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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
whiteknight247's review against another edition
3.0
Lustbader writes another engaging Bourne novel that takes you around the globe.
vscalera's review against another edition
4.0
I don't think I will ever ties of this series. It is amazing that Jason Bourne is so kind and ethical and get dangerous and lethal
sdramsey's review against another edition
3.0
Hmmm...what to say about this book? A lot of unpleasant people get killed. Some unpleasant people do not get killed. Some slightly less unpleasant people also get killed. Pretty much everyone is double-crossing at least one other person, and everybody wants the money/power/validation. Some of the characters are pretty much incomprehensible, yet interesting in a watching-an-accident sort of way. It's all very exciting and convoluted and you don't know who can trust whom. (The best answer is, don't trust anyone.)
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed most of it and kept listening. But trying to write a more in-depth review is just too hard on my brain.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed most of it and kept listening. But trying to write a more in-depth review is just too hard on my brain.
katheady2009's review against another edition
3.0
This action-packed thriller is the latest in the popular series starring Jason Bourne, a black ops agent whose identity as a spy has obliterated his recollection of who he really is. This is the tenth book in the series; the first three were written by Robert Ludlum himself before his death in 2001.
Jason Bourne has enemies not just because of his position in world of spies, counter-spies and international crime, but personal ones. Throughout the years he has made enemies in every aspect of criminal and terrorist underworlds in a long list of nations around the world. The “myth” of Jason Bourne -- a ruthless agent who will kill anyone to accomplish his goals, is a creation of a top secret agency of US Special Forces.
The Bourne Imperative begins when Jason Bourne fishes a man, half-frozen, out of a lake in Sweden. The man initially suffers from amnesia, but as he regains his memory, it is clear that he has been sent by his superiors against Bourne.
The action moves from Sweden to the Middle East to Gibraltar and Paris and to the US and Mexico and back again, as the threads of action-packed narrative move toward a conclusion that can only result in someone’s death. The crux of the matter may be $30 million destined for a drug cartel in Mexico, or is that only part of the problem?
An arm of the CIA called Treadstone, designed to carry out dangerous and top secret operations, maintains a network of agents who ostensibly work for the same goals as Bourne, but both loyalties and resentments that go back many years often obscure their motivations. Bourne’s world is one where anything can be done, if you are unscrupulous enough and know the right people. The unrelenting action in the novel clearly show how this series has become so popular both in print and on the screen.
(Review published in Suspense Magazine)
Jason Bourne has enemies not just because of his position in world of spies, counter-spies and international crime, but personal ones. Throughout the years he has made enemies in every aspect of criminal and terrorist underworlds in a long list of nations around the world. The “myth” of Jason Bourne -- a ruthless agent who will kill anyone to accomplish his goals, is a creation of a top secret agency of US Special Forces.
The Bourne Imperative begins when Jason Bourne fishes a man, half-frozen, out of a lake in Sweden. The man initially suffers from amnesia, but as he regains his memory, it is clear that he has been sent by his superiors against Bourne.
The action moves from Sweden to the Middle East to Gibraltar and Paris and to the US and Mexico and back again, as the threads of action-packed narrative move toward a conclusion that can only result in someone’s death. The crux of the matter may be $30 million destined for a drug cartel in Mexico, or is that only part of the problem?
An arm of the CIA called Treadstone, designed to carry out dangerous and top secret operations, maintains a network of agents who ostensibly work for the same goals as Bourne, but both loyalties and resentments that go back many years often obscure their motivations. Bourne’s world is one where anything can be done, if you are unscrupulous enough and know the right people. The unrelenting action in the novel clearly show how this series has become so popular both in print and on the screen.
(Review published in Suspense Magazine)
grandmasher's review against another edition
2.0
Double and triple agents. Characters with three names. Improbable connections. Wheels within wheels. Overly complex and annoying. This Jason Bourne is not the Bourne of the Ludlow novels. He has the skills but not the soul. Thumbs down.
pjc1268's review against another edition
4.0
It was a good read, typical of the Bourne series, no stop from start to finish. Those who have read the whole series like myself wont be disappointed.
etoiline's review against another edition
3.0
I like the Bourne movies, but I've never been able to get past the first few chapters of the third book. I think it's probably because those first few books are awfully dated (and the movies stray so far from them that they're hardly similar any more), and I was hoping that even though I hadn't read the books between this one and those first few that I might like it better. I think I did, though there are definitely things I was missing because I didn't know the recent history of the characters. I think I like Lustbader's style better than Ludlum's, though I'd be hard pressed to mention the differences. This is an action book, through and through. You'll find political drama, a lot of whodunit (there's another character with amnesia, after all), some romance, and not a little cheesy dialogue. The settings range all over the world, and there are some gritty, ugly places that Bourne and his fellow spies have to deal with. Quite a few people betray others, and there are deaths and injuries that might take you by surprise. Sometimes the plot moves slowly, but it builds to an intense finish. One of these days I'll go back and try to read some of the other books in the series so I can figure out what the characters were talking about. The characters sometimes spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about what they're going to do and what they've done, but if you can make it through those parts, you'll be rewarded with detailed action.
I received this as a digital ARC via Netgalley and the publisher.
jaxboiler's review against another edition
3.0
This was an okay book in the series. The beginning was a little slow and confusing for me but as it got going it got a little better.