amandamae15 's review for:

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum

1.0

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I usually enjoy books more than the movies so I decided to finally get around to checking this book out since I love the movie. I was really disappointed by this unfortunately. The book started out good and definitely grabs your attention but once it hits the ‘romance’ section of the story it kind of fell apart. The romance itself seemed to have come out of nowhere and felt forced and after that the story just drags. I enjoy an occasional slow moving, detailed plot but this was just a chore to get through. Half of the plot felt like it revolves around shopping or bank transactions and just did not hold my interest at all. The writing wasn’t all that great either, I listened to the audiobook and found myself having to back track a few times to try and make sense of some of the sentences. This is one of the few times I think the movie is a more interesting story than the book.