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A review by 7ft_rat
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
If you are a 40 year old man in the 50s who has never read a book before and you happen to think "women are basically children I can have sex with!" or "to be a proper man you should be good at card games and have a cool car!" then this book is for you.
If you're anyone else... you could do better. At least the movie had Mads Mikkelsen in it. Actually, I watched the movie immediately after finishing the book because I was intrigued on how it would adapt the problematic ideas in the modern age, and it improved upon the book in everyway it could. Sorry, Ian Fleming. But also, you did write "But each conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape”... so uh, maybe not. Yikes
If you're anyone else... you could do better. At least the movie had Mads Mikkelsen in it. Actually, I watched the movie immediately after finishing the book because I was intrigued on how it would adapt the problematic ideas in the modern age, and it improved upon the book in everyway it could. Sorry, Ian Fleming. But also, you did write "But each conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape”... so uh, maybe not. Yikes