I wouldn't say I'm a fan of the Bourne franchise. I had only seen the second film, and it's still the only film where I was thinking about walking out of the cinema. But this book came my way and we all know books tend to be better than films so here I am. I jumped in a book 8, which meant I didn't have a clue who was who. There were lots of characters, each who seemed to have very complicated relationships with each other and all who worked for secret agencies, with different agendas. It took

This is my first (and last) attempt to read a Lustbader Bourne book.

Picked up a Bourne book after about 5-6 years and yep he's still the same.I'm having a tough time trying to figure out why he doesn't age or why he just doesn't die at all. The first three books are on a pedestal of its own and no subsequent book can reach those heights but Lustbader's Bourne version still manages to do okayish.There isn't plots within plots within plots made complicated by amnesia and cover names that made the trilogy an instant hit but there is still amnesia and maybe puzzles

Robert Ludlum must be turning over in his grave. This book was a terrible facsimile of the wonderful Jason Bourne series started by Ludlum. There was little or no research into the various locations visited during this novel and it was horribly dull throughout. There was also no explanation of some of the events from previous novels so, unless you had just read one, you really didn't know what was going on. I do know that I've read my last Eric Van Lustbader book. May Robert Ludlum rest in peace...

As promised, it was an action-packed thriller. However, the entire novel suffered with too many characters and side plots that never converged in the end. Van Lustbader was introducing new characters until the very last chapter! With so many characters and parallel plots, the main arc was convoluted and confusing. And of course, the ending was not this epic stand-off between Bourne and his arch rival Arkadin. The final fight scene, as Hollywood calls it, ended up being a one-sided undoing of Ark...

Eric van Lustbader is not a writer. A writer would use words appropriately. In the first few pages of The Bourne Objective, van Lustbader uses logarithm when he means algorithm, twice (at least), and he uses precipitously when he means either vertically or perpendicularly.Pellet-sized ultrasonic screamers that paralyze large rooms of people, files locked using "logarithms", burner cellphones a "local call" then one using a 10-digit number, laptop computers with ejectable drives and netbooks that...

It gets going by page 229.Sequence:It read like a well meaning story with the attempt to surround the story with an explanation  of History.  However, I did not like the journey  it took to climax Bourne and Arkadin but when it happened it is thrilling but it just ends. Too much surround sound plot build up in the first 2 two books that at times seem irrelevant  to the heart of the story.  At times the descriptions of people, places and jokes felt like an attempt  to thrust every technique  or k...

The book starts, "Night descended like a curtain of scuttling insects, coming alive with the setting of the sun. The noise was atrocious, as was the stench of unwashed bodies, human excrement, rotting food, and decomposing bodies. The garbage of Bangalore shifted back and forth like a sludgy tide...."And while it does get better, it doesn't get much better. We face a character list out of Tolstoy, baal worship, secret societies, lesbianism, King Solomon's gold and transmutation. Yes, transmutati...

Interesting, but not my favourite one in the series. A little slower until about midway through. Regardless, I will still read the rest in the series.

Okay. I'm lost. This book is clearly for Bourne aficionados. I have no idea what the heck is going on so I am throwing in the towel on page 65.

This being the 8th novel within the world famous Jason Bourne, I expected it to be a bore, but my expectation were hugely shattered, and fortunately so.BOURNE STILL HAS IT,Eric Van Lustbader has managed to pen another contriving, fast paced and explosive plot, where we are introduce to old and new alike characters... Bourne Objective, is a direct follow-up of its predecessor Bourne Deception, its a riveting continuation of the deadly chase between Leonid Danilovich Arkadin and Jason Bourne, the

Jason Bourne is forced into yet another mission in which everyone knows more than he does, and everything is done by the seat of his pants. It is so formulaic that it's almost impossible to enjoy it.

After Bourne is ambushed and nearly killed In Indonesia he fakes his death andtakes on a new identity and mission - to find out who is trying to assassinate him.In the process Bourne begins to question who he really is and what he would becomeif he no longer carried the Bourne identity. Across the globe an American passenger plane is shot down over Egypt apparently by an Iranian missile leaving the world to wonder if it was an accident or an act of aggression. A huge global team headed by Soraya...

First thing with this book is that you need to remember that it is not Robert Ludlum writing it (my mistake also) and it's Eric Van Lustbader. EvL is not Ludlum and never will be. It's a brave person stepping in to the shoes of Ludlum and putting yourself out there in the firing line given the die-hard fans that exist already for Jason Bourne. So once you have understood and convinced yourself that it is not Robert Ludlum writing this novel, then your enjoyment increases significantly.Jason Bour...

Sooo many characters to keep track of - it was sometimes difficult to follow. Do I think Arkadin is dead? No not unless Eric wants him to be and I am not sure I like Treadstone being an "official" approved government agency as implied in the end.

3.5 stars but rounded up I’ve always been a big fan of Robert Ludlum’s books. The Jason Bourne books were amongst my favourites. So I was really excited to find out that I had won this book in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway. Sadly, Robert Ludlum passed away a few years ago, but someone is still writing the Jason Bourne series. Eric Van Lustbader has taken over this franchise and seems to have succeeded in doing so. The book is written in Robert Ludlum’s style. My expectations of a Robert Ludl

An odd end to the Arkadin trilogy. After two years between The Bourne Sanction and The Bourne Objective, but a matter of months to this third one, it feels a little rushed. A slight side step into pseudo-religion and mysticism leaves you wondering if this is the same Bourne that we're used to.

I wish Van Lustbader would stop writing these books so I wouldn't feel compelled to read them just because they are supposedly a continuation of one of my favorite series. In his latest gravy train of Ludlum (seriously, RL's name is 3-4x larger than EVL's on the cover) the franchise continues to wander. This time, there is even a mysterious powerful secret society (maybe EVL should have put Dan Brown's name on the cover too).I hope we aren't subjected to movie adaptations of these new Bourne boo...

Thanks to Mr. Lustbader, Jason Bourne has devolved from a tortured amnesiac assassin to stock action hero which is outright disappointing. The Bourne Objective is yet another cookie-cutter instalment in the series in the hands Eric Van Lustbader. I am sure Mr. Ludlum would never have let Bourne get so far away from the Bourne that he had envisioned. In Bourne Objective, he is further degraded to a mere co-star with his nemesis Leonid Arkadin. Trust me, even this Arkadin chap is nothing like the

Maybe it wasn't the best to jump into the Bourne series at book number 8 but I just did not like anything about this book really. Way too much action with not much purpose. People shooting guns and hitting each other repeatedly with little effect. I was getting confused about who was who but I didn't really care so didn't go back to reread.Bourne seemed to have some memory problems but I thought that was the problem in the first instalment in the series?My partner assures me that the first film