Bond. James Bond. 007, the King of Cool and the Master of Espionage is in reality a very flat character.

Yelp. I read the Ian Fleming's novel Diamonds Are Forever – or rather listened to it – the other day. However, I was greatly disappointed at the lack of plot development, character development and description in the book.

Shoot, the only item in the entire book that Fleming actually describes with any detail is Tiffany Case. It IS a Bond book after all….

If you want a good spy novel, I would recommend reading the Jason Bourne books by Robert Ludlum.  Those are awesome, in depth books that will leave you begging for more!