This book didn't have some of the elements that made the first one so great, but it had a few things that weren't there in the first book that I liked, namely the distinct seperation of David Webb, the mild mannered husband and Jason Bourne, the highly trained killing machine who cares for nothing but himself. If I owned this book as a physical object rather than a digital file, I could have chucked it against a wall. Calgary is not in Ontario! Calgary is really not in Ontario. Oh, and there's a kung fu sidekick, who teams up with Bourne after he is defeated, obviously.įinally, as a Canadian I was annoyed by Ludlum's basic failure of continuity from the first book and massive factual errors. "Oriental" is a frequent noun, there's racist language, and all the characters involved in political plotting on the Chinese side are fanatics inspired by the Cultural Revolution. "Bribe the avaricious Chinese" is basically the main way the plot moves forward. Nearly every Asian character is a stock stereotype. the term "facepalm" seems most appropriate. This was worthwhile.Īs for Ludlum's take on Asia, Asians and Asian politics. Alexander Conklin also gets some magnificent old CIA bastard screentime. Really, only one character emerged in this book who was genuinely interesting: Echo, Philippe d'Anjou, returns from the previous novel, seemingly a different character, this time around more of a magnificent old commando bastard and mentor figure. Marie was far less formidable than in Identity. Characters also really suffered here: Bourne's internal conflict was just a throwback to the previous novel, and we waste approximately 300 pages on his split personality ramblings. In the end, the book was far less interesting than the Bourne Identity, perhaps because there was less for Bourne to do as the man being manipulated rather than manipulating everyone else.
The scenery is a bit interesting and the plot from the first hundred pages or so appeared just convoluted enough that I wanted to see what happened in the end, or I would have been done with this book by the end of half an hour. Where to start? It's bloated, racist and dull. In the end, the book was far less interesting than the Bourne Identity, perhaps because there was less for Bourne to do as the man being manipulate Well, this was the worst book I've read in a long time. Well, this was the worst book I've read in a long time. This time there are two Bournes-and one must die.more To succeed, the real Jason Bourne must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage-an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances-all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity-a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price.
This time the stakes are higher than ever. Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity-a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastatin A killer with no face, no identity and a name the world wanted to forget: A killer with no face, no identity and a name the world wanted to forget: Jason Bourne Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life.
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