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I recently bought the entire run of Fleming's James Bond books - never having read them all in order - and have been alternating them with other books (I'm due to start From Russia With Love after my current book). they are dated, but they are also nicely writen - short, terse sentences which pound out the story in a nice, clipped style. Like the films, they are full of product placement, which is quite interesting, and there are - like many books of old that have been mentioned here of late - questionable racial opinions espoused by characters - but for the most part I'm really enjoying them. In the past I have always thought that reading a series of books seemed like a waste, that it seemed better to read the best of the series - perhaps I wasn't into the characters as much, or perhaps I was just eager to read as many different things as possible.
So - is anyone else a fan? What are people's general feelings about spy series, or indeed books that run off series like this? I'm also tempted to get the Jack Reader novels as well, as the style is similar, short, snappy, well written but to the point. Do you like Bond's character? Fleming's style? |
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