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A review by dandelion451
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
3.0
Second time around, and part of my project to re-read the Bond canon right through in ’22, I found the pace rather flagged by the end. (Enjoyably elaborate finish, though!)
Mr Big is a grand villain, Solitaire an adequate accomplice and the locations and set-up vivid and enticing - but this time I noticed more description and that distracted from the plot; Casino Royale whipped by in comparison.
In short, L&LD is perhaps more cinematic than its predecessor and, though 50 pages longer than it needs to be, it’s a decent thriller with notably unfortunate ‘of it’s time’ language.
Mr Big is a grand villain, Solitaire an adequate accomplice and the locations and set-up vivid and enticing - but this time I noticed more description and that distracted from the plot; Casino Royale whipped by in comparison.
In short, L&LD is perhaps more cinematic than its predecessor and, though 50 pages longer than it needs to be, it’s a decent thriller with notably unfortunate ‘of it’s time’ language.