The Bourne Deception (Abridged) Audiobook

" The book was good - fast paced and exciting. But I don't like how it ended. I hate it when the ending is just a set-up for the next book. I felt like something was missing at the end and there were too many loose ends. "

" I thought this was a good book until the ending. I hate the way it ended. Too many things were left unanswered. Not sure if they're going to be addressed in the next book.... "

" I don't think I will read this seires with this author. I did not feel excitement when I am reading through this book. I may try some other books with Robert Ludlum's. I thought this book was written by him since his name was written on top of the cover, but I was wrong. "

" Not a bad read. For me, the jury is still out on a new author taking over as writer of the Bourne franchise. "

" Very good book. Action packed page turner. "

" Mediocre. Eric Van Lustbader is not Robert Ludlum! "

" Shadowy master assassin Jason Bourne spends too much time offstage in bestseller Lustbader's cliche-ridden fourth thriller in the Ludlum franchise (after The Bourne Sanction). Having pushed his latest archenemy, Russian Leonid Arkadin, off a tanker into the ocean, Bourne assumes his foe must be dead. Not long after, Arkadin ambushes Bourne, hitting him with a rifle shot that would've killed a normal man. Seriously but not mortally wounded, Bourne decides to keep his survival a secret. The duel between the pair gets submerged in a plot line about a corrupt U.S. defense secretary's efforts to use the downing of a civilian airliner in Egypt by an Iranian missile as a casus belli. The action sequences and inevitable betrayals are old hat. Clumsy prose doesn't help ( She was dead, but he could not forget her, or what she caused in him: the tiniest fissure in the speckled granite of his soul, through which her mysterious light had begun to trickle, like the first snowmelt of spring. "

" I great thriller, I loved the political undertones that it had throughout. If you like the Bourne movies you will love this book. "

" good read so far and a breathtaking (if slightly predictable) ride. "

" slim pickings in the audio book section... but we learned our lesson last time we did the 2 day drive to telluride - Corman McCarthy is some tough listening while driving so trying something fluffier this time. "

" Not nearly as enjoyable as the movies. I don't know if it's Van Lustbader's inability to copy Ludlum's style, but it was certainly not a can't-put-it-down book like some of the other Bourne books. "

" Hmm...maybe it would have been better if I had reread the preceding book since it did very little recapping. But it seemed to me it didn't so much end as set up the next book and I felt like I just wasn't getting something. "

" OK Bourne book, but it isn't Robert Ludlum. "

" One of the best of Bourne, reads. Bourne must have 28 lives. That guy does have a death wish... "

" The latest novel in the Jason Bourne series. It kept my attention to the end. "

" Typical Jason Bourne thriller---makes you wonder just how much of the Iran controvesy protrayed in this book is real???? "

" This was a poor effort and not up to Ludlum-Bourne franchise standards. "

" Will post a detailed review later "

" Can't recommend "The Bourne Deception." International texture, intrigue of Ludlum, but sadly Jason descends to a masochistic stick figure. "

" 2.5 actually. "

" slow read but a good book. "

" I read this book while on summer vacation and it was ideal - light enough to read while at the beach and entertaining enough to keep me turning pages. I enjoyed Van Lustbader's writing style and would read another of his Bourne books if the opportunity presents itself. "

" Amazing that another author can so capture Ludlum's style; but he's dead on! It's like my favorite college author is still with us. Jason Bourne lives on! "

" Pretty good story, but nowhere near as good as the earlier Bourne books. "

" Never-ending action. "

" Van Lustbader is doing a gallant job of keeping Jason Bourne alive and I did enjoy the book. But I miss Robert Ludlum. "