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The Bourne Objective Book Review
You need a good memory for a book about a character with amnesia.
It’s been some time since I read a fiction book written by a man–and one published in 2010 no less. I naively thought the difference wouldn’t be so stark.
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The way women are portrayed in media has changed for the better, and exponentially so, since this book was written, but I’m curious how my more recent Bourne book, The Bourne Treachery, published in 2021 will compare. For now, I offer my review of the first Jason Bourne book I’ve ever read (that also happens to be the eighth in the series).
The Stats
- My Rating: 3.75 stars
- StoryGraph Rating: 3.55 stars
- Genres: Fiction, thriller
- Descriptors: Adventurous, dark
- Pace: Fast-paced
The Summary
Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne’s impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ring–an artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain…
