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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As much as I wanted to love this book, it was hard. I read it after I had seen, and loved, the movies. Yes, it was different than the movie, but I expected that and it wasn't that that made it difficult for me to like. i just kept getting distracted! the use of italics was very annoying after awhile. The repetition of phrases. And twists stop beings surprising if they happen every chapter! but it was still a well written book and it was gripping.
I remembered this as being the best Ludlum, and while it was good enough probably don't need to re-read any of his others. He has a tendency to try to be so dramatic in phrasing things that it gets to be over the top not in a good way and a little eye rolly in what in plainer language would have been funner action.
I tried reading this on a friend's recommendation, but seeing the Bourne movies first may have ruined it for me. I got halfway through the book, and it so distinctly diverted from the plot of the movie, that it became immensely distracting to try to read (e.g. the main antagonist in the book isn't mentioned in any of the three movies). I don't think the book is uninteresting or poorly written, I just couldn't separate it from the series of movies that it spawned.
The film is so good, but the book is UNREADABLY BORING.
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's not the Bourne I know and love, I think I liked it. The Marie/Jason annoyed me more than it does in the movies, I don't have much tolerance for "my love/darling" in *action*. I'll finish the series. I knew it would be different from the movies, wasn't expecting how different it was.
For weeks I've watched Jason Bourne learn information that a separate group of characters clumsily gained a chapter ahead of him. The thrills are few and far between, and the set up for a sequel is as elegant as a bull charging through shelves of fine porcelain. For a few months, I was eager to embark on this journey of forgotten identity, but I found myself more relieved to finish it and forget about it for the rest of my life.
This book is creepily misogynistic. Whoever adapted it for the movie screen deserves major kudos for removing the creepy and confusing elements, and making it into something enjoyable.