Moonraker - Ian Flemming

This is so different to the film. And so much better. The Bond of the books is not like the movie Bond. He s more complex and more dark, more lonely. But the fact that he feels more fallible as well makes him a believable character. He gets things wrong, sometimes it is luck rather than judgement that helps him. On the outside he is cold and ruthless, but there is a core which makes him likable. And this book is different from the previous ones because it is less clear who the real enemy is (if you hadn't seen the film then I suspect you wouldn't know for a while). It is not a story packed with action, but a mystery, trying to see what is going on and who to distrust. It progresses and the mystery gradually unfolds, at which point the story gets weaker and is possibly let down by the final 20 pages or so.