Doctor No (James Bond, #6) in SSG: Spy/Spec-Ops Group

Oct 26, 2018 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: menu-reading-is-served

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Unfortunately, strict patterns of behaviour can be deadly if they are read by an enemy. (c)
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We are making conversation. Instead, let us talk. Both of us, I am sure, prefer talk to conversation. (c)
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Clausewitz’s first principle was to have a secure base. From there one proceeds to freedom of action. (c)
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courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure. (c)
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But how to measure human endurance? How to plot a graph of the will to survive, the tolerance of pain, the conquest of fear? (c) Why? In ...more

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Sep 25, 2021 Edward rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Excellent Bond book that reads a little different than the first 5 books. To me, this book had more erotic aspects than the other books, and the tension between Bond and Honey Ryder was palpable. The ending of this book was also my favorite so far with a nice blend of the poetic, erotic, and sentimental.

An observation I've made so far is that at least 2 out of the first 6 books have had female characters who had a history of sexual assault / rape, and I've been impressed by Fleming's handling of ...more

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Nov 15, 2009 Mike (the Paladin) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: spy-fi

The book opens with Bond almost dead from tetrodotoxin and his "near death" because they don't think they can save him. But he recovers and gets sent on what is supposed to be an easy assignment to rest. It doesn't work out that way.

This is one of my favorite Bond books but we start to get the extra silly names here for the "Bond Girls" Honeychile Rider, I mean ok, in the movie they called her Honey.

However aside form some of the extra corny parts (even about the villan) it's good, a "page turn ...more

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