Casino Royale

I have just finished reading Casino Royale. It didn't take too long ... I had wanted to read it since seeing the film last Saturday. I think the two complement each other nicely. My husband read the book first, then saw the film - I did it the other way round. There are obviously a number of changes to the film, which probably does improve the book in many ways, although I have also enjoyed the book. It is actually quite funny - I had been surprised to see my husband laughing quite a lot as he read the book, but I think I understand now. Although his written comments such as "hilarious!" in the margin on a few occasions did not generally occur at the same points that I found amusing ... One passage I thought was quite funny was when Vesper Lynd and Bond order their meal before the game of Baccarat. Vesper orders strawberries (in French) with cream, then asks if it's wrong to be so extravagant (or something like that). Strawberries?! Little touches like that make it clear that the book was written a while ago!