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lostinfrance 's review for:
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
I thought this book would be a thrilling fast read- full of spies, murder, cliff hangers. Nope. This was a pretty slow thriller that was barely like the movie....there was amnesia and an American spy.
I dragged my feet reading it- found much of it annoying....and was confused. I may just not be "smart" enough for this style of spy novel....I would argue that I am, but I definitely missed something. This is the story of a man who wakes up on an island in the Mediterranean with no memory of his past- who spends the whole book trying to figure out who he is- and why everyone seems to be trying to kill him. He takes a woman hostage at a conference- and she magically and automatically falls in love with him and drop everything to keep him alive (rolling eyes yet?)....there is mention of a "fiche"- that I never fully understood, a fashion designer shop that is a front, an assassin named Carlos, a pile of American politicians sweating profusely because their killer is lose, lots of mention of jungles of SE Asia (isn't he too young to be a part of all that)....stolen cars, a retired French military man that has to help save him...
I never grabbed this books interested to see what happens next.
Read if you like slow and disjointed spy novels.
I dragged my feet reading it- found much of it annoying....and was confused. I may just not be "smart" enough for this style of spy novel....I would argue that I am, but I definitely missed something. This is the story of a man who wakes up on an island in the Mediterranean with no memory of his past- who spends the whole book trying to figure out who he is- and why everyone seems to be trying to kill him. He takes a woman hostage at a conference- and she magically and automatically falls in love with him and drop everything to keep him alive (rolling eyes yet?)....there is mention of a "fiche"- that I never fully understood, a fashion designer shop that is a front, an assassin named Carlos, a pile of American politicians sweating profusely because their killer is lose, lots of mention of jungles of SE Asia (isn't he too young to be a part of all that)....stolen cars, a retired French military man that has to help save him...
I never grabbed this books interested to see what happens next.
Read if you like slow and disjointed spy novels.