A review by dixiet
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming

3.0

This book was very different from the film. The screenwriters just took the general idea of the magical car and its family (though there were changes in the family too), and wrote a totally new story about them. The book tells a simple, straightforward adventure story that was fine and all, but I expected more from the author of the James Bond stories. I have to say that this is a rare case where I preferred the film; too many songs, but oh! that Child-catcher!