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I've come to the conclusion that only the Fleming novels are really worth reading on a regular basis.
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My issue with carte blanche was Deaver relied so heavily on telling the reader a moment more than once from different POVs. Bond has lost the villain on the chase to the airport, no he hasn't he's in...
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I read the early deaver Lincoln Rhyme books and enjoyed them, but they got very samey and predictable so I stopped, I just didn't find carte blanche particularly bondian and a bit drawn out, it just...
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Agreed, I thought Horowitz did a great job, and I think keeping Bond in the FlemingTime period is best.
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Thunderpussy wrote:Agreed, I thought Horowitz did a great job, and I think keeping Bond in the FlemingTime period is best. What is it they say about great minds?
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TRIGGER MORTISAnthony Horowitz(2015)Last year the well-known thriller writer Anthony Horowitz penned Trigger Mortis, the latest in a loose series of revisionist Bond novels by contemporary authors...
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Thanks, I enjoyed reading that.Of all the recent continuation novels, Trigger Mortis is the one I look back on most fondly. But it really doesn't have the gloom of Fleming's stuff, none of them do....
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Napoleon Plural wrote:Thanks, I enjoyed reading that.Of all the recent continuation novels, Trigger Mortis is the one I look back on most fondly. But it really doesn't have the gloom of Fleming's...
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chrisno1 wrote:RAYMOND BENSON SUMMARYFor what it’s worth, my personal order, 'from best to worst':1. Double Shot2. High Time to Kill3. The Man with the Red Tattoo4. Zero Minus Ten5....
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chrisno1 wrote:TRIGGER MORTISAnthony Horowitz(2015)6 from 10Also wanted to chime in on this review -- I've not read TM, either, but perhaps will shoehorn it in after I read GF, just to see the...
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I apologise if this is in the wrong place but I have just finished listening to the James Bond Ian Fleming books on audio book. I wonder if any one can tell me of good other James Bond books to listen...
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Joshua wrote:I apologise if this is in the wrong place but I have just finished listening to the James Bond Ian Fleming books on audio book. I wonder if any one can tell me of good other James Bond...
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onemonk909 wrote:chrisno1 wrote:RAYMOND BENSON SUMMARYFor what it’s worth, my personal order, 'from best to worst':1. Double Shot2. High Time to Kill3. The Man with the Red Tattoo4. Zero...
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