Bourne Identity

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  The Bourne books and the movies are actually very different (almost independent). However, it is the only case when this is true that I have seen, in which BOTH the literature and the motion picture is excellent. If you're read the books, see the movies; you'll get a new story. If you've seen the mo ... (continue)

  The Bourne books and the movies are actually very different (almost independent). However, it is the only case when this is true that I have seen, in which BOTH the literature and the motion picture is excellent. If you're read the books, see the movies; you'll get a new story. If you've seen the movies, read the books, and get a way more detailed story than you did in the movie.

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  audioreader said on Aug 15, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Bourne Delusion

  Too much redundancy. The startup of the novel is slow and quite boring. The meet-cute with the female character is great, but the development of the relationship is shaky. She querulously asks him some hundred times to let her go, instead of assuming a personal approach to the kidnapping, say ironic ... (continue)

  Too much redundancy. The startup of the novel is slow and quite boring. The meet-cute with the female character is great, but the development of the relationship is shaky. She querulously asks him some hundred times to let her go, instead of assuming a personal approach to the kidnapping, say ironic, scared, whatever. Then she changes his judgment just because Bourne saves her from rape, and certain murder, after putting her in the position of been raped and murdered. Emotional arch is so precarious Ludlum has to help it by repiting 10 times why she is so eager to help him. From a spy story you expect stone-solid plot, so that you can enjoy diversions. Besides, Bourne is always a step beyond action and his relationship with the impact character is based on a very lazy and late coming bonding-event. Moreover, the identity-issue is pretty much boring since you never really fear Bourne is actually a bad guy and you don't care that much about his past. It's very surprising how novels intended for mass marked can be so lazy and badly assembled. It basically looks like an amateurial work in need of a good editor.

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  Anatole Pierre Fuksas said on Aug 31, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Un thriller di straordinaria tenuta narrativa. Chi è l'uomo senza nome, senza memoria, con il volto dai lineamenti ricostruiti, che alcuni pescatori di Marsiglia hanno salvato dopo un naufragio? A che cosa si riferiscono le visioni confuse e le immagini di violenza e di pericolo che di tanto in tant ... (continue)

  Un thriller di straordinaria tenuta narrativa. Chi è l'uomo senza nome, senza memoria, con il volto dai lineamenti ricostruiti, che alcuni pescatori di Marsiglia hanno salvato dopo un naufragio? A che cosa si riferiscono le visioni confuse e le immagini di violenza e di pericolo che di tanto in tanto gli affiorano nella memoria? Perché qualcuno ha tentato, e sta ancora tentando, di eliminarlo con ogni mezzo? La storia di un incubo, di un'angoscia: quella di essere un ingranaggio di una macchina che non si sa a che cosa serva e dove porti. DA QUESTO ROMANZO L'OMONIMO FILM DI DOUG LIMAN CON MATT DAMON

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  Roberto said on May 14, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Hard to put down.

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  jelabino said on Mar 1, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Audio Cassette
• ISBN-10: 0553745409
• ISBN-13: 9780553745405
• Publisher: Random House Audio
• Pub date: May 01, 1987
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libros en Español, 한국 책, Libri Italiani

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