 CBn Reviews Young Bond #2: 'Blood Fever', 2 reviews from 2 generations |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras  |
22 January 2006 - 19:06
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  "Fandom is where people come together and complain about what they like." Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 August 2001 From: Oxfordshire |
22 January 2006 - 19:08
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Yep; it is that good a book. Believe these two reviews, doubters!
Having now read it a second time, and it's worth a second read (rare enough), this is the most credible "continuation" novel for 20 years, and light years ahead of several inbetween.  "There was a violent cruelty, a pathological desire to wound, quite near the surface in the man." CBn: ...we have people everywhere Only James Bond is James Bond. |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
22 January 2006 - 19:10
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And remember, I gave SilverFin a very MIXED review, so it's not like I love everything.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
22 January 2006 - 23:04
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When I reviewed SilverFin on amazon (as well as here on CBn) I believe I gave it four out of five stars. Blood Fever definitely derserves five.
Pick this book up.   ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
24 January 2006 - 17:30
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Looks like our review has made a few converts over on the UNIVEX boards--or a least a few now willing take a chance on the Young Bond series.
"Fandom is where people come together and complain about what they like." Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 23 June 2003 From: Maryland |
24 January 2006 - 18:34
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should i read silverfin before reading blood fever?
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 October 2002 From: Saarland/Germany |
24 January 2006 - 18:43
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QUOTE(TheCheat @ 24 January 2006 - 19:34) should i read silverfin before reading blood fever?  Haven't read Blood Fever (copy should arrive by tomorrow),but I'd recommend reading SilverFin before. BTW, great reviews, Devin and John. Have encouraged me in my decision not to wait for the German edition
 ~Mr. Stromberg is a very busy man. Blame Daniel Craig for it.~ ------------------- Daniel Craig IS James Bond. ------------------- |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
24 January 2006 - 19:13
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QUOTE(stromberg @ 24 January 2006 - 13:43) I'd recommend reading SilverFin before. I'll second that. Makes them both more enjoyable I would say. ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ D of the CBn Four ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
24 January 2006 - 20:08
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QUOTE(TheCheat @ 24 January 2006 - 11:34) should i read silverfin before reading blood fever? I don't know. If you're open to the Young Bond series, go ahead and read SilverFin first. But SilverFin did not sell me on this concept -- Blood Fever did. As I said in my review, SilverFin is clearly written for young readers as is cautious, whereas Blood Fever is fearless. For me, SilverFin seems to be a book still trying to figure out exactly what it is (it finds its stride in the last 3rd). I didn't get that feeling from Blood Fever which picks up the tone that SilverFin ends on and runs with it cover to cover. "Fandom is where people come together and complain about what they like." Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
30 January 2006 - 17:23
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I submitted my review to Amazon, but it hasn't shown up on the product's page yet.
One question: Didn't James say he would be back for Vendetta?  Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore http://www.jamesbondandbeyond.com/detectiv...dex.php?act=idx |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
30 January 2006 - 17:37
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QUOTE(DLibrasnow @ 30 January 2006 - 10:23) I submitted my review to Amazon, but it hasn't shown up on the product's page yet. One question: Didn't James say he would be back for Vendetta? I sometimes have to resubmit my reviews on Amazon.co.uk when they don't show up after several days. It's annoying. My reviews on Amazon.com show up instantly (and I can edit them). Not so on the UK site. Did James say he was coming back for Vendetta? But she thinks he was killed in the flood, right? "Fandom is where people come together and complain about what they like." Visit The Young Bond Dossier, now the OFFICIAL site for Young Bond news |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
30 January 2006 - 18:17
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Right she does. I thought James told Vendetta to stay where she was because he would need her help escaping.
Personally I thought she was a better character (more interesting at least) than Amy though I have a feeling that Amy may be the one to return in the novels not just because she is the sister of one of Bond's friends but also Higson mentioning that she never talked about what happened to Zoltan ever again. I posted my review on Amazon.com, and although it appears on my review pages I don't see ANY reviews on the product page. I'd vote your review as helpful zencat, if I could. Did you notice that the US edition seems to be significantly shorter. I wonder if thats just a different typesetting being used or if indeed there will be some cuts made to protect American kiddies. Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore http://www.jamesbondandbeyond.com/detectiv...dex.php?act=idx |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
30 January 2006 - 21:39
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QUOTE(zencat @ 30 January 2006 - 12:37) I sometimes have to resubmit my reviews on Amazon.co.uk when they don't show up after several days. It's annoying. My reviews on Amazon.com show up instantly (and I can edit them). Not so on the UK site. Ditto. Put up some of my reviews on both amazon US and amazon UK for SilverFin and Blood Fever. Amazon UK seems to almost always be slower in getting them posted and more problematic. I hope we see more US proofs on eBay soon, maybe it's still pretty early, but I think I've only seen about three so far. |