Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal

This book is not worth reading, that is for sure. I read Bourne Legacy and was disappointed. I was hoping that Bourne Betrayal would be better, but it was actually much worse.Firstly, there are a TON of errors in this book! I didn't know that people would seriously publish a book without looking it over first. Just to mention one problem with this book: on several occurrences, Bourne starts speaking a language he didn't speak in the original series. I know that he could have learned Russian or whatever in that period of time between Ultimatum and Betrayal but what are the chances of that? Ludlum makes it very clear that Jason does not speak Russian in Ultimatum, and he speaks it fluently in Betrayal.Secondly, the characters are so boring and unrealistic that it's annoying. Also, it seems that Bourne is constantly wounded. Why Lustbander?? Is this necessary? I very much doubt that. I hate how Jason seemed to be so void of emotions too.I am almost surprised at myself, because usually I am very open to books, even if they are not very good. But I am very disappointed with this book, and Lusbander for making it such a terrible read.It also seems that the antagonists are not very strong characters. Carlos, for example, is a very well-developed, evil, spine-chilling dude. What happened with Lustbander's antagonists? They seem to the reader unreal, see-through, and no personality at all. Not like Carlos in any way whatsoever. Lame with a capital L.Oh ya, and one more thing. The beginning of this book was so bad and poorly written I felt like quitting reading. (FYI: I love to read) I was so angry at how he shaped it, it was just so bad.I know that this is just personal preference, but I hate how Lustbander always calls Jason just "Bourne". It makes him seem like a machine, not a person. Not once does the author mention him by his first name, which really bugs me.I am not reading any more of his books, that is for sure. I need to cleanse my mind with some real books, like Ludlums "Prometheus Deception",g great book, by the way.

I would like to know what happened to Jason Bourne. The Bourne I read in this book was not the Jason Bourne from previous books. In the first three books, we find the main character battling Carlos the Jackal and other Cold War threats. Those books were well written and very enjoyable. The first Bourne book by Van Lustbader wasn't too bad. It tied up some of the plot lines from the first three books. However, all of that comes to an abrupt end with this book. First, Jason Bourne has found a fountain of youth. He hasn't aged at all. It has been forty years since the end of the Vietnam War; a war that started the career of Jason. First, I am willing to forget that the character should be in his sixties however that are too many other items in this book that I cannot understand. This is no longer the tormented Jason Bourne; a man searching for his identity. Instead the character has morphed into a blend of Mitch Rapp, John Wells and James Bond. This has become a character that can beat all odds, destroy all enemies, out think and out smart all enemies and a character that can be stabbed, shot, beaten and still save the day. The human Jason Bourne has become an transparent character that is battling Middle East terrorism.Bourne has now become a comic book super hero with no traces of the old, more humane character. This was not an enjoyable book. Rather it was a marathon attempt to finish this book, a marathon attempt to try to understand why the author has taken the character down this path. This book contained too many implausible plot twists and it was a book that I was extremely glad to finish. I am sorry that the Bourne series has to end but I will not suffer through another travesty of a one time great character and book series.

I hope you didn't read this as I did--having not seen the movies and wanting to read in order. In the last book it became clear that Bourne had been reborn to a different writer, one who didn't like Bourne's need and love of his wife because he felt some love scenes were needed during resented his age because it wasn't sexy and powerful. This book just reinvents him completely as a much younger man, kills off his wife and exiles the kids, and writes scenes clearly designed for the silver screen. It's the Bourne Sham. With the wife out of the way and the amnesia relegated to a convenient plot device, the book is a little better in the second half. But still. This isn't Bourne. It's a thirty years younger movie star. Bah.

More twists and turns than a rollercoaster!! I was loathe to put it down at nightime, wanting to know what was going to happen next, to the point that I did sneak a peek at the last page midway through, because I got a bit worried my hero wasn't going to survive the many beatings/stabbings etc. he'd had from the outset! A good read, but I did not give it a five star rating because I was very disappointed that Bourne's son Khan, was not featured at all in this book considering his major role and reunion with his father in the previous book! This was a disappointing lack of plot consistency for me

The book starts with more twists and turns than a curlywurly. However after the story reaches half way it loses the intrigue and turns into a straight action story with all the story lines in the open. I was expecting one major twist to occur at the end but nothing happened. Some parts of the story lacked credibility which would not really come across very well in a film, even though this is clearly written for the big screen.I enjoyed reading the book but thought it could have been better written. I thought about 4 stars, but settled on 3 because it didn't encourage me to read any more books in the saga.

Superb read from start to finish, I am a massive Jason Bourne fan of the films so was a little bit uneasy about reading a Bourne book. I was desperately hoping the books were as good or better than the films and I was not disappointed. It was 755 pages of fantastic reading progressive and pacey I can't wait to get my next Bourne book in the series.

If you loved the Bourne Movies, you have got to read the books.With Ludlum's untimely death, Eric Van Lustbader has taken on the mantle as 'the chronicler of Bourne'. He's no Robert Ludlum, but he the next best thing...... Lets hope these 'sequels' make it to the silver screen.  Robert Ludlum: The Second Bourne Trilogy: The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Betrayal, The Bourne Sanction: The Bourne TrilogyRobert Ludlum: The Second Bourne Trilogy: The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Betrayal, The Bourne Sanction: The Bourne Trilogy

I have now read the first five Bourne books. The first three were enjoyable the fourth i felt was dissapointing,so i expected this one to be similar to the fourth. However i really enjoyed it. It has new characters, some who unfortunately won't be in subsequent books because they died in this one. As i've read five now, i'll have to now read all of them regardless of how good or bad the others are.