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The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
I'm not really sure why I read this. Maybe it's because I have a gig of MOBIs and poor judgment. Anyway, thanks to the laziness of cable movie channel programmers, I've seen the film version of The Bourne Identity about 15 times now. Of course, this doesn't mean I remember anything about the plot. All I really remember is Matt Damon running around and things exploding. This paired with the fact that nothing in the book would possibly be any good on screen makes me assume the novel and movie differ quite a bit. I'm also not very good with faces, so while I was reading the book Matt Damon occasionally was replaced by Mark Wahlburg, running around with brows furrowed, mumbling to himself about his identity. This enhances the reading experience.
While Jason Bourne has to grapple with a past self that he doesn't remember, Ludlum must fight off an equally mysterious urge to sabotage his own novel. He'll do something really well, like have characters make very reasoned decisions that turn out to be completely wrong. This makes things very realistic; government intelligence is a field where people get things wrong all the time. Then he will turn around and do something monumentally stupid, such as repeat the line "Cain is for Charlie and Delta is for Cain" ON EVERY FUCKING PAGE OF THE BOOK. Was he getting paid by the word? Also, what the hell is "multiple schizophrenia"? That's not even a thing, I googled it. Ludlum's silliness can be overlooked mainly because of the amount of tension he manages to create. Bourne never gets five minutes to relax, and that fast pace is sustained through until the end. Keeping this up is no small feat in an international espionage action novel where no one even has a cell phone. Only marginally better than watching the Matt Damon puppet say his own name over and over.
While Jason Bourne has to grapple with a past self that he doesn't remember, Ludlum must fight off an equally mysterious urge to sabotage his own novel. He'll do something really well, like have characters make very reasoned decisions that turn out to be completely wrong. This makes things very realistic; government intelligence is a field where people get things wrong all the time. Then he will turn around and do something monumentally stupid, such as repeat the line "Cain is for Charlie and Delta is for Cain" ON EVERY FUCKING PAGE OF THE BOOK. Was he getting paid by the word? Also, what the hell is "multiple schizophrenia"? That's not even a thing, I googled it. Ludlum's silliness can be overlooked mainly because of the amount of tension he manages to create. Bourne never gets five minutes to relax, and that fast pace is sustained through until the end. Keeping this up is no small feat in an international espionage action novel where no one even has a cell phone. Only marginally better than watching the Matt Damon puppet say his own name over and over.