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Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Reenter the shadowy world of Jason Bourne, an expert assassin still plagued by the splintered nightmares of his former life. This time the stakes are higher than ever. For someone else has taken on the Bourne identity�??a ruthless killer who must be stopped or the world will pay a devastating price. 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. This time there are two Bournes�??and one must die. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Ult… (more)
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There is quite a lot of romanized Mandarin, and some Cantonese. If you're familiar with the Chinese language (like me) you'll get a little bit more out of this book, but don't worry if you don't--the most important bits are translated for you. Ludlum certainly had decent resources to handle such a language, there weren't many errors in it.
This book is nothing whatsoever like the movie of the same name. In fact, the title is probably the only thing they have in common. It was a terrible movie, filmed by an epileptic cameraman with Parkinson's disease.
The only similarity to the film as far as I can see are the names of some of the living and dead characters. This is
This novel is set in and around Hong Kong and China, for the most part, and it's plot is thick with twists and turns. There are a few predictable moments though, which lead me to get a little bored on occasions, but never for too long. It barrels along at quite a pace, moving from location to location and crisis to crisis quite rapidly. I found some of the plot parts a little far-fetched and also a few of the characterizations a bit wooden and unbelievable. However on the whole it was a really good read, perhaps not quite as strong as the first in the series.
Still it certainly was a readable book with good points, I was just expecting a little bit more than was delivered.
I was disappointed to say the least. I read the majority of the reviews and after reading through the first 30% of the book I thought it may be better than what others were thinking. But once the last few chapters came around I wasn't wrapped around it so much that I couldn't put the book down. I
I loved The Bourne Identity, and I expected this book to follow in the same vein. Unfortunately, I just found a lot of this it to be bogged down in socio-political commentary. Parts of it felt to me like some kind of
It's a real shame, but I just found it very difficult to get into and didn't really enjoy it.
Never mind, I can always reread The Bourne Identity..!
I was disappointed to say the least. I read the majority of the reviews and after reading through the first 30% of the book I thought it may be better than what others were thinking. But once the last few chapters came around I wasn't wrapped around it so much that I couldn't put the book down. I
The presentation of the conflict
Haviland and Reilly proposes: "An imposter is posing as the myth, but if the original myth takes out the imposter, he's in the position to reach Sheng." They device a diabolical plan which McAllister, against his better nature, puts into effect using the apparent bloody abduction of Marie to trigger David's alter-ego.
Marie tries to inform David during a call allowed by the abductors with a coded response: "my favorite tree". David in his alter-ego self does not attempt to decode but later, after Marie manages to escape with the help of Catherine Staples of the Canadian consulate, McAllister does, putting the G-men hot on her trail.
Jason, meanwhile, though warned explicitly not to, extends his chase from Hong Kong to Macao then to Mainland China. He has joined with Philippe d'Anjou, Medusa agent Echo. D'Anjou has "created" the neo-Bourne by transferring his Medusa skills and attitudes, but, d'Anjou was not able to control him and now the assassin is free-lancing. While dAnjou and Bourne are hot on the trail of the assassin, Marie has faced her own terrors. Again she has been sexually assaulted. This time David can not come to her aid. She fights her assailants valiantly and when nearly overcome is rescued by residents ashamed by the criminality of the local youths.
This brings us to the half-way mark of the novel. The reader can anticipate another half of thrilling action by both David and Marie, an outrageous scene in Tian An Men Square, wild changes in plot and a surprising denouement.
I'm liking this series. There is just enough political intrigue to keep me coming back. This time it was a more personal aspect for the character and with that added another dimension to the story that worked out quite well. I was a huge fan of Clancy novels and now I can