I liked it when I read it back in the 90s. I'll probably read those books again one day. I recall a topic about this book somewhere here. I mentioned liking the description of one of the bond girls at the pool. Also, isn't this the book with the chapter titled "A liking of Blondes" or something like that? The torture scene was good too. I think it was a dip in the frozen ice water. They had to use a chainsaw to cut the ice before the torture. Also it might be in this one where Bond asks "why me?" and the bad guy says "why not you." I thought that was a good exchange.
I was looking forward to what the guy that worked with Ferrari would do with Saab. But I think those projects were cancelled. Even though Bond drove a Saab, I never really considered it a Bond car. Certainly not comparable to a DB5.