bjt1977's review against another edition
3.0
Great story line and an intricate look at the lives of all of the characters.
This book could have benefited from a little streamlining. As much as I appreciate the effort to not write about hollow characters, I don't need a full 20-minute backstory on a character that only plays a 10-minute part in the actual story being told.
The quality writing and the intrigue of the underlining story kept me until the end, but I was tempted to drop this prior to completion on multiple occasions.
This book could have benefited from a little streamlining. As much as I appreciate the effort to not write about hollow characters, I don't need a full 20-minute backstory on a character that only plays a 10-minute part in the actual story being told.
The quality writing and the intrigue of the underlining story kept me until the end, but I was tempted to drop this prior to completion on multiple occasions.
sophiewilliams's review
2.0
A good plot, but Robert Ludlum's writing style isn't for me. Could read a chapter, maybe 2 before falling asleep.
kxu65's review against another edition
5.0
the movie should have made it more personal like the book
somermojica's review
1.0
This book was just awful. It doesn't feel like it was even written by Robert Ludlum, it is so vastly different from the first two books in this series. The plot isn't complex at all and the characters are very flat and one dimensional. The book really just takes you back and forth with Carlos vs Bourne. First Carlos sets a trap and Jason figures it out, then Jason sets a countertrap that Carlos figures out. This is the entire novel. It's boring, ridiculous, and not even well written or a fun read. I honestly only finished it because I felt compelled to finish the series that Ludlum himself wrote. It's not his best.
sethlynch's review
2.0
have now read the first three of these books: The first two were; The Bourne Identity; The Bourne Supremacy. The book really feels like it is dragging out the series. The Bourne Identity was quite good and Supremacy was worth reading. This one just went on repeating the same premise over 540 pages. The Jackal is now old and wants to kill Bourne before he dies. In order to live in peace Bourne must therefore kill the jackal. Bourne is getting old and feels aches and pains he would never have felt before. Set that in The Caribbean, Then in Paris, Then in Moscow, then in a KGB training complex where the Jackal gets it. Hope that didn’t spoil it for you, but then that is one of the problems with this book – there was no way Jason Bourne was going to die therefore either the Jackal dies, appears to have died or escapes and disappears – with the second two having him pop-up again in the next book. There isn’t enough to keep you hooked. There isn’t enough to believe in. I won’t read any more of the Bourne books – which I think aren’t by Ludlum anyway. I might read one of his other books though –but not for a long time as I have a long list of books I want to read at the moment.
mactammonty's review
2.0
This was just too long and convoluted. I am glad that this is the end of the trilogy originally written by Ludlum.
The pros of the story are that his characters age in the real world. All the aches and pains we get as age creeps up. The denial of that age and the limits it imposes are all included in his characters.
Cons, Bourne is just too melodramatic.
The pros of the story are that his characters age in the real world. All the aches and pains we get as age creeps up. The denial of that age and the limits it imposes are all included in his characters.
Cons, Bourne is just too melodramatic.
brvmama's review
4.0
Some time the action scenes are surreal. And the worst thing is in the midst of action you find the players very verbose. You feel like asking them to shut up. But, the main villain seems to be a superman, you have to stretch your imagination to believe.
scamp1234's review against another edition
3.0
Not as great as the first. Still like the characters a lot, but it felt like the same thing revisited.