James Bond: Goldfinger Lib/E (Audiobook)

from benuathanasia

The movie bored me, so I wasn't looking too forward to this particular installment of Bond, however I was very pleasantly surprised! World-building was phenomenal. I particularly liked the character development of Goldfinger himself. He started off as something of a sympathetic character - it was...

from BooksForDinner

Read one of these every year on vacation. No idea why, really. Have to say, he's one of the all time greats in the genre of course, the godfather I suppose, but wow, some of the writing really doesn't hold up. Not all writers have this much backwards thinking about social subjects just cause it w...

from polarbear123

One of the better bond books indeed. Takes the form of three parts - Canasta cheating discoveries, golf shenannigans and megalomania Fort Knox tomfoolery. Good stuff. Oh and there is also OddJob to revel in. Auric Goldfinger makes a formidable baddy even though his demise is a little too easy. Th...

from Denverbook

I ordered four of the original James Bond thrillers to have a matched set replacing old worn out paperbacks. The books are much more exciting and believable than the gadget filled overglossy charactered movies. The story lines are more subtle. Those that prefer the movies cannot be true readers.

from TJWilson

And here is where the Bond books are getting much, much better and more creative. I enjoyed both this one and *Dr. No* very much. There are still some pacing glitches, but on the whole, Bond is a much more realized figure. Of course, there is some interesting cultural critiques, no doubt that Fle...