Throughtful Reader

By Robert Ludlum (597 Pages)

Ludlum’s sequel to “The Bourne Identity” is nice follow up but slow moving and requires patience of the reader.

Jason Bourne or David Webb which is his real name attempts to move on with his life and attempt to recover the memories he lost in his past life. He is married to Marie from the first novel, attends therapy under Morris Panov’s care. Webb is also a teacher of Asian studies at a University in Maine.

Bourne is dragged back into his past life when someone begins framing him for assassinations Chinese officials and helping to boost a Communist official named Sheng Chou Yang.

With his life in potential danger and memories of losing his first wife and kids in Vietnam, Bourne must navigate around the violent world he had hope that he had left behind. Will Bourne be able to succeed and walk away for good?

Ludlum is a brilliant writer but like Tom Clancy he sometimes puts too much information into his novels. To the a deep or active reader it may not be a bad thing, but to a new reader it can really drain your energy. Some chapters are short and others are a little longer than they should be. Also, if you are hoping for any parallels to the movie, I assure you it won’t be found. It seems Hollywood likes taking titles but forgetting the plots that accompany it.