2.5 stars

Not the most exciting book I've read. I would say stick to the films, but the books are totally different to the films.
There's quite a lot of words & phrases in the book not written in english. As they aren't translated, I couldn't understand them.
If you are going to read this book, buy the books separately, don't buy the trilogy book. I bought it online without seeing it, the book is massive, it's like carrying around a yellow pages with you.

Good action series, but the story gets a bit too complicated.

This series was excellent and NOTHING like the movies. It would seem only the character names are the same. I highly recommend the series.

Great books to read, even if you have seen the movies, as the plots are completely different. Well, except for the early part of Book 1. The writing isn't that great, but you don't read these books for Puliter Prize writing...you read them because you want to hang out with Jason Bourne, the greatest human weapon and badass, ever.

Amazing how exciting this trilogy is... my fingernails got constantly attacked by my own teeth that I had to stop reading now and then because I was scared to loose a finger. :-)
What a tempo, what a suspense! And so different from the films we know.

The movies were the best thing that ever happened to this character. The first three extracted the essence and upped Bourne's abilities to near-immortal status, packed in plenty of shaky-cam car chases and close quarters combat. The central amnesiac premise was given just enough cover, and the quasi-romantic element gave Matt Damon something to lose.

None of that exists here because Ludlum is such a weak writer. He has none of John D. MacDonalds's wit or cynicism, none of the elegant plot and meticulous research of LeCarre. As for the immortal assassin, nobody has ever come close to Trevanian's Shibumi for depth, realism, place, and plot.

No, what you're reading here is a hack along the lines of Louis L'Amour or Tom Clancy, a man with an outline and no skill whatever. This trilogy reads like a lesson in how not to write a political thriller. Repetitious, confusing, yet shallow, it manages to meander all over the place without ever imparting a sense of tension because we don't give a shit about anyone in it.

Do yourself a favor and read some Elmore Leonard instead. That man could write. Bob Ludlum could not.

There is profanity in books 2 & 3 so don't say I didn't forewarn you....

Good book. Different than the movies.

One of the extremely rare instances where the films are better than the books. Having loved the Bourne trilogy of films I was really looking forward to the books but the name is where the similarities end, they have virtually nothing in common. The last book in particular was a real slog to get through.

Great series... I had read the first one many years ago and when Kobo came out with a bundle of the first three I decided to read the 'Ludlum' books. Thoroughly enjoyed them and recommended for any readers of this genre..

This series is a good read. Ludlum writes a good page turner. If you read these after watching the movies, you may be a little confused because the only real similarities are the character names. Set in the cold war and in a time before Hong Kong's turn over to China, the stories have a very different plot than the movies. The movies were good, the books are better. Jason Bourne is a character created by the government who is much more troubled then we first believe.

Love this Trilagy!