Title: One star is generous
Product review: I read my first Ludlum novels back in high school and the memory of those books fooled me into getting trying this one out. Despite having fairly moderate expectations (I just wanted some easy summer reading) the writing is so awkward - never mind the ridiculous 'dialog' - that I felt embarrassed for the author for writing it and for myself for having spent money on buying this waste of trees. I am not a book snob but there has to be a bare minimum of competency when it comes to being a bestselling author. The Bourne Ultimatum reads like it was written by a high school student for a middle-school audience. I have tried about a dozen times to read this thing but I start to giggle each time a character talks or each time there's some sort of plot exposition (and there's a lot of this). Character development? What's that?I do have one thing to be thankful for and that is I will avoid bestseller's lists and authors.Great read? Seriously? In what Bizarro World do you live in?
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