty. I just don't have the attention span to read a novel where most of the plot takes place in a meeting/conference: honestly I have to do that so much for work that it makes me sleepy just thinking about it. There is nothing suspenseful or intense about a meeting - no matter what the topic is. Especially not one that lasts for 200 pages. Plus, at the end, after slogging through the entire thing and suffering with the characters and getting to care about their cause - the entire thing let me down. The anticlimactic nature of the ending really made me question whether Le Carre has become too disillusioned to write successful spy stories anymore. I was left holding the book and asking, "is that really it???" "

" It's le Carre, need I say more? :) "

" This book is slow going for most of the way. It picks up speed and interest in about the last third of the book. Not his best work. "

" Just a note on the audio book version -- the narrator, David Oyelowo, is amazing. Completely recommend listening to it. "

" A fun read, especially for anyone who's ever worked as a translator or interpreter. "

" Always a good read, but I found it a bit of a teaching manual on the Congo. "

" Not his very best - but definitely worthwhile "

" Typical painfully slow start building to hard to put down. "

" I couldn't stay with it. Sorry, le Carre. You just couldn't keep me hooked with this one. "

" A fun book to read except for the ending. I wish this author would write more hopeful endings. "

" I don't think I can finish reading this book. I get too depressed reading it. "

" Always enjoy LeCarre's visions of Africa and comments on western policy/culture there. "

" I was interested in the topic, too bad I'm not interested in trashy writing. At least Stephen King tries to write well at least in the beginning of his books. Le Carre jumps into the crap writing from the very start. Bored. Stopped reading. "

" The different languages of the Congo. What interpreters do, how they work. "

" Eh - was on the shelf in Belize, but just ok for me. "

" Interesting story about an interpreter who has to make a decision about the morality of what he is interpreting-should he get involved? I liked it. "

" I just finished this one, it's not as good as the Constant Gardener, but still interesting. "

" I was held in thrall for the first part of the book, but the main charactor began to get on my nerves as the story developed. I enjoyed it a lot but didn't find the ending very easy to plough through to the last page. "