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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
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:
No
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
As the series starts to wind down, Bond becomes more human just in time to have the rug yanked from underneath him. Fleming's a smart writer and there's some important subtext that he doesn't clearly spell out, but a big part of me wishes he was more explicit about Bond's emotional journey. Touching book, but could've been more effective.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Length: 8 hours, 6 minutes - not bad for an eight hour book.
Narrator: David Tennant - he is the main reason I put this book on my list. The FAH Reading Challenge got me to listen to it.
Shelves: Series (New), FAH Reading Challenge (85. Book that features cars or driving or involves an important scene with a car)
Met Expectations - The book is over 60 years old. It's sexist and action packed. I don't think I'll listen to any more in the series. No others are read by Tennant.
Exceeded Expectations
Below Expectations
Why did I make myself read this?
Narrator: David Tennant - he is the main reason I put this book on my list. The FAH Reading Challenge got me to listen to it.
Shelves: Series (New), FAH Reading Challenge (85. Book that features cars or driving or involves an important scene with a car)
Met Expectations - The book is over 60 years old. It's sexist and action packed. I don't think I'll listen to any more in the series. No others are read by Tennant.
Below Expectations
Why did I make myself read this?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
I listened to the audio version narrated by David Tennant. One thing his performance made clear to me was Fleming's fascination and obsession with varieties of English masculinity (reading the novels I just he was obsessed with rape). He just seems to love them all, from the officious, stuffy English academic or bureaucrat to the no-nonsense, upper-class-but-not-a-snob-about-it James Bond. Fleming also gets to vicariously enjoy being the perfect husband. Fleming has also been pretty clear about his ideal women but he is a bit more single-minded on that front. I find all of Fleming's Englishmen and masculine camaraderie kind of suffocating to be honest.
i like the part where he smashes his Rolex into a guy’s face then feels bad bc he has to wait a day to get a new one since all the stores are closed for Christmas
adventurous
fast-paced
