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Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Imperative (2013)

by Eric Van Lustbader(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

044656446X (ISBN13: 9780446564465)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

series

Jason Bourne

review 1: SUMMARY: A Mossad camp outside of Israel. A Mossad operative/assassin off the grid. An unconscious man who barely escapes death thanks to Jason Bourne. A mythical assassin known by many aliases. The CEO of an energy company. The CEO of another company. Two drug lords. A senator. A supermodel. The Chinese Secret Service. This and other storylines are weaved seamlessly together in this book.CONS: Even while keeping track of characters and deaths, there are so many plot twists, double crosses, triple crosses, etc., that it's hard to keep track. Hence, this book didn't get 5 stars.PROS: The book kept me interested, but it's hard to keep track of the different characters as they become more interconnected and double and triple-crosses are revealed.TYPO ON PAGE 170, 3rd PARAGRAP... moreH: "Rebecca" should be "Rebeka"
review 2: When I got the book, I thought it was written by Robert Ludlum, but I was mistaken. There are several "Bourne" books written by Eric Van Lustbader whom I now know was given permission by Ludlum's estate to continue writing "Bourne" novels. Ludlum died in 2001, and someone forgot to tell me. When I saw both names on the audible audiobook, I thought perhaps it was a collaborative effort, like James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. But no, the sole author is Lustbader and he just doesn't do it for me. Usually I stay involved with a well-written mystery, but listening to this I found my mind wandered off for 10, 20 minutes at a time after which I had to reverse my iPod to a point in the story I could remember. Yes, I'm getting old, and at times my mind wanders, but not to this degree! Sorry Eric Van L. (But I doubt Eric will be too depressed about my review -- his books are being made into movies. Currently on the big screen is The Bourne Legacy, (which I haven't seen).) less

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