'James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired.' Are you tired of the attack on adverbs in fiction writing?

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul erosion produced by high gambling – a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension – becomes unbearable, and the senses awake and revolt from it. James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired.

Or... He stretched luxuriously.

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’ Imagine Jane Austen’s opening sentence from Pride and Prejudice with the 'rules' applied. This famous line breaks at least three hobgoblin 'rules': 'It is' makes a weak opening for a sentence. Avoid adverbs Avoid passive voice ‘All things were created through Him…’ Imagine John without the mysterious agency of the ‘passive’ voice. Using adverbs and the passive voice should not be universally banned from your writing armoury. It depends entirely on the effect you're trying to create.