![]() ![]() This is formula writing that delivers even less than its meager promise. ![]() The Ludlum trademarks are present: improbable bloodbaths, repetitive action, stilted and off-the-point conversations and-most annoying-the use of italicized words or entire paragraphs to simulate passion. ![]() Ultimatum was only slightly less convoluted than its predecessors and had the payoff of finally killing. to Montserrat to Paris before concluding in Moscow, Bourne and his allies prove incredibly inept, barely escaping the Jackal's traps and failing in their repeated attempts to ambush him. I am done with Jason Bourne and with Robert Ludlum. In their renewed struggle, the two master assassins uncover the revived existence of Medusa, the sinister alliance that originally led to the establishment of the Bourne identity. When the international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal penetrates his civilian identity, Webb must again assume the Bourne persona to protect his wife and small children. ![]() The literary faults and stylistic excesses that characterized The Icarus Agenda, The Gemini Contenders and other of Ludlum's works are present in his latest mammoth thriller, but fans will nonetheless cheer the return of his most popular character, David Webb, aka Jason Bourne, the assassin who never was. ![]()
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