lmno5's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
bbboeken's review
4.0
Deze interpretatie van Horowitz zet een degelijke, zeer traditionele Bond neer, in een onderhoudend en boeiend verhaal. Ik ben wel fan van die jaarlijkse gastauteurs. Behalve die ene keer met Jeffery Deaver (Carte Blanche).
jasonlaw77's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
mike_brough's review against another edition
3.0
A rather workmanlike Bond novel. I normally enjoy Horowitz's books but this one never really got going. It wasn't on a grand enough scale.
beardedbarista's review against another edition
5.0
Man oh man do I love James Bond! What a great experience and my first Bond book. I feel bad. I should have at least read an Ian Fleming original first but hey I won this on Goodreads... it was a no-brainer!
Anthony Horowitz did a great job making me believe Sean Connery was making all these slick spy moves and saving the day.
I was thrown off by the initial start of the book and how it could relate to the books title and the whole picture.
I have seen all the films and own all of them on VHS (well up to Brosnan)and this could definitely be one of the films just as easy. We always wonder what happens in between some of Bond's adventures and this one gives us peak into this very thing!
Dang I love good reads and FREE books!
YOuRs Truly,
Justin
Anthony Horowitz did a great job making me believe Sean Connery was making all these slick spy moves and saving the day.
I was thrown off by the initial start of the book and how it could relate to the books title and the whole picture.
I have seen all the films and own all of them on VHS (well up to Brosnan)and this could definitely be one of the films just as easy. We always wonder what happens in between some of Bond's adventures and this one gives us peak into this very thing!
Dang I love good reads and FREE books!
YOuRs Truly,
Justin
ja_hopkins's review
3.0
An interesting addition to the Bond universe that is set between two of the original books. Horowitz's writing is pretty solid, and his attempt to follow Fleming's style is not too bad, if not quite the real thing. Using some of the original Fleming material doubtless helped stylistically, but it seems a tiny bit too forced.
Coming hot on the heals of Goldfinger, Bond is living with Pussy Galore in London, working 9-5 (or thereabouts). However, he is soon thrust into a new case involving SMERSH, and it involves car racing. Having learned to drive an F1 car in a staggeringly short time, Bond heads of to race a Russian agent and foil another poorly conceived plot for world domination.
Not a terrible book, but not up their with the real Bond classics
Coming hot on the heals of Goldfinger, Bond is living with Pussy Galore in London, working 9-5 (or thereabouts). However, he is soon thrust into a new case involving SMERSH, and it involves car racing. Having learned to drive an F1 car in a staggeringly short time, Bond heads of to race a Russian agent and foil another poorly conceived plot for world domination.
Not a terrible book, but not up their with the real Bond classics
bazwilkinson85's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Having read all of the original novels a few years back, and Devil May Care shortly after (which I did enjoy), it was a pleasure to be back in the 1950s with Bond.
From my perspective, the character and writing style was a great continuation of the original novels. The story was really well paced and quick to get through. Really enjoyed the villain and his back story, although wish he was given a little more time to develop.
The Bond girls were really strong characters for the most part - almost a shame to have the cliche ending with one of them, did feel tacked on for the sake of it, but I guess this is James Bond.
Really enjoyed the last third of the book, from Bonds' escape from a terrible death, through to the pulse pounding bike chase, train sequence and even the events of rainy London in the closing pages. It would work very well as a film.
I've not read any other books by the author and feel I'm in the minority, so will be taking a look at his work in the future.
From my perspective, the character and writing style was a great continuation of the original novels. The story was really well paced and quick to get through. Really enjoyed the villain and his back story, although wish he was given a little more time to develop.
The Bond girls were really strong characters for the most part - almost a shame to have the cliche ending with one of them, did feel tacked on for the sake of it, but I guess this is James Bond.
Really enjoyed the last third of the book, from Bonds' escape from a terrible death, through to the pulse pounding bike chase, train sequence and even the events of rainy London in the closing pages. It would work very well as a film.
I've not read any other books by the author and feel I'm in the minority, so will be taking a look at his work in the future.
thebeardedpoet's review against another edition
4.0
In Trigger Mortis, Anthony Horowitz does a better job than Fleming usually does of telling a tale where Bond uses his ingenuity, bravery, and brawn to overcome a villain's sadistic plot to kill a lot of people and take over the world. Of course, the villain does make mistakes which play in Bond's favor, but unlike Goldfinger, who simply keeps letting Bond live, Jason Sin earnestly tries his best to kill the trouble-making Bond. Sin, however, is not nearly as charismatic as most of Fleming's bad guys, but he has a horrifically realistic backstory and a plan that creates high peril.
jefecarpenter's review against another edition
3.0
I quite enjoyed this, as an homage in the true style to Ian Fleming, that is up until three-quarters of the way through, where he has the villain deliver an inappropriate, and interminable, monologue about how he became evil. And then has Bond climb out of a nailed-shut coffin buried 6 feet under.
What a shame.
What a shame.
jrmama42's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fun book, with one of the best audio book narrators I've encountered! David Oyelowo provides heart-pounding, breathless narration during the action scenes. His character voices were pretty good too! It's classic James Bond, based on some unpublished manuscripts from the Ian Fleming estate. Easy to picture Sean Connery in this story... :)