Bourne Series Collection

by Robert Ludlum, Eric Van Lustbader

The perfect weapon. The ultimate operative. His codename is Bourne. 'Watch your back 007. Bourne is out to get you' Sunday TimesThe perfect weapon. The ultimate operative. His codename is Bourne.'Watch your back 007. Bourne is out to get you' Sunday THE BOURNE IDENTITY, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE BOURNE LEGACY, THE BOURNE BETRAYAL, THE BOURNE SANCTION, THE BOURNE DECEPTION, THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Espionage

First published October 27, 2011

About the author

Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series--The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum--among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March, 2001. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.

Some of Ludlum's novels have been made into films and mini-series, including The Osterman Weekend, The Holcroft Covenant, The Apocalypse Watch, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum. A non-Ludlum book supposedly inspired by his unused notes, Covert One: The Hades Factor, has also been made into a mini-series. The Bourne movies, starring Matt Damon in the title role, have been commercially and critically successful (The Bourne Ultimatum won three Academy Awards in 2008), although the story lines depart significantly from the source material.

Reviews

[Bryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the first three by Ludlum.
Lustbader's writing style is slightly different and honestly, the situations in which he places Bourne and the other characters seem less believable and more "cookie-cutter" than the originals by Ludlum. Also, Lustbader seems to be on a very big "strong female" kick. Not that there's anything wrong with it, or that it makes for a bad read, it just veers from the original feel that Ludlum wrote.
Also, I would advise against reading consecutive books in the series written by Lustbader without reading something in between. the "cookie-cutterness" of them makes it feel like you're trudging through almost the same book again; but if read with a few books in between it's tolerable and the character development and rest of the storyline can be enjoyed more.

[Tassanee Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read these books after I had seen the films. I was disappointed that so much had been changed as I really enjoyed the books the more I read, I couldn't wait to pick up the next one. Funny how they still say based on the book! I would like to reread them but I gave my collection away.

[Slip! · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to say, Lusterbaders versions were much easier to read than Ludlims.
Ludlim tended to add almost TOO many details and unneccisary description....drew on and on....

Love the espionage theme though, Bourne is a interesting character, but I think Marie was rushed as far as develement.

[Catie Blossom · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you liked the movies READ THE BOOKS HOLY COW WOW!

[Tania Le · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read these in my late teens and struggled with them. But read them again years later and absolutely loved them. The Bourne trilogy of films also really brings them to life. Well worth reading.

[Vic Hudson]

Reading Lust Bader's books is more like watching one of the films. Good but not like enjoying the original 3 Ludlum novels.