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You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12) - Community Reviews back

by Ian Fleming
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Darth Pedant
Darth Pedant rated it 8 years ago
‘Balls, James. You’ve been running through a bad patch. We all hit ‘em sometimes.’ (And by “bad patch” he means “severe depression”.) ‘M. just thought you’d be the best man for the job. You know he’s got an entirely misplaced opinion of your abilities.’ (Yes. Yes he has.) Bond is understandably...
BrokenTune
BrokenTune rated it 8 years ago
"The Superintendent went to the bottom of his file and extracted what looked like a blown-up copy of Doctor Guntram Shatterhand’s passport photograph and handed it over. Bond took it nonchalantly. Then his whole body stiffened. He said to himself, God Almighty! God Almighty! Yes. There was no doubt,...
Gurglings of a Putrid Stream
Gurglings of a Putrid Stream rated it 11 years ago
* The twelfth Bond book.* Third appearance of Blofeld.* Not one of the most sensibly plotted books. While on a diplomatic mission in Japan, Bond is pressed into service to help the Japanese authorities out of a sticky situation involving a dangerous gaijin whose deadly nature preserve has become the...
nouveau
nouveau rated it 12 years ago
reading the top 5 bond books in one mad ebook download has stirred my memory of this work, breezed through in hardcover however many years ago. Bond does Japan! but compared to the stark reality of [b:King Rat|9827|King Rat|James Clavell|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320417273s/9827.jpg|1899209], Fl...
Maybe Tomorrow
Maybe Tomorrow rated it 12 years ago
My friend recently praised the audiobook narrations of Simon Vance. Unfortunately, my library's inventory is small and Overdrive Media only allows me to download MP3s to my Nexus, further limiting my options to only two James Bond novels narrated by Vance. Since I have been wanting to read Bond book...
REALJimBob
REALJimBob rated it 15 years ago
The last of the Blofeld trilogy and also the last Bond novel to be published in Fleming's lifetime. Bond's career is falling apart after the murder of his wife in the previous novel. M revokes his 00 status and assigns him to the diplomatic branch, sending him on a seemingly impossible mission to Ja...
altheaann
altheaann rated it 17 years ago
I'd only read one of Ian Fleming's 'Bond' books before, and I really didn't like it. (It was 'Goldfinger', I believe). But, since I like all the movies so much, and I came across this book for free somewhere or other, I thought I'd give another try.Well, although this one didn't actively offend me, ...
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