Double or Die (Young Bond Series #3)

Double or Die; not so many options.

"Keep your mind alert. Study your surroundings, James. Information is power" (pg. 228, Higson), what was said by his uncle so many years ago was all James could think about as he lay there...watching....waiting. James Bond was the name and adventure and observations were the game, but for James, knowing to much would bring him to see death flash before his very own eyes. In 'Double or Die' the author uses great plot sequence the storyline to portray the life of James Bond's growth from a boy into the famous 007 secret agent.
In the book 'Double or Die' the reader can see that it is one of the the many books showing Jame's past and also showing his future. In the first book of the Young Bond series, 'Silver Fin', James develops his fearless behavior, in the second book, 'Blood Fever', James shows his true bravery, but in the third book 'Double or Die', his mind and brain power are put to the test. In this book the brain and the mind are shown in the characters and in the plot, an example of this would be the evil murderous bounty hunter Ludwig who has a skill like head which looks inhuman and an example for the plot would be, near the end of the novel, James must destroy a machine which has the knowledge of a brain.
In 'Double or Die', the main character James Bond has dark hair and blue-eyes and is in his teenage years. The setting of the novel is during the 1940 and early 1950's in England, around the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, which is important for as later in the book James discovers his enemy is the Soviet Union.
The author uses unique and memorable characteristics of the James Bond character, as seen in the scene at the Paradice Casino, were James is forced to play a game of roulette. He plays it safe for one round and doubles his money, but his is forced to play another round. By a quick decision he changes his bet to the number 7, his lucky number. This event shows his ability to gamble and his intelligence or luck to make quick decisions in a moments notice, his quick reaction also relates to Ian Flemming's book 'Casino Royal' which shows Bond as a grown man gambling at an elite casino, Casino Royal.
I would recommend Double or Die for anyone who enjoys reading books that are interesting and well written and especially to all James Bond fans. 'Double or Die' will lead the reader into one direction and at a moments notice, when you lest expect it, it will completely turn around and leave one with their mouth wide open. Higson uses a regular teenage boy to show that anyone can be a hero and no matter how hard or tough a situation might be, anyone can save the day, even if they are not James Bond.

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AWESOME BOOK, very absorbing!!!

"Young Bond Book Reviews"- Akash Kumar's Reviews
"Double or Die"- ages 13 and up~ Bond tries to save a kidnapped professor, but has to solve complicated clues.
"Double or Die" just beats everything. I completely fell in love with this book. This book has a slower pace than "BF", but "James Bond starts running faster after 1 lap", if you know what I just said. The action comes later, but I didn't care about the action this time. Higson seems to have given readers time to think about the clues. This book REALLY kept me guessing until the end. I had to rub my eyes from time to time because this book was so awesome. 5/5.

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Best of the series but thats not saying much

Charlie Higson is very consistant. He consistantly turns a great idea to a mediocre book. The book is slow which I thought would be hard because the whole book is 3 days. The action in it is poorly written. It seems like Higson is trying to teach you a latin lesson or a history lesson throughout the book. It is a great idea but he makes the books below average. The characters really piss me off, they're just annoying. Bond is nothing like 007. He shouldn't be put in the same catagory as other great teen heroin authors such as Anthony Horowitz, Robert Muchamore, or Joe Craig. Also why put it in the 1930's. Sure bond started in the 60's but he's stayed the same age for over 40 years so why not put him in modern time. So he can have gadgets and fight modern day problems as a kid. That would be so much better. Higson has written two other YB books wich I ordered. They're easy reads so maybe they'd get better. But I've hoped that after silverfin and blood fever. Also why is it called double or die, that makes no sense. Higson's just trying to excite true bond fans because it sounds like a James Bond movie. He should stop they're bad and every time i read it he dissapoints me. It is the best of the series but it still sucks!

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Young Bond 3

Another great book, this series has been great. James still does not have any good gadets, unlike Alex rider but its still a great story set in the 1930's. James is growing up, but saves the day as normal. The story is fast and very interesting.

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I love this series!!!!

Ok this book was awesome no matter what people say!It was totally different than the other books and it was very heart pounding. I hope Higson writes more of this series, I know I'd buy more. All in all, stupendous story and plot!!!!*****FIVE STARS!!!!!!!!

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Too Much Info.

Double Or Die is a very nice book. This book is sort of like Silverfin, but it has a little bit of change. Now James's new enemy is deadly. But there are many. First James' actions start to trigger when Charnage comes to Eton College in the place of Ivar Peterson. A though this is a James Bond book, there is still too much detail. There are many points in the book where the book could have nicely wraped up. But Charlie Higson just pushed it too much.

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great book

i loved this book it was so good. I am glad Charlie Higson is writing more. I can't wait for the next books.

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