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nikki_booknook's review against another edition
4.0
Reviewed by Nikki Pringle for Reader Views (8/08)
When we catch up with Jason Bourne this time around, we find our hero doing his best to put the past behind him and move forward by living his life as his astute linguistic scholar alter-ego, David Webb. Memories of his beloved Marie and of his time spent in Project Treadstone under the direction of Alex Conklin still lurk beneath the surface. Bourne is not sure how much longer her can keep up the façade of a college professor when within him is the heart and mind of a trained assassin.
First, Moira Trevor requests his assistance with a security evaluation of an LNG terminal being built and readied for its first delivery of natural gas. Any threat to the depot would spell disaster for the United States economy and for the lives of the thousands of people living in Long Beach, California. While Bourne understands her apprehension and the need to review security measures before the first delivery arrives, he is determined to focus his attention on the new life he is trying to build for himself at the university.
Shortly after, his mentor at the university, Dominic Spector, comes to Bourne with a tale of treachery, international intrigue, and a terrorist threat from an organization long thought to be dead. The Black Legion was bred during the rule of the Third Reich during World War II and unbeknownst to most, it is still in existence and more powerful than ever, working as an unseen force in the dark underbelly of Europe. Spector requests Bourne’s assistance with finding out the location that the Black Legion is planning to attack.
With an interagency war between the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence raging at home, and a mob war happening abroad, Bourne is pulled in a multitude of directions and must use all of his training to fight unknown predators at every turn. “The Bourne Sanction” is full of the pulse-pounding action that readers of the Bourne series have come to expect. Determining who is working for whom and in what capacity will test Bourne’s allegiances and the truths he hold sacred. He is in for the fight of his life when the tables are turned and the hunter becomes the hunted. Eric Van Lustbader takes readers on a thrill ride with enough twists and turns to leave them dizzy, breathless, and longing for more.
When we catch up with Jason Bourne this time around, we find our hero doing his best to put the past behind him and move forward by living his life as his astute linguistic scholar alter-ego, David Webb. Memories of his beloved Marie and of his time spent in Project Treadstone under the direction of Alex Conklin still lurk beneath the surface. Bourne is not sure how much longer her can keep up the façade of a college professor when within him is the heart and mind of a trained assassin.
First, Moira Trevor requests his assistance with a security evaluation of an LNG terminal being built and readied for its first delivery of natural gas. Any threat to the depot would spell disaster for the United States economy and for the lives of the thousands of people living in Long Beach, California. While Bourne understands her apprehension and the need to review security measures before the first delivery arrives, he is determined to focus his attention on the new life he is trying to build for himself at the university.
Shortly after, his mentor at the university, Dominic Spector, comes to Bourne with a tale of treachery, international intrigue, and a terrorist threat from an organization long thought to be dead. The Black Legion was bred during the rule of the Third Reich during World War II and unbeknownst to most, it is still in existence and more powerful than ever, working as an unseen force in the dark underbelly of Europe. Spector requests Bourne’s assistance with finding out the location that the Black Legion is planning to attack.
With an interagency war between the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence raging at home, and a mob war happening abroad, Bourne is pulled in a multitude of directions and must use all of his training to fight unknown predators at every turn. “The Bourne Sanction” is full of the pulse-pounding action that readers of the Bourne series have come to expect. Determining who is working for whom and in what capacity will test Bourne’s allegiances and the truths he hold sacred. He is in for the fight of his life when the tables are turned and the hunter becomes the hunted. Eric Van Lustbader takes readers on a thrill ride with enough twists and turns to leave them dizzy, breathless, and longing for more.
dnicole515's review
4.0
Iconic trined assassin, Jason Bourne, was recruited by his mentor to help thwart a terrorist against the US. But all is not as it seems. Jason starts to discover many issues with what he saw and heard and learned, so he had to follow the clues to discover the real threat and who was behind it. As always, I enjoyed the action scenes that involved Jason Bourne, his instincts and intuition and how these qualities along with his innate training kept him alive and helped him figure out what was actually the truth. This book has pretty long chapters, which I find make a book more difficult to read, but overall I enjoyed the book. There are a couple of characters that I didn't care for, but that's to be expected in any book.
ktkaiser's review
1.0
Dnf at 526 of 687. Very anticlimactic and the focus was too much on the side characters instead of Bourne.
tmm80's review
3.0
I love the Bourne movies and I haven't read any of the other Bourne books but I was diappointed with the ending of this week. The rest of it was interesting to read but the end really killed it for me.
twincam59's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
0.5
Poorly written, simplistic plot. Disappointing addition to the brilliant original Bourne story.
dhilderbrand's review
3.0
I love the Bourne series so I was pretty excited about this. It was good, but I think my expectations were too high.
ryanjamesburt's review
3.0
Was an okay book. Not as good as the Ludlumn ones. But still pretty entertaining. Thought the very ending was pretty lame though.
jaxboiler's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. It has been a LONG time since I have read any of the books in this series and I think this is the first one I have read where Eric did the writing. I thought he did a great job of keeping the story moving and the plot interesting.
emilydk's review
2.0
- Maybe I would have liked it better if I had read the previous books in the series first
- The whole "everyone I love dies so it's hard for me to open my heart to anyone" is a bit cliche and definitely could have been handled in a subtler manner.
- I liked the way Arkadin's storyline was handled with bits and pieces being revealed slowly throughout the book
-The bad guys are Nazis turned Islam terrorists? Are you kidding me?
- What exactly the terrorist plot was still confuses me - a boat with gas on it was going to be blown up?
- Not poorly written, but nothing exceptional
- It drove me a little nuts that every new character, when being introduced, was promptly described physically in detail and the same thing for new locations. It felt a little amateurish.
- The whole "everyone I love dies so it's hard for me to open my heart to anyone" is a bit cliche and definitely could have been handled in a subtler manner.
- I liked the way Arkadin's storyline was handled with bits and pieces being revealed slowly throughout the book
-The bad guys are Nazis turned Islam terrorists? Are you kidding me?
- What exactly the terrorist plot was still confuses me - a boat with gas on it was going to be blown up?
- Not poorly written, but nothing exceptional
- It drove me a little nuts that every new character, when being introduced, was promptly described physically in detail and the same thing for new locations. It felt a little amateurish.