James Bond Reviews

James Bond fans this might surprise you but i've not even read a James Bond book heck i've not even seen any of them in shops and so when I was looking for a book to take on my holidays I was shocked to not only find one but it was also the most recent book in the franchise so here is my review of Forever And A Day. The plot of the book is 007 has been killed in the city of  Marseille and it's up to newly promoted James Bond to find out what's going on and more importantly who did it. Honestly the story is pretty simple and very easy to follow but having it set before Casino Royale means that this book falls into the same traps that all prequels do because we know that the main character isn't going to die because there in another book so it kills any suspense. Out of all the MI6 regulars only Bond , Bill Tanner , M and Miss Moneypenny make and appearance so that means there's no Q Branch and that means no gadgets and I have to say that while h

James Bond fans the franchise is mostly known for it's books and movies but very few people talk about the comic books heck I doubt that alot of you Bond fans even know that there's a comic book series featuring the character well know i'm going to review the very first story arc for the series here is my review of Vargr. The plot of the book is Bond has to stop a huge amount of drugs from entering the country and find out who's behind this new drug. I know I made it sound like there's a sub-plot with Bond going on here but there isn't and I have to say that the overall story isn't that good to me any 00 agent could have taken on this mission and the results would have been the exact same and Bond himself has no purpose to be in there it makes the whole story seem pointless. Something that really bugged me about Bond in this story was just how cold he was yes Bond should always distance himself when his on a mission but this storyline take