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Casino Royale (James Bond, #1)

Ian Fleming

Start date: March 15, 2014

Finish date: April 15, 2014

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Dec 07, 2006 Otis Chandler rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, spy, adventure

After seeing the movie (i liked it), and needing a fun read for a vacation, this was perfect. Like Jacques, I loved the explanation of Baccarat. My mental image of Vesper Lynd in the book is much prettier than the actress from the movie. Fleming's Bond is much more of a connoisseur than the movie Bond, and he takes great care in describing all the details of the things he enjoys - particularly his cigarettes, his food, his wine, and his car. ...more

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Aug 03, 2009 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, france, adventure

Pure fun...

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Aug 30, 2017 Suvi marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, 1940-1969, _great-britain, crime-mystery, _book-shelf, _france

Okay, I'm still in the first chapter after a month, so I'm clearly not in the right mood for this. Later, J! ...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Karina rated it it was ok

For such a short book, it sure took me forever to finish. And it's the last book of 2012 for me: I doubt I can finish anything else in an hour and 15 minutes left ;)

I noticed the chapter titles, and was thinking about the more recent fiction, which seems to have abandoned giving titles to chapters, for some reason -- sadly, I think. I rather enjoy the titles.

Another thing I was thinking about when reading this was programming: I'm currently learning JavaScript, and there was a project to build ...more

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Feb 21, 2011 Michelle rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001-books, ebook

2.5 stars.

the first book in the james bond series is perhaps more interesting for what it's not than for what actually is going on. it's safe to say that the movie adaptations far overshadow the source text, and now we have this popular image of 007 as debonair, sophisticated (a bit of a dandy, perhaps), suave with the ladies, solidly a "good guy", and just a little campy. he fights villains from the scooby-doo flavored eeevil of SPECTRE while saving damsels with sexually suggestive coy names. ...more

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Jan 12, 2014 Maeve rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-book

It was fun to read the book that started a series and 50 years worth of films. I feel like I know better understand Bond's character having known Vespa and his inaugural torture experience. ...more

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