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Summary: First Bond Book -- A Sign of Things to Come
Review: Casino Royale was Ian Fleming's first stab at writing about James Bond and as a result, the book doesn't carry quite the same flair as some of the later books. In fact, those who know Bond only from the movies will probably be severely disappointed by Fleming's rather subdued novel. Still, this is a book with much to recommend it, beyond just nostalgia value. The character of James Bond is actually very intriguing in this book. Rather than the smirking superhuman that most younger readers like myself have grown up with, we are instead given a rather vulnerable romantic -- cold hearted enough to kill but also capable of falling tragically in love with the enigmatic Vesper Lynd. As well, this is a Bond who finds himself seriously doubting his commitment to the life of a secret agent and perhaps the book's strongest passages are simply philosophical debates between Bond and a colleague concerning the nature of evil in the post-World War II role.In the end, this book surprised me by turning out to be less as thriller and more of a tragic love story. The mechanics of Bond's mission and the book's rather forgettable villians take a very definite back seat to Bond's intense infactuation with Vesper and its tragic consequences. As well, though Fleming's prose is at times awkward, he ends the book with one of the strongest final lines I've ever come across.
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Summary: Hated it
Review: I had some change in my pocket and I was passing a bookstore and decided to go in for a look. I had every intention of buying a book and when I saw a number of James Bond books in a row, I decided to buy Casino Royale as the reviews on the back were rather convincing. I read 2 chapters... I find it difficult to ...enjoy such a boring, pointless in some parts, story.
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Summary: How it all began.
Review: It's good to read the book that introduced the world to James Bond. In this novel we see Bond be as ruthless as he can to get Le Chiffe, an agent of Sovirt murder organization SMERSH, has a tragic ending and doesn't show Bond riding off into the sunset with the girl though.
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Summary: "Bond. Hoagy Bond."
Review: The first Bond book may also be the best (I believe this is a common phenomenon; I think Tom Clancy's and Michael Crichton's first efforts were also their best). Fleming created a fascinating personality -- one very different, as other reviewers have pointed out below, from that portrayed by the various screen actors. (A minor note: the girl, Vesper, comments that Bond's appearance reminds her of the famous songwriter Hoagy Carmichael. Roger Moore always seemed to me to be totally wrong for Bond, from a physical standpoint at least. Take a look at http://www.redhotjazz.com/hoagy.html to see how far away Moore was from an approximation of Fleming's Bond).
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Summary: Casino Royale Review
Review: Casino Royale was the first of the bond books. It was strange compared to modern day Bond. It was strangely oddly old fashioned and really never had much action in it. It involved Bond going on an assignment which involved card games. He was trying to bankrupt a Russian Smersh agent. Smersh is a Russian spy killing agency if you didn't know. When Bond was succesful at winning it, one of his assistants, Vesper was captured. I'll let you find the ending for yourself. I would r ate this book as one star. it may be Bond, but it is to boring. It managed to make me get to sleep every night. It could bore anyone to death if they want to read the thrills of Bond. Help! I hate just thinking about it. I do NOT want to see the movie.
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Summary: Fleming or LeCarre?
Review: This first Bond is a bit unusual for the series. The first part of the book gives us a typical Bond adventure-gambling, women, and sinister villains. The last part is an atmospheric espionage tale in the LeCarre style. This is not a bad thing. This is a Bond novel that will appeal to people who are not Bond fans. However, it will be a disappointment to those who only know 007 from the movies. One can only hope that this book will get made as a serious adventure sometime in the future.
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Summary: OK,BUT FLEMINGS COULD OF DONE BETTER
Review: It was good ,but had more detail than action,I also think it had a stupid last 30 pages. I suggest that you try and get it from a library ,but it's out of print. Not worth what I paid.
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Summary: Bond, James Bond
Review: James Bond, the British Secret Service's most expert gambler, travels undercover to the French Riviera. His mission: to break the bank of "Le Chiffre", a French gangster secretly in the employ of the KGB. Joined by Vesper, a beautiful spy, Bond plays Le Chiffre for a fortune at the luxurious Casino Royale, raising the stakes sky-high even as Le Chiffre's assassins close in. This novel first introduced James Bond to the world, and its conclusion is perhaps the most shocking of any of the books in the series. A great book for 007 fans to read! Buy this book when it is back in stock!
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Being the first book to ever start off James Bond, I think it is a great book! The discriptive analisation (sp?) of the baccarat table as Bond and Le Chiffre duke it out in gambling, and the chilling climax when Le Chiffre is shot by SMERSH. Brillent, bloody brillent.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: An excellent introduction to the World of of James Bond. I find it very hard to forget the very vivid description of le Chiffre's brutal torture of 007
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