From The TimesJune 7, 2008
New James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks condemned on 007 websites
Ben Hoyle, Arts Reporter
Bond doesn't feel like Bond, he talks to M the wrong way, he wouldn't play tennis, he is absent for too much of the book and when he is present he never seems in mortal danger.
Devil May Care, Sebastian Faulks's new James Bond adventure, has broken sales records sales since its publication last week, but the complaints are already streaming in from diehard 007 fans.
It started with a review on the Bond fansite CommanderBond.net, posted hours after the book came out. A reader called “whiteskwirl” wrote: “Devil May Care disappointed me. It was the weak story, weak villain motivation, and weak action scenes which left me feeling cold. Bond saves the day but it's too easy ... Devil May Care is, in my opinion, the literary Die Another Day.”
Devil May Care, Sebastian Faulks's new James Bond adventure, has broken sales records sales since its publication last week, but the complaints are already streaming in from diehard 007 fans.
It started with a review on the Bond fansite CommanderBond.net, posted hours after the book came out. A reader called “whiteskwirl” wrote: “Devil May Care disappointed me. It was the weak story, weak villain motivation, and weak action scenes which left me feeling cold. Bond saves the day but it's too easy ... Devil May Care is, in my opinion, the literary Die Another Day.”
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