Brokenclaw vs For Special Services: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Secret Agents, Bond, James Bond, English Spy stories, Secret service, Intelligence service
Brokenclaw
On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes by intrigued Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half-Chinese philanthropist who is known as "Brokenclaw" because of a deformed hand. On his return to the UK Bond is…
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For Special Services
Bond is back on secret loan to the United States Government and primed to confront an old and deadly adversary which now has a sinister new leader and a devastating operation underway. Armed with a pair of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- For Special Services has the widest readership — 2463 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Brokenclaw | For Special Services | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.6 (2463) |
| Hardcover | 3.8 (5) | 3.6 (10) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (7) |
Reception
| Brokenclaw | For Special Services | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5 | 2463 |
| Editions | 12 | 20 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1204 |
| Reading it now | — | 71 |
| Written reviews | — | 166 |
| Wikipedia attention | 229 | 403 |
| Pages | 236 | 296 |