This book sucked harder than a Hoover. I love the Bourne Identity movies, and I figured Robert Ludlum is a famous author, so I figured this would be a fun read. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that Ludlum's name is just put on top in big letters because he or his estate own the copyright to the Bourne series, and this book was written by (in small print) Eric Van Lustbader. So I still don't know how good a writer Ludlum is. What I do know is that Lustbader doesn't know squat about character devel...

The Bourne Trilogy ( Robert Ludlum's greatest work) was one of the best clandestine-thriller series I've ever had the privilege of reading. Normally the idea of a book series chronicling the adventures of a schizophrenic/amnesiac assassin would be absurd, but Ludlum made it work. He made readers connect, not only with Jason Bourne and his alter-ego, but every other character that was a part of Bourne's Life. He made you want to follow Bourne on his journey through confusion, paranoia, frustrati...

I enjoyed reading the suspense and thriller book, The Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader. It was a fast action, clever, spooky and dark book. It’s like the Mission Impossible shows and movies, impersonating other people so convincingly. This is my first time reading a Bourne book. I believe I’ve watched most if not all the Bourne movies and like them. The book, like the movies are very intricate. I need to see the movies more often to see the details. However, I can read the book at my own pa...

Characters are bland and undeveloped, if at all. Action sequences don't make sense. Overuse of gee-wiz technology that doesn't exist. Events happen (a good guy gets tied up and beaten) which weren't covered in the prior paragraphs.If you can get past the helicopters shooting down MiG-29s and Bourne in a commercial jet dogfighting with Iranian fighters (I'm not making this stuff up), you still have to deal with the incredible metamorphosis that has happened to Bourne himself between the Bourne Le...

Jason Bourne. Brilliant thrillers by Robert Ludlum and some pretty entertaining films too. Oh and a dreadful new TV series called Treadstone.The theme of most of Ludlum’s books were action but also big organisation paranoia, who can you trust and what are the secret agendas type of thing. You would hope that this would bleed into the Bourne novels now written by Eric Van Lustbader. This one has been sitting on my shelf for well over ten years and I wish I had left it there.There will be spoilers...

I thought no one could Kill Jason Bourne, so well done Eric Van Lustbader. Jason Bourne is now dead to me. The villain is boring. and somehow has built a bond style evil base in the Afghanistan mountains. for those of you who don't know the geography of the area it cant be traversed by a motorised transport. Yet somehow our villain managed not only to build a secret base but also managed to get an elevator and a tarmac runway. This is just one of numerous ludicrous scenarios Van Lustbader serves...

Eric van Lustbader puts out a decent book, filled with suspense and intrigue and uses that 21st century buzz plot, the fight against terrorists seeking to take over parts of the US. It has all the thrills you could want, some very descriptive fight scenes and even some graphic attacks that leave you wincing and wishing you had a doctor on hand. Fairly decent dialogue and the book flows fairly well. It is.... WAIT A MINUTE!! This is one of the Bourne series. Scratch the above and keep reading!MIS...

Bourne it's NOT! disappointed,filled with lots of errors ..not like the movie if that's what readers are expecting...story does not even connects or grabs you,it's like you're reading all day long and cannot get into the plotline..very boring (paperback!)

Dear Eric Van Lustbader:Please leave the Bourne series alone. Respectfully,T.

This is in my bottom 10 books of all time. Poorly conceived, written, edited, and packaged. The plot makes about as much sense as a colonoscopy to diagnose strep throat. It's full of continuity, spelling, and grammatical errors and about as exciting as golf.

Bourne has reason to be paranoid in this one because EVERYONE is after him! If not the bad guys, his own coworkers want to kill him so they can advance up the corporate ranks. Still Bourne manages to save the world from a nuclear bomb attack and all's well that ends well. While not pure Robert Ludlum, the author of the original Bourne novels, this fast-paced action is enough for a 4-star rating.

Stars: 5 / 5Recommendation: A fantastical spy tale taking the readers into the world of terrorists whose fanatic minds are no match for our cursed spy, Jason Bourne, while keeping the readers on the very edge.The Bourne Betrayal is the fifth book in the spy action thriller series Jason Bourne, written by Eric Van Lustbader, published in June of 2007. The character was originally created by Robert Ludlum, however after his death, Lustbader picked up the character and continued the series. This bo...

I was expecting a bit more to the plot. A little disappointed..

Below is a review I wrote and posted on Barnes & Noble where I purchased this book for my Nook. It still stands as my review.Despite misgivings and numerous attempts at reading Lustbader in the past, I decided to read his Bourne books solely because of the subject - Jason Bourne. I hoped Lustbader had improved his craft in the last few years and that this series would be good. I was greatly dismayed from the start when I realized he had completely set aside the original and true character of Dav...

Lustbader manages to write both compelling prose and utter shite at the same time. You could call him the Dan Brown of the thriller world; if Brown hadn't already got that title sewn up himself. Since Robert Ludlum's death, Lustbader has been at the helm of the Bourne series of novels. Taking the original trilogy and, some might say, milking it for whatever he and the Ludlum estate can get. This book continues in that vein and feels a lot like Lustbader had the beginnings of a great idea for a s...

If you love non-stop action thrillers, you'll enjoy this action-adventure thriller. With non-stop action, this novel takes you all over the world from Washington D.C. to Africa to Eastern Asia. I remember seeing the first Bourne movies years ago and on TV--now this propels us to post-9/11 world with terrorists and intricate plotlines. I've been wrapped up into a fast paced world. We can see Bourne struggle with his memory and how he copes with his loss. My heart sank with him. But we see him nev...

Eh. It was okay. Somewhat engaging with a few twists, but every book further from the original Bourne Trilogy seems to lose something from that fantastic trio of books. Maybe this is a minor point, but I keep thinking back to the time frame of the original series versus these. It doesn't seem that any effort has been made to account for the changes in culture (i.e. cell phones/internet). I'd have to go back and figure it out, but I think this book is a few decades ahead technologically from wher...

This was a decent enough book I guess. The last few chapters were great. Kinda hard to follow all the characters and then again Bourne is supposed to be hard to follow.

I often will not even bother putting a three star book up on goodreads. I don't particularly like to give bad reviews, and a three star rating to me means that there are some pretty significant weaknesses.However, Lustbader's early stuff is some of my favorite fiction, and I will probably keep giving him a chance unless he goes the full Tom Clancy. I did think his recent First Daughter was better.So, what was good about the book. The plot was interesting and wellpaced, especially the second half...

A truly laughable plot line. Although, I'm sure those that love a good spy novel and/or the Bourne series will disagree with me. It really should be kept in the "Fantasy" genre. The characters are able to assume each other's identities with the greatest of ease right down to the last detail. The good guys are able to become the bad guys and vice versa. Not only are enemies able to walk the walk of one another but even their voices are amazingly counterfeited. Sorry, but I don't buy it. The techn...