A review by b_s_p
On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming

5.0

Teresa “Tracy” di Vicenzo, my favorite Bond girl. She brings so much to this one. James Bond falls in love for the 10th time but this time it’s serious (he talks about and to her in a respectful way). Tracy has a pretty sympathetic backstory especially compared to some of the other women Fleming wrote into these stories, and she feels the most like a person of them all. When her and Bond meet he has the genuine respect for her and himself to say “You are clinically depressed and tried to drown yourself in the ocean, and I can’t go through with this unless you go and get help. I can’t save you, only you can save you!” And then she does! Mental health awareness!

The Blofeld side of the plot is damn good too, great undercover spy stuff going on here and I really like the dastardly scheme Blofeld has hatched here. And the fact that he changes his whole look with plastic surgery and a tummy tuck to try and fool Bond! So camp and fun.

Definitely my favorite of all of these books.