Robert Ludlum
Paperback | Pages: 566 pages Rating: 4.02 | 382607 Users | 4536 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Bourne Identity |
| ISBN: | 0752864327 (ISBN13: 9780752864327) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jason Bourne #1 |
| Characters: | Jason Bourne, Marie St. Jacques |
| Setting: | Marseille (Marseilles)(France) Paris(France) Zurich (Zürich)(Switzerland) …more New York City, New York(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞 for Best Translated Novel (1984) |
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Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereWho is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief? Why has he got four million dollars in a Swiss bank account? Why has someone tried to murder him?...
Jason Bourne does not know the answer to any of these questions. Suffering from amnesia, he does not even know that he is Jason Bourne. What manner of man is he? What are his secrets? Who has he killed?
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| Title | : | The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne #1) |
| Author | : | Robert Ludlum |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 566 pages |
| Published | : | March 24th 2005 by Orion (first published February 4th 1980) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense. Spy Thriller. Espionage |
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I tried, I really did; I kept reading even as my impatience for this book increased. I got 3/4 of the way through and I finally couldn't take it anymore (that's saying a lot, given that this book is well over 500 pages). My gripe list:1. It's so long. For no good reason. The plot isn't that complicated. The characters aren't that interesting. The writing isn't that gripping (original, lyrical, stark, poetic, etc). Nothing justifies the length of this book.2. Nothing justifies the enduringThis book was so different from the movie ! ( But then again when are they ever the same ? ) I really enjoyed the story , I now wish the movie had kept a few more things in it. I thought marie was a much better character. I love the way it ended. HOWEVER : There is a TON of swearing ! And I do mean a TON !That was very disapointing . :( but, I now have a fully edited book if someone wants to swap/sell with me. :)I just got a black pin coverd the words. I would have given this story a 5 if it
Robert Ludlum is a terrible terrible writer of dialogue and had a terrible style. The man can, however, tell a story. That is why his books are translated very well into great action movies.but if i have to read one more line of the "oh john! oh marsha' bullcrap in his novels, i swear i will stab my eyes out with a fork. man on man, if that woman goes on anymore in her inner monologue about "that poor man! he couldn't stand it! not knowing who he was! and now he was . . . . blah blah bippity
Wow, by the end of chapter one I was already thinking this was one of the most ludicrous novels I've ever read. And given that I've been reading through a suspense novel recommendation list, with such doozies as Vince Flynn's Term Limits, Brad Thor's The Lions of Lucerne and Matthew Reilly's Ice Station that means Ludlum is setting a really low, low. OK, there weren't any giant mutant seals at least, but right in the first pages our hero, later to be known as Jason Bourne, is shot multiple
I loved the movie and heard that I the book was comparatively awesome. And it was.The thing is: I haven't the faintest idea how the movie came out of the book. Beyond the premise of a man fished from the sea with no memory but incredible ingrained abilities and talents that make it look like he's really probably and assassin with no amnesia, and the fact that the first act after the prologue occurs in Zürich and deals with a Swiss bank, nothing is the same.Sure, there's a girl named Marie, but
A HEARTBREAK HIPSTER REVIEWThe Bourne Identity? More like the Bored Identity. Am I right? Anybody?Oh, well thats just fine then. Dont all fucking laugh at once. But Ill stand my ground. This shit was unbelievably boring. Lets go back to 2002. The cool kids in school dressed like Simple Plan long shorts and high, black socks; a perpetual look of middleclass melancholy haunting their feminine faces. Who the hell ever heard of Facebook? You wanna chat, damn it, you call me mate. The going trend
3.5 I loved the movie (Matt Damon one), I like the book, but I did not love the book. My biggest complaint is that in this espionage thriller there were a lot of political twists and turns that sometimes bored me or became too hard to fully understand. Another thing is the whole Stockholm syndrome thing that did not work too well for me. It left me asking way too many questions. I love Ludlum's style of writing. He's the kind of writer that explains concepts and action well without being too
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