Read Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception (2010)

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Author

Eric Van Lustbader

Genre

Fiction

Series

Jason Bourne

Rating

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

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ISBN

1409103269 (ISBN13: 9781409103264)

Language

English

Publisher

Orion

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Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception (2010) - Plot & Excerpts

I know it is a formula but the writing in this book is a combination of lazy repeating of well-trodden paths and over illustrative writing. For example: "Bourne, his eyes half closed, was dreaming of another life--his life--but the images were dark and murky, as if seen through a projector with a faulty bulb." I don't mind violence depicted when it adds to the story but in this book they seem to be put in just to satisfy some sadistic fetish. I will not bother with another Bourne saga. Van Lustbader is definitely remaking Jason Bourne into a character who is his own rather than Ludlum's Bourne. Gone is most of the mental anguish of the original trilogy along with most of the characters and David Webb. I enjoyed the different plot threads in the book though sometimes it was difficult to keep track of all of the characters and what they were doing. It was interesting that Bourne's plot was just one of many. It wasn't all about him though of course all of the plots did eventually lead back to him and of course he saved the day one more time. It was an interesting and fast read for those who can get past the changes in this novel as compared to Ludlum's trilogy.