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Summary: Diamonds Are Forever Forever Forever FOREVER!!!
Review: Somehow, African diamonds are being smuggled into the United States via London. The British Secret Service sends Jmaes Bond to infiltrate the smugglers' organization- and if possible, destory it. Bond journeys through New York City's diamond market, the race tracks and mud baths at Saratoga Springs, and the gambling places of Las Vegas, to finally penetrate the very heart of the Mob. Along the way he meets the beautiful, hardboiled Tiffany Case, and is assisted by his American friend Felix Leiter. From the deserts of Afrca to the deserts of Nevada, follow Bond into the scorpion's nest. Another great book for Bond fans to read! Buy this book!
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Summary: 007 meets the Mob
Review: The fourth novel in the 007 series is a step back in a certain way, being a straight action/adventure Police story with certain familiar elements of the Bond world and some links to the spy genre. Maybe the American Mafia isn't quite an atractive adversary (the Spang brothers don't look so menaceful, even if they are, and the idea of a chief disguised as ABC is not used at its full potential). The early chapters, placed in London, and the Saratoga scenes are sometimes boring. The reappereance of Felix Leiter is one of the highlights, but the scene is more dialogue than else. The situations aren't as gripping as those of the previous novels, save some fine moments (the mud bath, the final sequence on the cruise ship, the Spectreville western scenario, the car chase in Las Vegas). The final is excellent, but the action there too brief. All in all, it's still the best 007 adventure in the US and is on the whole much better than the film. It also has the first appearence of the word "Spectre" in any form in a Bond book (Spectreville).
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Summary: thinner plot than most, but still engrossing
Review: The plot is vaguer than usual for Ian Fleming but he more than makes up for it in his attention to detail.He makes his characters more believable by giving hem unusual weaknesses.Bond, for example, is portrayed as someone who smokes and drinks too much, one of his villains is described as having a fear of flying, due to having a rare blood type.Combined with Ian Fleming`s brilliant knowledge of social habits, this more than makes up for a rather vague plot involving rather cliched gangsters.
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Summary: Ah if only we were all like James Bond
Review: The thing to remember when reading a Bond book is that it is not about spys, casinos or girls. Bond is about what can be achieved by anybody so long as they are well endowed. Bond in this novel achieves his aims not with bullets or thought but with the knowledge that all males are intimmedated by his extensive manhood. This is how he survives near certain death by making his enemies fell smaller in the most personel of ways. Women in this novel do not fall for his looks or wit, no it is only when they embrase him and feel the collosus he possess. This book is thus merely an illustration of what man can achieve through nature gifts being unequally distributed and is reason enough why every male who can afford to should see a surgeon about enhancement surgery
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Summary: I don't know
Review: This book is dull, has only a bit action, a totally undeveloped heroine... But come on, it's only Fleming's second book from 1954! Perhaps I have too much of those Roger Moore-movies on my mind!
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Summary: Diamonds are forever- pretty good
Review: this is the first Bond novel i ever read but i found it to very good. The highlights consist of Bond's incognito and infiltration of a diamond smuggling ring. Though it lacked a little action the book was not bad.
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Summary: Fleming finding his groove
Review: This is the fourth of the Bond books. This book shows why it is best to read the books in their order of publication. There are too many references to earlier stories that would puzzle the reader and lessen the appreciation for the book. This book was best known for being turned into the last of the Sean Connery traditional Bond movies. As other reviewers mentioned, the book is far superior to the movie. The movie introduced the kind of comical sequences that Roger Moore was to make his trademark Bond. The book, however, is of interest to me since it seemed to have been Fleming's first attempt at a lengthy Bond novel. The other books maintained central figures and were easier to follow the action. This book was actually overburdened with the author's attempt to become more complex. Lacking in this book was the kind of chief, evil character that was found in Live and Let Die, and to a lesser extent the Moonraker character. The evil characters in the Diamonds' book were several, and the final guy was barely known. This probably reflected Fleming's attitude toward the American Mafia. However, his characterizations of the two expert hit men more than made up for this oversight. I understand that he returned to a central evil character in his next book From Russia With Love. I was also pleased to see that Fleming displayed better self control over his racial attitudes. I hope this reflected a personal enlightenment, rather than wanting to avoid criticism that most likely accompanied his Live and Let Die book. Finally, the character, Tiffany Case, had more of a significance in this story than the women in the previous books. It seemed to me that Bond so strongly reacted to Tiffany Case because she was a strong, self sufficient personality. She also gave the author an opportunity to better expose Bond's intimate side. I suppose that the author will inform the reader in the Russia with Love book as to what became of Ms. Case.
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Summary: Fleming finding his groove
Review: This is the fourth of the Bond books. This book shows why it is best to read the books in their order of publication. There are too many references to earlier stories that would puzzle the reader and lessen the appreciation for the book. This book was best known for being turned into the last of the Sean Connery traditional Bond movies. As other reviewers mentioned, the book is far superior to the movie. The movie introduced the kind of comical sequences that Roger Moore was to make his trademark Bond. The book, however, is of interest to me since it seemed to have been Fleming's first attempt at a lengthy Bond novel. The other books maintained central figures and were easier to follow the action. This book was actually overburdened with the author's attempt to become more complex. Lacking in this book was the kind of chief, evil character that was found in Live and Let Die, and to a lesser extent the Moonraker character. The evil characters in the Diamonds' book were several, and the final guy was barely known. This probably reflected Fleming's attitude toward the American Mafia. However, his characterizations of the two expert hit men more than made up for this oversight. I understand that he returned to a central evil character in his next book From Russia With Love. I was also pleased to see that Fleming displayed better self control over his racial attitudes. I hope this reflected a personal enlightenment, rather than wanting to avoid criticism that most likely accompanied his Live and Let Die book. Finally, the character, Tiffany Case, had more of a significance in this story than the women in the previous books. It seemed to me that Bond so strongly reacted to Tiffany Case because she was a strong, self sufficient personality. She also gave the author an opportunity to better expose Bond's intimate side. I suppose that the author will inform the reader in the Russia with Love book as to what became of Ms. Case.
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Summary: Great
Review: Two thumbs up! This book wasn't like reading it was like watching a movie in you head. Its a wonderful book.
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Summary: The Soul of James Bond
Review: What a tantalizing cover this edition has. It really captures the enigmatic quality this particular James Bond novel by Ian Fleming exudes. In one sense this is Ian Fleming's homage to the mystique of the American gangster. Fleming's vision of the American gangster is one of a twisted, often emotionally and physically, violent character teeming with idiosyncrasies. They are a peculiar bunch to say the least. James Bond appears to be more the knight in shining armor in this novel than in most written by Fleming. Much of this can be attributed to the tough but sympathetic character of Tiffany Case whom Bond becomes emotionally attached and must rescue. It is interesting how in the film series the two primary directors, Terrence Young and Guy Hamilton, were influenced by the literary Bond created by Fleming. Hamilton seems to have been greatly influenced by this novel more than any of Fleming's others. We see Fleming's 1950's version of American hoodlums show up in Hamilton's "Goldfinger," "Diamonds Are Forever" and even at the beginning of "The Man With The Golden Gun." More importantly this novel demonstrates Bond's affinity for the ever-fleeting notion of true love. Tiffany Case is the diamond in the rough that touches Bond's heart. This novel equally contains engaging scenes between James Bond and "M" and the overall description of the diamond smuggling pipeline is pure Fleming. This novel is highly recommended reading giving more insight into the psyche of James Bond.
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