Comments on: Devil May Care http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/devil-may-care/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/devil-may-care/comment-page-1/#comment-52391 Dan Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3346#comment-52391 Just finished DEVIL MAY CARE last night and your review pretty much sums up what I told my wife when she asked how it was. The whole thing plays as a "greatest hits" show with a new singer filling in. I didn't quite dislike it or love it... it was what it was. I could easily see Lazenby getting involved in some of the book's more action-oriented sequences or even Craig. On the recommendation of several pals I've fished out my copy of COLONEL SUN and plan to finally (after many years on my bookshelf) give it a spin. As for the Gardner books, they started out okay but became so shamelessly formulaic that I gave up. I've heard the one where he goes after a serial killer is okay, though. Just finished DEVIL MAY CARE last night and your review pretty much sums up what I told my wife when she asked how it was. The whole thing plays as a “greatest hits” show with a new singer filling in. I didn’t quite dislike it or love it… it was what it was. I could easily see Lazenby getting involved in some of the book’s more action-oriented sequences or even Craig. On the recommendation of several pals I’ve fished out my copy of COLONEL SUN and plan to finally (after many years on my bookshelf) give it a spin.

As for the Gardner books, they started out okay but became so shamelessly formulaic that I gave up. I’ve heard the one where he goes after a serial killer is okay, though.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/devil-may-care/comment-page-1/#comment-52039 Bruce Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:11:40 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3346#comment-52039 Here is a helpful link:http://debrief.commanderbond.net/index.php?showtopic=41368 Personally the best non Fleming book was of course the first one called Colonel Sun by Robert Markham aka Kingsley Amis. It might not have aged the best but it carries the Fleming style. Here is a helpful link:http://debrief.commanderbond.net/index.php?showtopic=41368

Personally the best non Fleming book was of course the first one called Colonel Sun by Robert Markham aka Kingsley Amis. It might not have aged the best but it carries the Fleming style.

]]> By: christian licorice http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/devil-may-care/comment-page-1/#comment-52031 christian licorice Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3346#comment-52031 are any of the John Gardner books worthwhile at all? are any of the John Gardner books worthwhile at all?

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