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myzanm 's review for:
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
Great suspense with fewer connections to the movie than I recalled.
I read this book first when I was about 14. I liked it well enough then, but there were things that were a bit above me making me not attempt any more of my brothers books from this author. How come I picked it up again after all these years?
The answer is my daughter. She asked me after we saw the movie together if the book was better and I simply couldn't answer. I've read it, but that was ages ago and I couldn't recall what actually happened in the book and if there was any differences. So I borrowed the book again from my brother. This time an updated English version. And began.
First of all the movie and the book are telling different stories, yet they are the same. People and events are different, but the overall structure is somewhat the same. The story has been updated a bit in the movie, which I think is understandable since the book reeks of the 80's with dated language and dialogue.
So which is better? The book or the movie?
Neither. And both.
Neither is bad.
Both have their merits.
I would say, read the book without expectations based on the movie because, even if you know in general what will happen, there are so many differences between the two that it will seem like a new story. Or at least a different version.
I read this book first when I was about 14. I liked it well enough then, but there were things that were a bit above me making me not attempt any more of my brothers books from this author. How come I picked it up again after all these years?
The answer is my daughter. She asked me after we saw the movie together if the book was better and I simply couldn't answer. I've read it, but that was ages ago and I couldn't recall what actually happened in the book and if there was any differences. So I borrowed the book again from my brother. This time an updated English version. And began.
First of all the movie and the book are telling different stories, yet they are the same. People and events are different, but the overall structure is somewhat the same. The story has been updated a bit in the movie, which I think is understandable since the book reeks of the 80's with dated language and dialogue.
So which is better? The book or the movie?
Neither. And both.
Neither is bad.
Both have their merits.
I would say, read the book without expectations based on the movie because, even if you know in general what will happen, there are so many differences between the two that it will seem like a new story. Or at least a different version.