The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond Novels) by Ian Fleming
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Book Reviews of The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond Novels)
Book Review: By no means is the best of the Bond novels...
Summary: 1 Stars
First of all MAKE SURE this isn't the first James Bond novel you ever read! If you are interested in knowing more about the "literary version" of James Bond, this novel will not impress you. Bond is not even in the book until around chapter 10. You have to read about a woman who falls in love several times, and is a hopeless romantic, and then she moves from England to the United States where she has a chance encounter with James Bond. This novel is more for the "Ian Fleming fan" rather than the "James Bond fan." If you have read a few of Fleming's novels, and you like his style then you may like this book. Let me repeat, BOND IS HARDLY IN THIS BOOK, he's just "tacked on" at the very end of a relatively boring novel. This book is completely different than the movie, there is nothing in common. If you want to read about Bond, and learn about Ian Fleming's version of him, try From Russia With Love, or Live and Let Die, they are far better novels.Book Review: If you want James Bond, avoid this like the plague
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a huge James Bond fan, of both the movies and Ian Fleming's books. I am quite aware that a lot of the books are not like the movies of the same title and I don't expect that. But I had to comment on this book. It is different in that it is told by a woman and shares her views on Mr. Bond, from a feminine perspective. Hmmm, could be interesting. The only problem is that the edition I have is 143 pages long, but James Bond is not even mentioned until page 90! Here I have read almost 2/3 of the book, but nothing about Bond, just a fill in of this woman's failed relationships up until the time James shows up for a meager 50 pages. If you're not waiting to get your fix of Bond and just want to read something different you might want to give it a try. However if Bond is what you're after I suggest looking elsewhere.Book Review: Really?
Summary: 1 Stars
First Bond book I read in over 7 years, and I am HIGHLY disappointed. This 164 novella took over 100 pages to introduce James Bond. Really? That is like reading a book about the Revolution without mention of Thomas Jefferson. The plot was HIGHLY uninteresting and nothing to do with espionage, and rather bland. Bond just happened to go to Washington D.C. and happened to have a flat tire outside of the setting. Really? I'm glad this bore was a quick read.
Feminists would abhor this book - as the main character uses sex to placate a man.
Book Review: Ian Fleming Chick Lit
Summary: 1 Stars
This may have been Fleming or his publisher's idea to sell more books to a female audience. If you are looking for the real Bond he is not here. This is the most sexually graphic of the Bond novels but from the female point of view. It is claimed that the first romance novel was written in 1972 but The Spy Who Loved Me preceeded it by 10 years. Instead of riding in on a white horse to save the damsel in distress he appears in a T Bird with a flat tire at a cheap motel in upstate NY. Did Fleming really write this?