Casino Royale: James Bond 007 (WBN Copy)(Vintage Classics)
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A World Book Night copy.
Journal Entry 2 by soffitta1 at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Saturday, April 23, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (4/23/2016 UTC) at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Upstairs.
Popped in to Nero for a coffee and remembered Bookcrossing, so I picked up this one for my next few lunches. I'll try and release it elsewhere when I have finished it.
Finally finished this book, and I must say I was intrigued.
Like most people, my main exposure to James Bond was through the films. I've seen pretty much al of them (including both the Woody Allen/David Niven and Daniel Craig versions of "Casino Royale"), but know that the films often diverge wildly from the book versions. What surprised me the most was how true the Daniel Craig film had been to the basic plot structure of the book. Sure it had been updated with some 21st century technical flummery, and the copious references to everyone smoking have been extinguished, but the same story and many of the set pieces are clearly visible.
The film only really diverges at the end, presumably because James Bond and Vesper Lynd sulking at each other for a week in a French seaside hotel is less cinematic than chasing around collapsing buildings in Venice.
A fun read, and I can see why it spawned so many sequels.
Now I just have to find somewhere interesting to release it again.
Like most people, my main exposure to James Bond was through the films. I've seen pretty much al of them (including both the Woody Allen/David Niven and Daniel Craig versions of "Casino Royale"), but know that the films often diverge wildly from the book versions. What surprised me the most was how true the Daniel Craig film had been to the basic plot structure of the book. Sure it had been updated with some 21st century technical flummery, and the copious references to everyone smoking have been extinguished, but the same story and many of the set pieces are clearly visible.
The film only really diverges at the end, presumably because James Bond and Vesper Lynd sulking at each other for a week in a French seaside hotel is less cinematic than chasing around collapsing buildings in Venice.
A fun read, and I can see why it spawned so many sequels.
Now I just have to find somewhere interesting to release it again.
Time to let this one go. I'll drop it off in the University of Suffolk
Picked up at the uni along with The Day of Dolphins. Never read either of these so look forward to it in the next few weeks.