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Doctor No
by Ian Fleming
This was an exercise in a couple of things: finally read one of Ian Fleming's originals, compare it to the movie, and then try to judge it on its own merits. So I'm...conflicted.
I've known that Fleming's Bond is more of an asshole and misogynist than the movies portray him as and I've heard that the latent racism and Anglophile sensibilities he writes with are both indicative of the time period but also of the author's own prejudices. And good lord, did this dude have his characters say some racist sh...stuff. Everyone is inferior to the good, English white dude. Also the ONLY white woman in Jamaica (JAMAICA) is the "most beautiful woman he's ever seen".
The movie doesn't get into the picturesque nature that the book dwells on, and the story arc varies quite a bit, so you really can't compare the two on those merits.
As a spy novel, this isn't bad. The usual mind games, the killings, the damsel in distress. Bond actually seems to give a darn about the girl which I was surprised by.
So, not bad, but not great.
I've known that Fleming's Bond is more of an asshole and misogynist than the movies portray him as and I've heard that the latent racism and Anglophile sensibilities he writes with are both indicative of the time period but also of the author's own prejudices. And good lord, did this dude have his characters say some racist sh...stuff. Everyone is inferior to the good, English white dude. Also the ONLY white woman in Jamaica (JAMAICA) is the "most beautiful woman he's ever seen".
The movie doesn't get into the picturesque nature that the book dwells on, and the story arc varies quite a bit, so you really can't compare the two on those merits.
As a spy novel, this isn't bad. The usual mind games, the killings, the damsel in distress. Bond actually seems to give a darn about the girl which I was surprised by.
So, not bad, but not great.