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The Bourne Identity (Jason Bourne, #1)
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This book caused me pain. Intense boredom, odd moments of indignation, and pain. It's poorly-paced. The prose is a clunky, redundant, pointlessly vague affront to all that is good in the English language. The dialogue is stilted and horrid. The characters are so robotic I begin to question whether Ludlum ever met a human being, and the "romance" is not only horribly oversold BUT PREDICATED ON BOURNE USING HIS LOVE INTEREST AS A HUMAN SHIELD. I don't care how many rapists a man rescues you from; if he introduces himself by slapping, shaking, and threatening to shoot you, HE IS NOT BOYFRIEND MATERIAL and that relationship SHOULD NOT BE SHOWN AS LOVING AND WONDERFUL.
And seriously, the prose is awful. Get Carlos! Trap Carlos! False! Cain is for Charlie and Delta is for Cain! Find a man! Some nonsense about traps! Maybe if I repeat the same meaningless statements over and over and italicize everything and sprinkle liberally with exclamation marks, people will - - people will what? I can't even begin to think of a rationale for that.
And I want my afternoon back.
And seriously, the prose is awful. Get Carlos! Trap Carlos! False! Cain is for Charlie and Delta is for Cain! Find a man! Some nonsense about traps! Maybe if I repeat the same meaningless statements over and over and italicize everything and sprinkle liberally with exclamation marks, people will - - people will what? I can't even begin to think of a rationale for that.
And I want my afternoon back.
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August 14, 2010
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Finished Reading
August 18, 2010
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August 20, 2010
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Jan 29, 2015 02:32PM
This action thriller completely drew me in. The love development was the typical pattern of Protagonist and associated female pass through harrowing experiences together, therefore she falls in enduring love with him for rescuing her. In this case, we are required to overlook that he dragged her into the precarious
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I am not a stilted literary critic. I continue: He dragged her into the precarious situation, yet she perceives him as hero material. Continual unobserved gunfights are a BIG STRETCH of reality. If you want a detailed criticism of the book, go read somewhere else.
I agree entirely - the set up for the romance was just plain offensive, and the prose read exactly like that. Except throw in some "Chee-sah!" and "Mee-sah!"s everywhere.
WOW! You're a fast reader.
I love this book and I loved most of Ludlum’s stuff. That said, this review is hilarious.
