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Casino Royale

Ian Fleming

3.37 AVERAGE


I’m not sure that Ian Fleming much cared for women….

Much more thoughtful and even self-aware than I expected. The fun, tense casino sequence gives way to surprisingly melancholy romance, with a doozy of a monologue regarding good and evil. I do, however, find it amusing that history's horniest spy only takes cold showers.

The first two thirds are delightful. Bond is a short-sighted misogynist who gets captured and tortured as a result. The last third is awful and is only there to validates his sexism.
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a fine plot with godawful prose that never misses an opportunity to be racist or misogynistic
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

My audio version had an authors notes at the end and he was taking about how he felt about his first draft and he said basically what I’m still thinking, something about how this adolescent tripe and that the MC was stupid. 

Bond wish women were in the kitchen and he wants to f*ck Vesper to make sure he dick works after he’s been tortured. He calls her bitch repeatedly but never to her face, he’s such a pretentious douchebag and I did think that this is some old man fantasy about being a guy, gross. Some racism as well because why not. Started early with, “Ears small, with large lobes, indicating some Jewish blood.” It was a stupid book.
adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes