Read this to my son (6); my daughter (4) lost interest pretty quickly. Like the movie, and like other books by Fleming, there is a magical car that can fly and do other remarkable things. Not much else is similar to the movie, but lots that recall the Bond books: a secret hideout in a cave, an international gang of mobsters, and a girl named Pus--no, just kidding on the last bit. It's been years since I read Casino Royale, but I remember the writing to be similarly clunky (lots of adverbs, lots of random bloviation) but the plot actually moves along and is both exciting for kids and not too scary. I'm not sorry I read it, but I wouldn't recommend it except for curiosity value.
Bottom line: the movie is much more entertaining.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment