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<\/p>\nShesh!\u00a0 Book reviews galore.\u00a0 Looks like I’ve been having too many boring drives home.\u00a0 Anyway, on to a new book: one of Ian Flemming’s\u00a0 James Bond stories.<\/p>\n
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This one is “The Spy Who Loved Me”.\u00a0 It was another short read at 6 discs, or about 5 days of commuting.\u00a0 If you’ve never had the honor, you should really read one of Ian Flemming’s Bond books.\u00a0 The first thing you’ll note is that the movies have just about nothing to do with the stories they are named after.\u00a0 Sure, there is a character named James Bond who is a spy; a damsel in distress, some evil characters, but that’s where things depart.<\/p>\n
In this case, we have the story of a young French Canadian who is working her way across country doing odd jobs as she goes to pay the way.\u00a0 As our story starts, she is working at a vacation motel at the end of it’s season.\u00a0 On the last night, some unsavory gentlemen appear as does James Bond (by pure chance).\u00a0 Bond’s debonair manner and gunplay ensue as he and our night clerk try to figure out and foil our villains’ evil plot without getting killed.\u00a0 Being a short book, all the adventure really takes place at this one motel\u00a0 There’s no evil mastermind plotting to destroy the world or counterespionage intrigue.\u00a0 Just a great little compact story of an adventuresome night spent at a motel.<\/p>\n
And for that, it’s a great little story.\u00a0 Sure, it’s a bit dated with the girls being called dolls and whatnot, but it’s still a pretty good story overall.\u00a0 Unlike a number of other Bond books, this one doesn’t have as much blatant bigotry you’ll find in some of Fleming’s other novels.\u00a0 Instead, you get a good little story with some tight action sequences and a good finish.\u00a0 I enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
While nothing earth-shattering will happen here, but it’s still an enjoyable little pulpy adventure. I give it a B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shesh!\u00a0 Book reviews galore.\u00a0 Looks like I’ve been having too many boring drives home.\u00a0 Anyway, on to a new book: one of Ian Flemming’s\u00a0 James Bond stories. This one is “The Spy Who Loved Me”.\u00a0 It was another short read at 6 discs, or about 5 days of commuting.\u00a0 If you’ve never had the honor, you should really read one of Ian Flemming’s Bond books.\u00a0 The first thing you’ll note is that the movies have just about nothing to do…<\/p>\n