Bourne Identity (Read a Great Movie) (original 1975; edition 2005)

Found it hard to read! I also dislike books where lovers talk to each other with phrases like "my darling" and "my love, my only love". People just do not talk like that! ( )

no different from Parsifal Mosaic

Man, the movie was SO MUCH BETTER than the book. Of course, I want the first movie to be my life (I'm Marie) and then I want the second and third movie to not happen, so I'm a bit biased. But the story was kind of rambling and he kept chanting these half-memories to himself and there was all this buildup but no real conclusion*. It was kind of frustrating, as the book had been suspenseful and thrilling and exciting up until the confusing non-end.

*Perhaps these stories need to be read as a series to make sense and come to a satisfying conclusion–I will concede that possibility. But no way am I testing it out.

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For the record, I don't rate books at all unless they are unequivocally five stars–books I would stand up for, possibly get involved in light fisticuffs in their defense. Books like The Outsiders and Chronicles of Narnia and A Wrinkle in Time. Otherwise, I just let my review (or lack thereof) speak for itself.

Much better than I expected, having read the 4th in the series and not liked it. I was surprised at how different from the movie the story is and quite enjoyed it. May actually have to read the second in the series now... ( )

Great book! Can't wait to read the next one in the series! ( )