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thodana 's review for:
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
I am sure if I had read the Bourne Identity closer to when it was released in 1980 I might have enjoyed it more. While I enjoy a great thriller and have a fondness for assassins and intrigue, this novel did not quite deliver for me. Some of the repetition and suspension of belief regarding what one person can endure was a bit much. The Marie character was such a character of convenience to move the story from one point to the next... but really? The women that he kidnaps (and treats pretty badly during that period) falls in love with him because he saved her from an even badder guy. She gives up everything to go on the run with him. All before she even realizes that he is an amnesiac???
I am a pretty fast reader but it took me a much longer time to get through this because I had to motivate myself to continue. The repetitive nature of some of the dialogue was driving me crazy. I kept thinking that if I was reading it in 1980 this may have been a novel novel, but in 2019/20 it falls a bit flat.
I am a pretty fast reader but it took me a much longer time to get through this because I had to motivate myself to continue. The repetitive nature of some of the dialogue was driving me crazy. I kept thinking that if I was reading it in 1980 this may have been a novel novel, but in 2019/20 it falls a bit flat.