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jaxboiler's review against another edition
3.0
This was another typical Bourne Story. Jason uses his trained skill to defeat another bad guy. For some reason I always struggle with keeping track of all the bad guys since all the names start sounding the same. Other than that it was a good story.
booksmy's review
2.0
Boring and tedious. Three separate plots that only linked up at the very end. Jason Bourne was about 10% of the book.
wallymountz's review against another edition
2.0
The action sequences in these books are always good, however, the plots are more like Mission Impossible. Just too many and too complicated. Add that to the fact there must have been 30 characters in this book-it is simply too much. So much so that I nearly abandoned this book at the 2/3s mark because I was getting bored. I persevered and the ending was good.
amritesh's review against another edition
5.0
All around him half-shattered faces seemed to turn to him, shrieking in the silent agony of their death throes. They were all the same now, these victims of violence that was always, at heart, senseless.
The 7th book in the Bourne series, continued after Robert Ludlum's original trilogy by Eric Van Lustbader, Bourne Deception has a plot which seems straight out of a conspiracy theory.
I'm positive you must have come across theories as to how 9/11 was a government-executed operation to wage war against Islamic terrorist groups. The book perhaps drew its inspiration from this theory itself.
"Perhaps we're both good and evil," Bourne said, wondering about himself, about all his identities, and where the truth lay, "depending on the time and circumstance."
What happens when a security agency teams up with the NSA, to gain control over Iran? Well, you gotta read the book for that, don't you?
The book moves through several cities and countries, most notably Bali, Egypt and the US. The author explores the culture and mythology of Bali quite stunningly, and the time we spend there is more or less, devoid of the chaos and action present throughout the book.
Once again, he was struck by all the myriad strands that went into the weave of a human life- Tracy's no less than anyone else's- perhaps more so in her case because, like him, she lived a double life.
Finally, with this book, I can close the Bourne saga, as these books had been staring wistfully at me, for over 2 years now from my shelves.
Recommended!
The 7th book in the Bourne series, continued after Robert Ludlum's original trilogy by Eric Van Lustbader, Bourne Deception has a plot which seems straight out of a conspiracy theory.
I'm positive you must have come across theories as to how 9/11 was a government-executed operation to wage war against Islamic terrorist groups. The book perhaps drew its inspiration from this theory itself.
"Perhaps we're both good and evil," Bourne said, wondering about himself, about all his identities, and where the truth lay, "depending on the time and circumstance."
What happens when a security agency teams up with the NSA, to gain control over Iran? Well, you gotta read the book for that, don't you?
The book moves through several cities and countries, most notably Bali, Egypt and the US. The author explores the culture and mythology of Bali quite stunningly, and the time we spend there is more or less, devoid of the chaos and action present throughout the book.
Once again, he was struck by all the myriad strands that went into the weave of a human life- Tracy's no less than anyone else's- perhaps more so in her case because, like him, she lived a double life.
Finally, with this book, I can close the Bourne saga, as these books had been staring wistfully at me, for over 2 years now from my shelves.
Recommended!
canada_matt's review against another edition
2.0
I have finally cracked the Jason Bourne code! Who is this man, who says that he may be David Webb, professor of things Asian, or Jason Bourne, mercenary trained by the CIA? His agelessness that Lustbader presents in book after books appears to baffle many, though he refers to his life in the past and the memories that occurred, including children, two dead wives, and flashbacks. This man, this Bourne is a blood relative to James Bond... or at least he must be, as they are the only two characters who seem unable to die, age, or cease getting into violent trouble. Lustbader is no Fleming, though he may fashion himself to be, as he continues to create this completely unrealistic character that bears no resemblance to the Ludlum masterpiece.
I could sit here and echo my Lustbaderian complaints, but I am sure many have read the past reviews. Bourne is fighting like some 20 year old, though he has to be in his late 60s by now; he seems to be a Sean Connery-like lover, though he has children who are at least 45 years old now; his family is written off in a single sentence, “the children live with their grandparents now, in Canada”; and the list goes on.
The book itself was too splintered for me, dealing with too many storylines that I am trying to piece together, without holding my attention. Even if the character names had been replaced, the book does not hold much interest for me. Alas, the bloody series continues and my self-made promise to keep reading it all has me cringing at the next one.
Like a lamb to the slaughter, I await more agony!
I could sit here and echo my Lustbaderian complaints, but I am sure many have read the past reviews. Bourne is fighting like some 20 year old, though he has to be in his late 60s by now; he seems to be a Sean Connery-like lover, though he has children who are at least 45 years old now; his family is written off in a single sentence, “the children live with their grandparents now, in Canada”; and the list goes on.
The book itself was too splintered for me, dealing with too many storylines that I am trying to piece together, without holding my attention. Even if the character names had been replaced, the book does not hold much interest for me. Alas, the bloody series continues and my self-made promise to keep reading it all has me cringing at the next one.
Like a lamb to the slaughter, I await more agony!
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