A review by thebeardedpoet
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks

3.0

Perhaps I've outgrown reading James Bond novels. Generally this story bothered me because Bond failed to demonstrate ingenuity in his investigation, combat skills, and survival techniques. He gets in tough fixes way too easily (walks smack into traps) and gets out of them by convenient circumstances and with too much help from others. Most of what happens seems completely implausible. We learn in the end that Bond has been duped by a completely unnecessary deception. The only parts I really liked were the dialogue sparring with the main villain. The bad guy is one those you love to hate. His demise was somewhere between black humor and slapstick. I suppose the travelogue aspects were something I enjoyed as well.