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Violence
Some
Spy violence including a brutal fight aboard the Orient Express
Language
Barely any
Mild language in Fleming's 1950s British register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult sexual content in the Bond tradition; a romance with significant power dynamics
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Low psychological intensity; Bond is fundamentally a fantasy of competence and adventure
What this book is about
Ian Fleming's fifth Bond novel is frequently cited as his best — and US President Kennedy's favorite. SMERSH plans to destroy Bond using a beautiful cipher clerk who claims to want to defect with a valuable decoding machine. Fleming builds the thriller with unusual care, spending the first third entirely in the Soviet planning sections before Bond appears. The violence is significant; the sexual content reflects Fleming's era. A classic of the spy genre.
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