Third book in the Jason Bourne trilogy. Elaborate, but well written. As were the other two books. The ultimate cat and mouse game.

The first few Bourne books were page turning, barn burners. This is probably the last one I read as I was getting Bourne burnout, but it was still a great read.

I love the book more than the movie

In this third of the Bourne Trilogy, there is the ultimate showdown between two spies. Both of these spies are given telegrams to go to a carnival in a small town. Each of them witness a terrible murder.One of the men given a telegram in David Webb, a professor in the northeast USA. He is a husband and a father, and must now do what he wishes he'd never have to do again: become Jason Bourne, a known terrorist and assassin.The other is Carlos, known as the Jackal, who is an international assassin...

The gripping finale to the Bourne saga, well the Ludlum originals anyway. Seeing as this book clearly lays out that Bourne is now in his 50s, I really don't see how the Lustbader sequels can continue the story - Bourne out with his zimmer frame?The Bourne Ultimatium is a good clean up of the Bourne vs. Carlos storyline from the first book. You know they have to meet up, you know they have to fight and you know Bourne has to win. Somehow. I just wish Ludlum could have utilised slightly fewer repe...

Again, these books bear almost no resemblance to the movies (which I still like). But these books are far superior to the movies. Ludlum keeps the stress of the external and internal conflicts high throughout the books. Book 3 (I think) did a better job with characterization than with 1-2, and it contained more humor than before. Highly recommend.

This book was a roller coaster. There are several places where you think the penultimate climax – the one where Bourne and The Jackal finally have it out – only to have the book continue further. There are plot twists and hopes dashed by disappointments along the way, but it is the ultimate Bourne book. (Although, unlike many other Ludlum fans, I don’t think the Bourne books are his best works, but that’s not to say I disliked any of the original Bourne trilogy.)I could have done with a little l...

The third (and last by Ludlum) entry in the story of "Jason Bourne". If your only exposure to Bourne are the Matt Damon movies, then you don't really have an idea of the story. This (as these cases usually do) ruined any enjoyment of the movie for me. I always wonder why bother to "buy" an authors title and then write a screen play that doesn't even resemble the novel? Oh well, nothing I can do.My suggestion? Get the first book and read all three. They may not be the best Ludlum ever wrote, but

As the Ludlum portion of the Bourne series comes to an end with this book, I must say that this is surely a very thick (in all its senses) book, filled with great nuances. Completing the original trilogy at a time when spy games were all about actual deception and sleight of hand (rather than technology and the information highway) makes these books stand out for me. That said, Ludlum is, as he is accused of being, overly verbose in some areas and really could have watered down the description a...

To be honest I was disappointed with this one. I felt like finishing it - and the original trilogy - was an obligation after only a few pages.The dialogue is ridiculous - nobody (and while I'm not familiar with American government institutions and their employees I'm pretty sure this covers them too) speaks in such a manner. Every conversation is overly convoluted and then - as if for the sake of an uneducated audience - explained again as part of the same dialogue. Not only that but the way in

Best of the trilogy.

I remember reading the first Bourne story back in the 70s when it came out in paperback, and it was OK. Perhaps because I had measles and a high fever...but it kinda made sense.I listened to this one on audio book, and seriously, by the time I got done with I was like, "Kill him! Kill him, already!" Jason Bourne is kind of like Indiana Jones; no matter how many holes, cuts, or bruises he has, he just keeps jumping, climbing, and doing impossible feats of derring-do. He never eats, he never sleep...

Of the three books so far, this one is the worst. First off, it has nothing to do with the movie. So forget that. Second it has more twists and turns than a plate of spaghetti. And it is as improbable as any. The story takes place 13 years after the first book. Jason is 50, and is doing things and tasks that he couldn't have done when he was 37. The story is obviously the last book in the series, and you can tell by the way that it is constructed that it was meant to be the last. So I am a bit c...

What can I say? It was intense - a little too intense for me. By about the middle of the book, I wanted to shoot Carlos myself just so that the insanity would end. The plot in this book seems even more complex than in the other two and is impossible to comprehend. Nevertheless, I cared about Jason Bourne enough as a character to stick out the whole grueling story with him, but I felt almost as beat up and emotionally raw as he did by the time it was over. Overall, not a pleasant reading experien...

The Bourne series is a great set of books to read in order starting with the Bourne Identity. Robert Ludlum does a great job of using military terms and using names of places and intelligence offices to make you think that this stuff is really happening. He may have a lot going on at one time, but if you follow along and read carefully, you should be able to keep up with the challenging writing. I tended to lose track of what was happening a few times but i still enjoyed reading it.Jason Bourne

After three grueling months I finally finished reading this book. You may ask yourself: "If it was so grueling, why did he finish it at all?" Good question! After reading the first two books in the Bourne trilogy, I felt compelled to finally see the final confrontation between Jason Bourne and Carlos the Jackal. Now I will admit that The Bourne Ultimatum was not nearly as boring and convoluted as its predecessor, The Bourne Supremacy. However, I'm fairly certain that Robert Ludlum took a class o...

I am quite the fan of the Bourne film series. Matt Damon's incredible performance as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne really refined the vulnerable yet brutal everyman action hero that many action films have tried (and failed *cough* Quantum of Solace) to emulate since his debut. Both Damon and his directors understood what made the character of Bourne great. He is a sympathetic man that will turn into a monster during dangerous circumstances but always fight for the good cause, and in this book L...

My rating is perhaps a little unusual for me,as it's not really based on literary merit. Indeed, I found myself, upon this reread, a little shocked at how often Bourne makes mistakes and is mentioned to be getting old. Still, it's one of the first adult novels I really read and got into, and for that, it has a special place in my heart. William Dufris's narration of this work so enthralled me at the time that I played the tapes several times over - no small thing considering they ran for over tw...

Bourne Ultimatum was a bittersweet goodbye to Robert Ludlum’s exquisite world of espionage and stellar storytelling about one of my favorite assassins in the genre. The Bourne series by Robert Ludlum is a treasure cove of world-building with details and highly expressive conversations that direct the flow of events rather than simply stating the events. It’s a lost art of writing, as the genre now adopts a more streamlined and faster pace. It’s a long book, but it’s well deserving since the book...

The plot is good, there is continuous action.Some memorable phrases:- Jason: You want compassion, go to a church and appeal to that God of yours who pisses on this planet! He's either got one hell of warped sense of humor or he's a sadist.☺-Alex Conklin: I lost my faith, and now after years of proclaiming my spiritual independence, I wonder if I'm missing something.- Jason: Like what?- Alex: I don't know. Things I can't control, maybe.- Jason: You mean you don't have the comfort of an excuse, a