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Are the James Bond books worth reading? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Entropy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I'm a big fan of the movies and I've know for a while that the character is based off a series of books, but I've never gotten around to actually picking any of them up.

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[–] GreyShack@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's a really difficult one. The book Bond is a snob in a way that doesn't really translate to the later culture in which so many of the films are set. Plus, I stopped watching the movies after Quantum of Solace - and had only been slightly interested from around Licence to Kill onwards, until Casino Royale.

If I had to say then perhaps a mix of Craig in Casino and Connery in the very early ones. Book Bond was a bit rough around the edges and definitely not dropping 'witty' one-liners all the time.

[–] Entropy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know, thanks for the info