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the_schaef's review against another edition
3.0
Npt a bad story. Classic Ludlum. Sort of an updated version of the Bourne Identity.
caramay's review against another edition
2.0
Graciously giving this book 2 stars. I have no idea what purpose writing/publishing this book serves.
As you’d progress through this book, it kinda felt disjointed.
What was the main purpose?
What was the main character looking for/searching for? People he met up with....how do they help him, move the story forward? What was the warning (as referenced in the title)?
As you’d progress through this book, it kinda felt disjointed.
What was the main purpose?
What was the main character looking for/searching for? People he met up with....how do they help him, move the story forward? What was the warning (as referenced in the title)?
gbdill's review against another edition
5.0
My first Ludlum book I ever read. I instantly fell in love with Ludlum books ever since. This is a great book with international intrigue and undercover mysteries. Had very much a Jason Bourne-esque feel to it. A must read for all Ludlum fans.
glynners39's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
hana83's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed reading this book. It had the same fast paced action as the Bourne Identity novels. The plot is also very familiar: a guy on the run who doesn't remember his past and a woman who helps him.
grahamsoper's review against another edition
4.0
The Ambler Warning - Robert Ludlum
I really enjoy Robert Ludlum and have read many of his books over the last 25 years. This one, The Ambler Warning, didn’t disappoint.
It centres around a few turbulent weeks in the life of a former special agent named Hal Ambler. At the start of the book, he’s completely lost his identity and has no idea who is. But since he finds himself in a high security detention centre for the mentally disturbed, we get a clue that he might be someone with an interesting past. But as it stands, his life has been completely changed and all evidence of his existence has been erased. He comes to the conclusion that the entire world is against him.
However, quite early on in the story, he stages a daring escape from the centre, an action which calls on all the skills he clearly learned in his former life. And he has help too - from an apparently-sympathetic nurse, who he thinks has fallen in love with him. Or has she?
This book is a typical Ludlum story in which Ambler seems to have lost everything. But now free, he sets out to get it all back. Soon, however, he discovers that the world he has returned to is not the one he is slowly starting to remember. People and friends he once knew now claim no recollection of anyone called Hal Ambler. Even his old apartment is no longer his. With little or no money and the authorities now closing in on him after his escape, he knows he has to get to the truth and find out why everyone wants him dead.
It’s a great read about one man against the world. And there is a brilliant twist right at the end. I enjoyed it a lot. I’m sure you will too.
I really enjoy Robert Ludlum and have read many of his books over the last 25 years. This one, The Ambler Warning, didn’t disappoint.
It centres around a few turbulent weeks in the life of a former special agent named Hal Ambler. At the start of the book, he’s completely lost his identity and has no idea who is. But since he finds himself in a high security detention centre for the mentally disturbed, we get a clue that he might be someone with an interesting past. But as it stands, his life has been completely changed and all evidence of his existence has been erased. He comes to the conclusion that the entire world is against him.
However, quite early on in the story, he stages a daring escape from the centre, an action which calls on all the skills he clearly learned in his former life. And he has help too - from an apparently-sympathetic nurse, who he thinks has fallen in love with him. Or has she?
This book is a typical Ludlum story in which Ambler seems to have lost everything. But now free, he sets out to get it all back. Soon, however, he discovers that the world he has returned to is not the one he is slowly starting to remember. People and friends he once knew now claim no recollection of anyone called Hal Ambler. Even his old apartment is no longer his. With little or no money and the authorities now closing in on him after his escape, he knows he has to get to the truth and find out why everyone wants him dead.
It’s a great read about one man against the world. And there is a brilliant twist right at the end. I enjoyed it a lot. I’m sure you will too.
swald_03's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
His style of writing is cringey
egg_carpark's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
thomcat's review against another edition
2.0
Robert Ludlum (and later his estate) writes about an assassin character who has extreme memory loss. Hmmm....
After we get a little glimpse of Hal Ambler not being able to find himself in any search, I found myself thinking of Total Recall - where the only person who could erase everything he knew was himself. Alas, the plot was not that interesting.
I found the secondary character of Caston, the CIA number cruncher, to be a more interesting hook, and enjoyed their limited partnership towards the end of the novel.
Robert Ludlum could have edited and tightened this story to 3 or 4 stars easily, but the estate has only produced a fairly derivative work.
After we get a little glimpse of Hal Ambler not being able to find himself in any search, I found myself thinking of Total Recall - where the only person who could erase everything he knew was himself. Alas, the plot was not that interesting.
I found the secondary character of Caston, the CIA number cruncher, to be a more interesting hook, and enjoyed their limited partnership towards the end of the novel.
Robert Ludlum could have edited and tightened this story to 3 or 4 stars easily, but the estate has only produced a fairly derivative work.