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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
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did not like it
bookshelves: fiction

** spoiler alert ** Finally made it through this. You can tell this was written by a dude in the 80s. When Bourne was manhandling Marie in the beginning, I was thinking, “she better not fall in love with him.” Ten minutes later they’re in love and acting like they’ve been married for ten years. Absolutely nobody should say “my love” as much as Marie says “my love”.

I honestly don’t even know if the plot was good because I could barely follow it. I would get so bored of the writing I would either zone out or drift off to sleep. Half the book is dialogue, and the other half is Bourne being sneaky sneak in various random set pieces.

Bad dialogue, vague writing, repetitive phrases. Could not wait for it to be over.
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Reading Progress

August 17, 2021 – Started Reading
August 17, 2021 – Shelved
August 17, 2021 –
page 20
3.74%
August 18, 2021 –
page 41
7.66%
August 19, 2021 –
page 58
10.84%
August 21, 2021 –
page 93
17.38%
August 22, 2021 –
page 137
25.61%
August 25, 2021 –
page 171
31.96%
August 26, 2021 –
page 184
34.39%
August 28, 2021 –
page 204
38.13%
August 29, 2021 –
page 233
43.55%
August 30, 2021 –
page 256
47.85%
August 31, 2021 –
page 270
50.47%
September 8, 2021 –
page 298
55.7%
September 15, 2021 –
page 337
62.99%
September 18, 2021 –
page 354
66.17%
September 23, 2021 –
page 392
73.27%
September 28, 2021 –
page 421
78.69%
October 3, 2021 –
page 452
84.49%
October 11, 2021 –
page 496
92.71%
October 13, 2021 – Finished Reading
November 6, 2021 – Shelved as: fiction

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