odonatakytes's review against another edition
Not really into spy/agent/hitman stories anymore.
dhilderbrand's review against another edition
3.0
I love the Bourne series so I was pretty excited about this. It was good, but I think my expectations were too high.
ryanjamesburt's review against another edition
3.0
Was an okay book. Not as good as the Ludlumn ones. But still pretty entertaining. Thought the very ending was pretty lame though.
jaxboiler's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. It has been a LONG time since I have read any of the books in this series and I think this is the first one I have read where Eric did the writing. I thought he did a great job of keeping the story moving and the plot interesting.
edk1013's review against another edition
2.0
- Maybe I would have liked it better if I had read the previous books in the series first
- The whole "everyone I love dies so it's hard for me to open my heart to anyone" is a bit cliche and definitely could have been handled in a subtler manner.
- I liked the way Arkadin's storyline was handled with bits and pieces being revealed slowly throughout the book
-The bad guys are Nazis turned Islam terrorists? Are you kidding me?
- What exactly the terrorist plot was still confuses me - a boat with gas on it was going to be blown up?
- Not poorly written, but nothing exceptional
- It drove me a little nuts that every new character, when being introduced, was promptly described physically in detail and the same thing for new locations. It felt a little amateurish.
- The whole "everyone I love dies so it's hard for me to open my heart to anyone" is a bit cliche and definitely could have been handled in a subtler manner.
- I liked the way Arkadin's storyline was handled with bits and pieces being revealed slowly throughout the book
-The bad guys are Nazis turned Islam terrorists? Are you kidding me?
- What exactly the terrorist plot was still confuses me - a boat with gas on it was going to be blown up?
- Not poorly written, but nothing exceptional
- It drove me a little nuts that every new character, when being introduced, was promptly described physically in detail and the same thing for new locations. It felt a little amateurish.
wallymountz's review against another edition
4.0
Complicated plot as always with many, many characters.
amritesh's review against another edition
4.0
That was when he saw the blood leaking from Baronov's throat. At the same instant a wire whipped around his neck, digging into his windpipe.
Finally!! I finished this trilogy. This was one of the earliest books I'd bought, and after reading the first book of this trilogy, I didn't get back to it until now.
This is the third book in the Bourne series by Eric Van Lustbader, the sixth book overall if we include the original trilogy.
Arkadin gave the only sensible answer. He said yes, and so entered the ninth level of hell.
While it's not that great a book (or series for that matter) when compared to the original trilogy by Ludlum, the book kept me hooked throughout.
And sometimes that's more than enough.
I like the way Lustbader writes, neither too literary so that you start diving in its literary depths and leave the plot behind, nor too contemporary.
The book is filled with theatrical gestures, and sudden shocks and surprised and twists, as Bourne tries to stop a terrorist attack, while also facing off his enemy, someone as damaged and brilliant as himself.
A minute was made up of a thousand seconds, an hour consisted of ten thousand minutes, and a day - well, there were simply too many hours in a day to count.
The book primarily takes place in two countries: Russia and Germany. And it's quite interesting, the way Lustbader explores the cities, still shaking off the effects that the wars and revolutions had left in their aftermath their cultures, their locations etc.
Finally!! I finished this trilogy. This was one of the earliest books I'd bought, and after reading the first book of this trilogy, I didn't get back to it until now.
This is the third book in the Bourne series by Eric Van Lustbader, the sixth book overall if we include the original trilogy.
Arkadin gave the only sensible answer. He said yes, and so entered the ninth level of hell.
While it's not that great a book (or series for that matter) when compared to the original trilogy by Ludlum, the book kept me hooked throughout.
And sometimes that's more than enough.
I like the way Lustbader writes, neither too literary so that you start diving in its literary depths and leave the plot behind, nor too contemporary.
The book is filled with theatrical gestures, and sudden shocks and surprised and twists, as Bourne tries to stop a terrorist attack, while also facing off his enemy, someone as damaged and brilliant as himself.
A minute was made up of a thousand seconds, an hour consisted of ten thousand minutes, and a day - well, there were simply too many hours in a day to count.
The book primarily takes place in two countries: Russia and Germany. And it's quite interesting, the way Lustbader explores the cities, still shaking off the effects that the wars and revolutions had left in their aftermath their cultures, their locations etc.
canada_matt's review against another edition
2.0
We are now so far away from the original Bourne series, I can hardly recognise the main character, his underlings, or even the connection that Bourne/Webb has with the man who opened Ludlum’s series years ago. Even taking the Bourne part out of it, this story fell far short of what I expected or even wanted to read, and it pains me that I have to see this drivel associated with what Ludlum built up over time. Where is the mentally calculating man? Where is the passion for justice and the king of espionage that Ludlum presented to us? Lustbader has taken this illustrious character and series and tossed it into the refuse bin, in hopes of making money off the name, and the Hollywood version of the fames spy.
I feel the books are just racing further and further away from the great books that laid the foundation for this series. While I found some of the earlier books more complex than I am used to reading, the challenge was worth it. Perhaps, had I no context, I could put up with these books, but since I know where this all came from and worry about where it is headed, I cannot sit back and pretend all is copasetic. While I like a good action movie and did find those Damon films to be full of action, I am not impressed with Lustbader’s attempt to ride piggyback on them to lure fans to the Bourne series. I cannot see many people who love the movies diving into the series from the beginning and being as enthralled. I guess I suppose Lustbader wants people to read ‘his interpretation’ and hope they toss out Ludlum’s previous attempts.
Those who have followed the reviews previously will know I am reading the entire series (what did I get myself into?). I am by no means impressed and worry they will get worse.
I feel the books are just racing further and further away from the great books that laid the foundation for this series. While I found some of the earlier books more complex than I am used to reading, the challenge was worth it. Perhaps, had I no context, I could put up with these books, but since I know where this all came from and worry about where it is headed, I cannot sit back and pretend all is copasetic. While I like a good action movie and did find those Damon films to be full of action, I am not impressed with Lustbader’s attempt to ride piggyback on them to lure fans to the Bourne series. I cannot see many people who love the movies diving into the series from the beginning and being as enthralled. I guess I suppose Lustbader wants people to read ‘his interpretation’ and hope they toss out Ludlum’s previous attempts.
Those who have followed the reviews previously will know I am reading the entire series (what did I get myself into?). I am by no means impressed and worry they will get worse.
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