I have so many issues with this. The rampant misogyny, of course. The fact that, personally, I find the whole espionage reason d'etre detestable. And generally, the part where this was not the story I was expecting.Let's say I waive away the misogyny with a bit of dark amusement (passing the middle-...
When I decided to read the Bond novels, I knew going in that the Bond character is a disgusting misogynistic asswipe of a double-oh bastard. He was less of a Gary Stu than I was expecting, which was a nice surprise. He screws up, he faces the consequences, he doubts himself, he recognizes his own hy...
God, Ian Flemming is an appalling sexist, misogynistic pig. I'm almost ashamed to have read this book. Back in the day (the 1960s), Ian Fleming was all the rage. Pres. Kennedy said he liked reading him, and so everyone took him up. Movies followed. The first movies came out when I was in college, f...
"Well, it was not too late. Here was a target for him, right to hand. He would take on SMERSH and hunt it down. Without SMERSH, without this cold weapon of death and revenge, the MWD would be just another bunch of civil servant spies, no better and no worse than any of the western services." And s...
I can see why this has such a high (mainly male) following. The famous secret agent, James Bond is sent to spy on a french communist, play the game of cards and love and win only one. Women, cars and booze is his signature. I enjoyed listening to this for the most part, although I was very annoyed a...
I thought it was a fairly fun book to read. I've never read a Bond book before and think I've only seen one or two movies and remember nothing about them. If it weren't for the horrible, absolutely terrible sexism, I would have likely loved it. Yes, I completely understand that it must be taken in c...
I wasn't expecting much out of this book. Many people had told me that it was not good. Still, I had to give it a try.Of course, it's very sexist, racist and homophobic. I could have overlooked that, discounting it to "different times". But I didn't expect it to be this much. He actually says that h...
007: The Origin of the Secret Agent A review on Ian Fleming’s Casino RoyaleTitle: Casino RoyaleAuthor: Ian Fleming Rank: 88th book in 2014Plot movement: 3starsEntertainment Factor: 3starsCharacters: 4starsWriting Style: 3starsDetails: 3starsProvoking: 3starsAction Scenes: 2starsSuspense: 2starsConc...
This is the first James Bond novel that I have read. What struck me is that the novel isn’t quite as action oriented with as much high spots as the movies typically are. Bond came off as a little more cerebral in this novel. In Casino Royale Bond is dispatched to the Royale-les-Eaux casino in France...
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