Clearly many of the other reviewers are incarcerated in monasteries and convents and bit out of touch. I think you haven’t really lived until you have kidnapped the object of your passing fancy and broken them to your will by chaining them naked under your kitchen table (and it is soooo lame when your mom catches you and sets her free).

I have been binging Bond novels and while I wouldn’t say they are great, they are fun. From Russia with love is packed with some hilarious misogyny and cultural imperialism. It is not my favorite Bond novel. I think the premise of Russia trying to honey-pot James Bond is great and that the supporting characters are an amusing side-show, but the man himself comes off as a little silly.