A review by reggiezim76
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming

2.0

I have very mixed feelings about this book. I thought the writing was well done, but I was utterly turned off by the racial overtones. I understand Fleming was trying to capture the speech patterns of African Americans of the time, but he turned them into caricatures. Sadly, many black characters suffered from this phenomenon around this time.

On the plus side there are some great suspenseful moments and I like the fact that Bond is not the superman that he is in the films.

Reading Moonraker next and hoping it doesn't have the sexism and racism of this novel and the first one, Casino Royale.