ioanastoica 's review for:

The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
1.0

This might be my first time saying this: the movie (with which I am obsessed, perhaps due to Matt Damon) is Superior to the book in every way (not to mention the movie is not actually based on the book at all, as its plot is entirely unrecognizable in Ludlum's thriller). Back to the novel: the writing is awful, the characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is inane, and misogyny abounds (really, a HIGHLY successful woman leaves her entire world behind for a man who slaps her around and kills people? Um, no. Or only in an "alpha male" fantasy world perhaps).