The Bourne Identity
By Robert Ludlum
Off a small island in
the Mediterranean a man is found floating in the ocean. The man has no memory
of who he is and how he came to be floating in the ocean clinging to a plank.
He is taken to a doctor who has been tending to him upon his awakening the doctor
tries to help him remember the man has had extensive facial reconstruction and
something implanted in his hip that has a bank account number on it. The man
follows the bank account lead and begins to discover very odd things about
himself, that he has an uncanny knowledge of how to kill without being
detected, how to blend in to his surroundings and even how to change his
appearance so thoroughly no one will recognize him, but how does he know these
things?
I have never seen any
of the Bourne movies and this is my first spy novel so I had no idea what to
expect. I guess I didn’t expect there to be so much discussion on every little
thing and I had thought there would be a lot more action. There were times when
I desperately wanted to tell the author to get to the point, or at least back
to the fun action parts, but when it did come to the action it was so well
written and intense I would feel even more irritated when I had to sit through
more debate. Not only was this novel a brilliant action packed story but also a
love story, Jason Bourne meets takes a woman hostage but then the hostage
begins to be his only ally and the bond they form is remarkable. This was a
well written and thoroughly addictive story.
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Interesting. I haven't watched the movies, either. I didn't even know there was a book LOL.
ReplyDeleteLol yeah I have been coming across a lot of books that have been made into movies that I had no idea they existed :) I am glad you enjoyed it!
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