false <![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum (Jason Bourne, #3)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168273127m/31259.jpg 31259 43 It all starts with a cat-and-mouse chase to the death in a Baltimore funfair: the Jackal, Bourne's age-old antagonist, is back and Bourne is forced from his idyllic retirement with his wife and children to confront his enemy. In Europe, Russia and America there are men and women whose lust for power is disguised by their positions and respectability. Their aim: to gain control at the highest level, to avenge, to destroy. Jason Bourne has been the assassin before: now he longs for peace with his family, but the threat of the Jackal puts in jeopardy all possibility of peace ... 31538 book 1993 total:4640|5:1163|4:1751|3:1296|2:331|1:99| 4640 17468 6270 270 2 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 22 07:04:02 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 04 11:37:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 14:14:42 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 14:24:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 16:26:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 16:26:30 -0700 2009 This third book finds Bourne agai...

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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 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Jan 07 00:54:47 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 01:04:28 -0800 2009 many times It shows the dilemma of the person David, that influences the person Jason, no matter how hard the latter is fighting it.
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Normally when sequels come out I'm hesitant to read them because so often they don't measure up. Well, many times the 2nd sequel will - but having ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 06 11:02:33 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 15:56:33 -0700 2009
This book was about 300 pages too long and the only character I really cared about was C...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:34:20 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:34:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 25 15:30:23 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 15:59:05 -0700 2008 Overall, I liked the story. There was a lot going on, and it had an "Identity" feel to it in having a little less action, and more "sleuth-ness"
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Get rid of a couple hundred pages, eliminate the predictability, delete the formula that Ludlum r...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 19:22:20 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 12:10:35 -0800 2008
But I did. I forced myself. I said, I must give this Ludlum dude a fighting chance.

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"...But first I have to see another old friend of mine, another genius who lives in the wrong section of town."

"Let me guess," said the retired agent. "An elderly black man with the improbable name of Cactus, a genius where fla...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 15:47:16 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 16:29:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 10:01:55 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 07:56:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 15:35:59 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 15:47:02 -0700 2007
Jason Bourne has aged, he's in his 50's, embracing his original identity as David Web...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=31259