![]() ![]() Reading other reviews, though, I found that even many contemporary readers hate this book. Everybody came out finding Vivienne Michel to be one of the strongest Bond Girls (a high bar to clear, as Fleming by that point was almost exclusively writing such female leads) and loving the climax at the burning motel. Knowing how badly The Spy Who Loved Me got reviewed, I was shocked to find that not only did I quite enjoy it, but the entire thread did as well. I decided to read along with other people and try to identify everything in the books, from the food and drink to the political and cultural climate of the time. As I dove deeper into the books, I realized they were much denser than I had expected (having seen so many dismiss them as cheap pulp by a racist woman-beater). I had only briefly attempted to read them back in middle school and ignored them for the most part, only to pick up Casino Royale on a whim and find myself enraptured by Fleming's writing. This year, I finished a 2-year Something Awful forum thread in which I read and analyzed every James Bond book by Ian Fleming (and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). ![]()
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