Series: Jason Bourne
by Author Robert Ludlum
The Bourne Betrayal (2007)
Characters are bland and undeveloped, if at all. Action sequences don't make sense. Overuse of gee-wiz technology that doesn't exist. Events happen (a good guy gets tied up and beaten) which weren't covered in the prior paragraphs.If you can get past the helicopters shooting down MiG-29s and Bour...
The Bourne Ultimatum (2004)
As the Ludlum portion of the Bourne series comes to an end with this book, I must say that this is surely a very thick (in all its senses) book, filled with great nuances. Completing the original trilogy at a time when spy games were all about actual deception and sleight of hand (rather than tec...
The Bourne Identity (2005)
A HEARTBREAK HIPSTER REVIEWThe Bourne Identity? More like the Bored Identity. Am I right?Anybody? That’s funny right?Oh, well that’s just fine then. Don’t all fucking laugh at once. T- hough I'll stay true to my word. This shit was pretty goddamned boring. Let me take you back to 2002. When rock-...
De Bourne vergelding (2000)
Eric Van Lustbader was given the arduous task of continuing the legend of Robert Ludlum's indestructible amnesiac hero, Jason Bourne. I had given the Jason Bourne series a bit of a rest as there has been 7 Bourne adventures since Ludlum's passing-- with each thriller having the Van Lustbader intr...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Retribution (2014)
This the sequel to "the Bourne imperative". it begins with Bourne mourning the death of an Israeli operative and is spending time in Tel aviv next to Rebeka's burial ground. That is when the Mossad director Eli Yadin requests Jason to company another Mossad operative for a high profile meeting. I...
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Retribution (2014)
As always, a well-written book to continue the Bourne series and tradition. In this book, Bourne is seeking Retribution for the death of the one he loved, Rebekah, who was killed in Mexico City. His friend, Eli Yadin, head of Israel's Mossad, learns that OOyang Jidan, a senior member of China's...
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Imperative. by Eric Van Lustbader (2013)
I'm a huge fan of the Jason Bourne adventure series and as I've said before Eric Van Lustbader ( this is his 6th Bourne novel ) is carrying on for the deceased Robert Ludlum in grand style.I actually feel this book is worth 3.5 stars.Fast paced non stop action, adventure, globe trotting, suspense...
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Imperative (2013)
Still a great series. Exciting, fast paced.The man Jason Bourne fishes out of the freezing sea is near death, half-drowned and bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. He awakens with no memory of who he is or why he was shot-and Bourne is eerily reminded of his own amnesia. Then Bourne discovers...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Imperative (2012)
This was a fast paced book and will translate well into a movie but lacked many details I love about books which are feelings and thoughts and the intricacies of those in the face of the story. The Bourne character is seemingly much more at ease with himself in this story and the complexities of ...
De Bourne sanctie (2009)
Cut my teeth on the Bourne trilogy 30 years ago. Reread them before the movies were released and fell in love with them again. I walked by the bargain bin at the bookstore and picked up The Bourne Sanction, Bourne Dominion, the Bourne Objective and a fourth Bourne book......unfortunately, I rea...
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction (2012)
Admittedly, I've never read any of the late Robert Ludlum's books but I am a fan of the Bourne movies; except the last one with Renner. Van Lustbader received permission from the Ludlum estate and is continuing where Ludlum left off. He seems to be doing it with success in this novel. Many of ...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction (2010)
Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor. Aware of his frustrations, his academic...
The Bourne Imperative (2012)
Caution! Adverbs AheadThe idea was good. It could have been pretty scary. But there were so many characters, I felt I needed a score card to keep track of them. Every chapter shifted through all the various plot threads, and this drove me crazy. I kept hoping it would get better, but it just didn...
The Bourne Dominion (2011)
Lustbader continues to aid in the destruction of the Bourne series with another installment of drivel and helps to further alienate what Ludlum set down as his legacy. I remain baffled how Ludlum’s estate could permit these novels to keep churning out with the great author of espionage’s name aff...
El Dominio de Bourne (2014)
I love what Eric Van Lustbader is doing/has done in continuing Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne series of novels. Not least sticking to Ludlum’s idea that a book title should only have three words. ‘The' being counted as one of them. Check it out.And the good thing with these Bourne books, you get wh...
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Dominion (2011)
Robert Ludlum is a very well known writer, creating some of the best books to read on the market: The Bourne Series. To have Eric Van Lustbader take his position on the stories is in some cases a win, and some cases not so much. But, I gave my review two stars not because of this switch, but beca...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion (2000)
What a relief that quite a few of the characters who had lingered too long in the last several stories were finally removed. It was really pleasant that Arkadin was left out of this story altogether. I will go ahead then and move on to The Bourne Objective with the hope that Arkadin will still no...
The Bourne Sanction (2008)
book 6 of the bourne series The series is starting to get a bit repetitive , Bourne goes after the bad guys and his own side go after him . The plot is thin , you don't even found out about it till the last few chapters , only difference in this one is he has added a new love interest after killi...
De Bourne misleiding (2009)
This book was a action thriller and I really liked it. The main theme of the book Is what Bourne finds out to be some kind of spider web linking everything each character does to the next character where in the end they are all brought together into one big battle (you’ll have to read to find out...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception (2010)
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 ...
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Objective (2000)
Readers were first introduced to Jason Bourne's nemesis Leonid Arkadin, a brilliant Russian assassin and fearless international mercenary, in The Bourne Sanction. His girlfriend was killed during a fight for which an enraged Arkadin blames Bourne. In The Bourne Deception, Arkadin hunted Bourne to...
The Bourne Deception (2009)
This is the fourth novel by Eric Van Lustbader continuing the saga of Jason Bourne begun by Robert Ludlum. While each was a good story, they really did not live up to the standard that Ludlum set. As this adventure begins, Jason is resting up in Bali with his new girlfriend, Moira. At the conc...
The Bourne Objective (2010)
After picking this book 5 times in last 3 days and still being stuck on page 10, I give up...maybe this is a book for core action thrill lovers but it isn't for me...I would have read it for Ludlum whose few books I have enjoyed, but as soon as I realized by folly and found it to be posthumous wr...