Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal
by Eric Van Lustbader
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Book Reviews of Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal
Book Review: BETRAYAL INDEED...
Summary: 1 Stars
Anyone familiar with Eric Van Lustbader original work can attest that he is a very good action-thriller writer. I would recommend NINJA and WHITE NINJA without any reservation. The BOURNE BETRAYAL however is an entirely different story...
As with DUNE and the GODFATHER, whenever a publisher has different writers attempt the continuation of a book franchise after the passing of the original author, this fails. Miserably.
Trying to walk in someone else's footprints will produce an unfamiliar stride and an unnatural gait. Similarly, trying to write on someone's else's ink-marks yet produce something original at the same time is just awkward. And that is the feeling this book leaves you with.
Gone are Ludlum's serpentine plot twists. The plot is so thin that saying anything about it would spoil it entirely. Despite its 700 pages, this is as shallow as a movie script pitch - and the big screen is what it is obviously aimed at.
It has gone far enough. Let's not encourage them anymore...
Book Review: The Bourne Cliche
Summary: 1 Stars
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal
The Bourne Betrayal is one cliche followed by another, with every device used to bore the reader from start to end. Eric Van Lustbader has demonstrated once again that it is often a mistake to continue a series on past the original authors demise.
The cliches continue to abound in this new addition to the Bourne series, with the pick of the crop the "turning" of the CI head's assistant by one of the key terrorists who want revenge for an earlier attack by Bourne on their father. Add to this the ease at which CI is infiltrated by nearly every bad guy on the planet, including moles from the Pentagon and another mole who owes his allegiance to the evil Secretary of Defense.
Yada yada yada, if you think of a cliche it is in this book.
Book Review: Bourne? Bond? Help! I'm confused!?
Summary: 3 Stars
I love the "Borurne" stories - of course the originals are the best, and Ludlum is the "Master of Bourne" - while I appreciate another writer trying to tackle the Bourne saga, he should have stayed clear of the James Bond movie "Never say Never Again", I realize it was only one plot twist, but it was a complete and total rip-off. I must confess, I have not read other Van Lustbader books, and can only hope they are more original, or at the very least, if he wants to "sample" other writers, he at least mixes it up a bit as not to show a complete lack of originality. That being said, again, I appreciate anyone who writes for a living, and know it can not be an easy task coming up with completly original material - I know that I could not do it, but when I pay for the product I can not produce myself, I except a little more effort for my coin. Peace Out!Book Review: A terrible Bourne book
Summary: 1 Stars
OMG!!! Lustbader has officially destroyed every-thing that Robert Ludlum has created as Jason Bourne. At the very beginning of the book it says "finally it happened. all the elements of bourne have turned into one person." That is not what Robert Ludlum created! Jason Bourne is supposed to have all of the multiple personalities! Because David Webb can't deal with what he has to do so he turns into Jason Bourne. No more delta one, no more David Webb, just Bourne. The author got lazy. I am a HUGE fan of Jason Bourne. Ludlum's Bourne was my favorite book series to this day! And to see him be destroyed like that kills me inside. Now Lustbader's Legacy wasn't a terrible book. It isn't as good as the original three but it is a hell of a lot better than this one. Trust me if your a big Jason Bourne fan DO NOT read this book! It'll just make you mad.Book Review: Bourne to Run
Summary: 4 Stars
In a very ambitious, meticulously developed plot, author Eric Van Lustbader delves into the raw emotions of jealousy, hate, revenge and the politics of trust, as Jason Bourne takes on a bevy of bad buys who have evil coursing through their veins.
Bourne is in a race against time to foil a deadly plot, which has tentacles reaching around a covert operation that's being manipulated by disinformation and where a foe just may be the ultimate puppeteer, with a Manchurian Candidate only a thought away.
Van Lustbader could have taken an easy route with a rehashed canvas, by simply spiffing things with a new paint job. But by bolstering the plot and selectively picking spots for the obligatory action scenes, Van Lustbader keeps the Bourne franchise fresh.