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Summary: Outstanding Book!
Review: A perfect way to wrap up the Bourne triloge.The book has the final showdown between Jason Bourne and Carlos the Jackal. The action starts in a small town carnival moves to the Carribean,to Paris and reaches a conclusion in Moscow. Bourne becomes the target of Medusa,the American Mafia, as well as Carlos and his terrorist organization. The book has nonstop action sequences in this violent pursuit. This book is definitely in a league with Ludlum masterpieces such as the Holcroft Covenant. Buy it you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: And so the great ones aged...
Review: Although the plot obsessed on the Jackal-Bourne confrontation, the two had little exposure towards each other for the most part of the story. And what little face-to-face combat they had had to be made as realistic as possible, as it would seem preposterous to see 2 aging assassins shooting each other to no end. Although the turn of events were too convenient for our protagonist, and in reality, his killing skills were no match for the Jackal (as Bourne supposedly had conscience), it was nonetheless exciting to witness every nuances, twists, developments and success in Jason Bourne/David Webb's life.
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Summary: The Bourne story finally ends...
Review: Although the title of my review sounds kind of negative, it doesn't fully reflect what I think about the book. We know the Bourne story had to end eventually. Ludlum makes the characters age in real time, i.e. while waiting for this story to be published, the characters have also aged. David Webb is now about 50 years old, and he has two kids.It was kind of frustrating that the elusive Jackal was so... elusive. Bourne had several encounters with his ulimate enemy throughout the book, yet he ends up getting injured with each encounter as if to reinforce what the Jackal has been saying all along that he is the ultimate killer and Bourne is second. It was also kind of contradictory for the Jackal to have so much energy towards the end of the book considering how he was described at the beginning as being weak and frail. Aparently, the characters take on bullets like immunization shots; they come out stronger for some reason. The plot(s) zigs and zags in this novel and eventually dovetails to coherency at the end. It's just Ludlum's style to have several parallel paths throughout his stories that eventually fit together like puzzle pieces. As I read through the trilogy, the most irritating character I've come across is Mo Panov, the psychiatrist. He's a quack to me. Maybe it's because I don't see Ludlum with a psychiatry degree. Maybe the way he talks and the advice he gives sound fake. It's definitely something about this guy that irks the heck out of me. In the first novel, he was briefly introduced towards the end. In the second novel, he doesn't say much even though he accompanies Alex Conklin to Hong Kong. This last novel seems to be his coming out party. He takes on a personality and in my opinion falls face flat with it. FLAP rating (see Bourne Supremacy review for the meaning of this rating system):
F - 0
L - 4.5
A - 5
P - 5 Enjoy this novel... for closure.
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Summary: NOT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST TWO BOURNE BOOKS
Review: But still a must read in order to close out the triology. Delta vs the Jackal - The final showdown. Jason Bourne is now getting old and it shows. He has lost a few steps and the dying Carlos is still the better assassin. I would have liked a better ending, like seeing Jason take out Carlos mano a mano. Some of the action seemed to blurr together for me. Perhaps I have just read too much of this stuff lately?? Check out my about you page and email me any good thriller suggestions!
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Summary: Ludlum rules
Review: Dear Reader, You will enjoy the third installment of the Bourne series. If you liked the first two of the trilogy, this one won't dissapoint. We are drawn deeper into the lives of some of the charactors introduced earlier as well as learn more about the Medusa operation and how it formed Bourne's deadly skills. We also find many other charactors of courage sprinkled into the plot as the Bourne trots the globe to complete his mission. All these honorable men, many who lay their life down for Bourne, all contribute to his ultimate(hence, ultimatum) success. Carlos, the antithesis of Borne, is described more thoroughly in this novel. He is still as diabolical and elusive as ever. On a particular comical note, the reader will be entertained by the mafiosa-like charactors who intervene to do some of the "new" medusa's dirty work. Even though proficient in their sweet-wise way, Ludlum make these "zuchini's" the comic-relief to lighten the mood of the plot. The ending came as no surprize and wasn't as climatic as I expected. But it was succinct and worthy of the Bourne series. The epologe left the reader without the story book ending and yet not without hope for our hero. And although, I enjoyed the three books in totality, I think it's time to give Bourne his well deserved retirement. If you need more Bourne, see the movie coming out this Fall. Solo.
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Summary: Bourne R.I.P.
Review: I can not figure it out. How did Robert Ludlum's Bourne series ever get so populor? The first book was alright at best, but by part three, "The Bourne Ultimatum" things have completely degenerated to soap opera level drama. The plot is that Carlos is back; older, sick, probably dying, and is after David Webb, a.k.a. Jason Bourne. Carlos wants to settle the record before going on. But for all his pride, he has his army of old men do most of his errands. The plot gets so silly with all the traps (by both sides, by CIA and Carlos) and then how easily they can be tuned around on the trapper. It happens once I can buy it; but it happenes more times than I can count. David Webb/Jason Bourne is getting to the point where his two personas are more severe than Norman Bates. Maria is almost useless, just set around an spew out lines of dialouge that Susan Lucie would have trouble with. This book was pointless, I really hated it.
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Summary: Three times charmed!
Review: I have never read 3 books in a row, that are as thick as these books are, and give them all three 5 stars, but Robert Ludlum deserves them all. In this third of the Bourne Trilogy, there is the ultimate showdown between two spies. Both of these spies are given telegrams to go to a carnival in a small town. Each of them witness a terrible murder. One of the men given a telegram in David Webb, a professor in the northeast USA. He is a husband and a father, and must now do what he wishes he'd never have to do again: become Jason Bourne, a known terrorist and assassin. The other is Carlos, known as the Jackal, who is an international assassin himself. To make sure the real baddie is trapped and brought to justice, the real goodie must make himself available to a group called the Medusans. I do not understand one reviewer's 3 stars for this book, when it deserves all 5, but I guess that's what makes the world go around. I personally think each of the Bourne trilogy got better, and I only wish the second and third were also made into movies like the first one was.
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Summary: Bourne Untimatium
Review: I have the two previous "Bourne" books and wanted to fill out my library with the last of the Bourne series. If you like intrigue, you will really like these books. Also, the book I received was a used book, but it looked pristine. Very pleased with the books I've received.
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Summary: Engrsossing action story
Review: I haven't read fiction in 15 years but recently found some of Ludlum's books. This story of Jason Bourne being pursued by the Jackal assassin is one of Ludlum's best books. As an author he creates characters and events that get you involved, then he switches locations to different incidents. It's hard to put the book down. Reading Ludlum is like riding a roller coaster through a fun house. You don't know where the next turn will be. Will it be up or down? As soon as you round the corner there's an unexpected surprise. The story is rooted in precise details that make it believable, but never boring. Ludlum is the author to study for those who think about becoming professional writers. Mick Cusimano
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Summary: Not for Me
Review: I may be the one guy out there that does not like his books. What makes me mad is that I have gone through about three of them because he gets some much good press. I find the writing wooden and he just does not hold my attention. Maybe I just have a mental block with him and the movies will be better.
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