The World Is Not Enough

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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I read the novelization of "Tomorrow Never Dies" before reading this. The thing I noticed with Benson is that in his novelizations he writes in third-person omniscent, allowing the reader to not only visualize everything, but know what the characters are thinking, which can obviously not be done in the movies. I had some of the movie before reading the book. After I read the book, however, I saw the movie and it made a lot more sense.

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Summary: Great fun!
Review: I read this in one sitting and couldn't put it down. One of the better movie novelizations I've ever read. Excellent!

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Summary: Its ok
Review: I saw the movie before i read the book so I knew everything that would happen but Benson does do an excellent job of explaining things!

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Summary: AN EASY FUN READ
Review: I saw the movie first, then read the book. It is written in an easy to read style, and follows the movie closely. The book wastes no words and has fast paced action, just like the movie. If you liked the movie you should love this novel.

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Summary: It rocked!
Review: I thought this book was hilarious. The way he speaks jumps out right at you as if he were right there. I had a million laughes while reading this book. I never put it down, it is a definate buy.

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Summary: Damned good book!!!!!
Review: I'm only halfway through the book, and already I love it!! Good plot build-up, and character decriptions. All in all: probably the best Bond novelsation yet!

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Summary: About what I expected...
Review: I've read Benson's previous novelizations of "Tommorrow Never Dies", so I pretty much expected an accurate novelization of the screenplay and after seeing the movie that was pretty much what I got. It was nice the way Benson fleshed out the characters and filled in some of the blanks that would have come up if I had only seen the film. Unfortunately, some of the material doesn't translate well to the printed word. Many of Bond's double entendres fall flat as does some of the descriptions of sight gags. All in all a solid piece of work, but nothing that's gonna win a Pulitzer.

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Summary: Don't bother
Review: If some parts of the movie seemed far-fetched (how about the Cigar Girl escaping in a balloon? Wouldn't you go for a car! ) then in this novel they just seem ridiculous. The boat-chase scene does not translate well at all. However, it does have to be said that Benson succeeds where the film failed: in actually developing the characters so that they appear somewhat more than paper-thin.

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Summary: Don't bother
Review: If some parts of the movie seemed far-fetched (how about the Cigar Girl escaping in a balloon? Wouldn't you go for a car! ) then in this novel they just seem ridiculous. The boat-chase scene does not translate well at all. However, it does have to be said that Benson succeeds where the film failed: in actually developing the characters so that they appear somewhat more than paper-thin.

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Summary: A Straight-forward Good Read
Review: Knowing Raymond Benson , I think he did a fine job adapting the excellent movie into a great book. Although, it's a lot like the film's script, Benson uses vivid language to aid in the description of the events. He added a little more about Elektra's kidnapping, and this really is a good move, because, the film didn't reveal the details of the kidnapping. All in all, an excellent book, by an excellent author.