I rewatched the Sean Connery film after finishing this and OMG, the book is soooo much better!! As I have mentioned in my reviews of some of the previous Bond books, the character in Fleming's original books is much more 3-dimensional and to my mind at least, more interesting.

The plot of the movie has only parts of the plot from the book & makes much less sense. ( )

Again, a lot more of the blah blah blah than the action. I’m really disappointed with this series. ( )

Blofeld, líder de la organización terrorista Spectre, ha robado dos armas atómicas y amenaza con destruir una gran ciudad si no se satisfacen sus demandas. El legendario espía James Bond sólo tendrá una semana para hallar las bombas. Pronto de encontrará sumergido en medio de los arrecifes de coral de las Bahamas, infestados de tiburones… Ian Fleming, creador de uno de los personajes más atractivos de la novela de acción y espionaje, nos ofrece un relato vertiginoso en un marco deslumbrante. En Blofeld, un villano aterrador, James Bond encuentra su archienemigo perfecto.

Holds together pretty well. And Domino is a strong woman character. ( )

This is the novel that Ian Fleming wrote with Kevin McCrory and you can see some very different influences with regards to the plotting and the nature of the threat that faces 007. He’s first foray into alternative medicine in a rather quack like clinic in Sussex varies between tense and at times amusing. This might be the first time that literary James Bond actually uses humour. The Bahamas sections and in particular the development of Emile Largo and Domino never feels quite as fleshed out as normal. Stavro Blofeld is more of the ultimate villain. This is of course the start of the so-called Blofeld trilogy. Highly recommended. ( )