Brokenclaw

I found this novel to be every bit as engaging as the original Ian Fleming stories. The author does a good job of holding the reader's attention. The story is the typical Bond story, with an evil mastermind and his henchmen set in a plot for world domination. I won't say more than that; it would rui......more

Book got off to a slow start - didn't seem like Gardner style writing, very elementary. Got better as it went along, then got dramatic at the very end. OK read but not the best of Gardner.......more

BROKENCLAW is a little drab. As the Gardner series continues, it has become so Americanized (which the Fleming series never would have done), Bond seems to develop feelings for every woman he encounters, and he has continued to cut back on the booze and cigarettes. I barely recognize him. To be fair,......more

Action-packed and eerily prescient! Another fun-filled and action packed Bond novel by John Gardner, the worthy successor to Ian Fleming (God rest both their souls). And considering that this novel was written in 1990, back in the waning days of the Cold War when China was still considered our ally ag......more

Brokenclaw is about the eighth or ninth James Bond book by John Gardner, who took over the super-spy series after the late Ian Fleming. For those (such as myself) who are fans of the James Bond movies, know that the majority of these movies, up through the Timothy Dalton era, were somewhat loosely......more