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Jul 15, 2017
Liked the first book in the trilogy but as I started this one I didn't think I wanted to try and keep up with all the characters once again-sorry I'll be missing the Charlie story but so many books to read!!
Oct 20, 2015EmilyEm rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The second book in Smiley's trilogy about the Iowa Langdon family takes us from the Cold War 1950s to the Reagan years of the 1980s. The grandchildren of Rosanna and Walter reach adulthood in all kinds of ways. I didn’t enjoy this quite…
May 30, 2015harrissusanc rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If I had to choose one, I'd take the first one in the trilogy Some Luck-something about the sentimentality of those years I didn't live through. But I don't. Early Warning is all those things boomers lived through, all Smiley's characters…
May 20, 2015ownedbydoxies rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is the second in a planned trilogy and while it's not absolutely necessary to read Some Luck first, because both books do stand alone as well, it might make the read more fulfilling. Anyway, both books cover a year per chapter in the…
May 18, 2015lpreston214 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is the second volume of the Langdon family chronicles. Maybe not quite as lively as the first, it's nevertheless engrossing. In this installment the Langdon grandchildren are born, grow up, go to college, marry and start their own…