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Summary: Too Long, Too Repetitive, Too Much...
Review: This is a sorry conclusion to the Bourne series. The character of Jason Bourne, as established in The Bourne Identity was absent from this book. In his place, what we find is a man who not only suffers from old age, but a significant loss of intelligence. He stumbles through the whole book, reacting emotionally, complaining, and being outsmarted by everyone he comes in contact with. The final showdown with Carlos the Jackal is another disappointment, with a young kid being the final hero, because "Jason" was too injured, too dejected, too shortsited, and too old to finally to the job himself.I was truly disappointed in this book and don't understand why it continually gets good reviews.
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Summary: long and unbelievable
Review: This is the 4th Robert Ludlum book I've read, and I think it exhibits a marked decline from some of his earlier work. The plot is simply not very believable. Carlos the Jackal is simply unbelievable as a villain - there's no way he could maintain such a far-flung empire of informants, thugs, and hit-men, all willing to die for him, no questions asked, while he stays totally untouchable, masquerading as a priest. The most believable scene in the book is when he shows up in Moscow and his people there laugh at him because he is so ridiculous. Seriously, how many times can Carlos run misdirections where he escapes out the back door or sends a fake van somewhere while his thugs get gunned down? Come on, who would ever work for this guy?
He seems like a very different villain now than in the original "Bourne Identity". There, Bourne was able to track him down fairly easily - a random contact here or there dropping a name, whatever. Now, nobody can touch him, and there's a ridiculously long section where Bourne tries to woo Sancho into giving him a fake phone number, and Sancho gets killed. What a waste of paper!
And don't even get me started on the Mafia hit men. Ludlum went way too far with the Italian stereotypes there, to the point that they were just goofy. And the whole Medusa conspiracy thing is just very half-baked. Maybe there was something cool there, but Ludlum spends a lot of time building it up for very little payoff. The body count just gets silly too. I guess that's typical with Ludlum. But the plotting in this book is a lot more repetitious, and all the killing doesn't amount to much.
Anyway, I much preferred the Bourne Identity and Supremacy. It was like Ludlum was writing this one on autopilot.
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Summary: Worth reading for the Bourne conclusion
Review: This is the third and final book in the Bourne series. The first book (Identity) is fairly good. The second book (Supremacy) isn't very good and doesn't add anything to the series. This third book could be fully enjoyed without reading the second book. This third book isn't as good as the first one. But, it is worth reading if you want to follow through on the conclusion from the first book. The biggest problem with this series is that the emotional musings of the hero about his identity and the love and worry about his wife get pretty tedious in the first book, are beat to death in the second book and are just painful to read by the third book. Maybe this third book could be better enjoyed by skipping the first two books (althought there are major parts of the first book that are better than anything in the third book).
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Summary: back on the pace
Review: This is the third and last book of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series, and he ends the trilogy on a high. While the "Bourne Supremacy" was clearly off the pace of the series' first book, this last one has it all. After going off on an Asian advneture/nightmare in Book 2, the third installment now brings Jason Bourne/David Webb to the ultimate showdown with his nemesis Carlos the Jackal. But don't fool yourself that this is a straightforward kind of deal: Medusa is raising its ugly head again as well, this dark chapter in Bourne's past having taken on a new manifestation in an even more dangerous form. Of course Bourne/Webb does not go hunting alone, his courageous wife as well as Mo Panov and Alex Conklin add their usual character color to this well conceived page turner. Once again the character of David Webb/Jason Bourne as the tormented split identity is exquisitely drawn and is not run thin by the breackneck pace of the globe-spanning action.
A must-read and very gratifying end to one of the best spy/suspense trilogies there is!
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Summary: Great Ludlum!
Review: This isn't as good as the second one in the series, but it's better than the first. He's chasing Carlos the Jackal again. The only thing I don't like is how Webb(Bourne) is now older and can't do it like he used to. Otherwise this is an excellent book.
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Summary: Rock and roll!
Review: This, the final in Ludlum's best series of books, is definately worth its weight in the food you forget to eat! Ludlum succeeds in making a character human! Jason Bourne/ David Webb is a fleshed out character with the doubts and worries that all people have! His concern for his family, his worry for them, his desire to be done with the whole assassin racket; all of these combine to give this man a believable and human motivation to finally have a showdown with his mortal enemy, the Jackal. This book takes the reader to all parts of the world and is wonderfully plotted. How does Ludlum do it? This is a taut, fast-paced, heavy breathing conclusion to Ludlum's greatest espionage victory. Read it.
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Summary: ¿This book is cool read it and junk?
Review: ¿This book is cool read it and junk
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