The 19th Bourne novel, but the first I’ve read by Brian Freeman. Luckily you don’t need to have read the others to enjoy this.
Robert Ludlum was a master of the conspiracy thriller and Bourne was his greatest creation. A solid character to be the base of ongoing stories.
Here, Bourne finds an old lover may be in danger and joins his sister in trying to hunt her down. At the same time, a far right group in France is gaining political momentum but also have Bourne in their sights, the added complication of the Treadstone organisation leaves Bourne (as usual) not knowing who to trust.
Good pace and action to this with sufficient twists and turns to keep the reader involved. Minor issue that there is an obvious twist that the reader will suss about 100 pages before Bourne does! For a top operator, he can be very dumb sometimes!
But this is quite good fun.

This was my first Bourne novel (my previous experience has been only knowing and enjoying the films, especially the original trilogy) and I was unsure what to expect but I was pleasantly surprised. It’s not the novel for you if you’re looking for a huge amount of emotional depth or character development but it’s still an action packed rollercoaster and very faithful to the original stories by Robert Ludlum.

The action in this starts on the first page and never lets up. Obviously a lot has happened to Bourne in the novels that have come out over the years but that didn’t stand in the way of enjoying this one at all as enough background is given for it all to make sense while never getting bogged down. There are twists and tension and a lovely variety of locations and it has a very cinematic quality to it. The perfect holiday read for any lovers of action thrillers.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy in return for an honest review.

As much as I love the original Bourne books, I love these new reiterations. It's a chance to bring them up to date, insert new technology and political theories. Bourne 2.0 if you like.

Jason's newest adventure kicks off in Paris and he travels to Switzerland, Germany and the UK. There are murky right wing politics, shadowy government agencies and a possible link to Jason's past, before his amnesia. He can't resist the temptation to revisit his past and uncover more of his hidden memories.

No matter what name he's using; David Webb, Jason Bourne or Caine, out intrepid hero just can't resist helping out a female in trouble.

This is the first JB book I've read by this particular author and I wasn't disappointed. It was like the JB we all know but just with an enhanced backstory and a few more adventures under his belt!

I happily read this in one go and really loved revisiting this old friend. Bring on more Treadstone Adventures.

The Bourne Shadow is a great spy story with a fantastic build up and fast paced plot. Having only read a couple of the previous Bourne books, I can only say that this was one of my more favourite ones. An engrossing and entertaining read.

This was actually super fun to read. I can envision myself picking it up as an airport read and just having a great time on the flight. Normally i'm good to sniff out plot twists, but there were more twists than I can even account for and I loved it; just the right amount of give and take. Perfect timing for me to read too, given the French election results today!

More specific praise, I was concerned seeing it was no.19 in a series, but it fit perfectly into its own little world of one book, I didn't feel lost in the dark at all as it didn't cling onto facts from previous novels. It's a fun read, simple characters with little in the way of actual development beyond various reveals, or actually any real personality; but it was fucking fun. And it's what I wanted out of a book like this. I would 100% pick up another one in the series for a laugh if I ever saw it around!

(im putting 3*, but really I mean 3.5)

I stayed up late finishing this, it was such a page turner. Absolutely brilliant story and the lead character was well drawn. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book. Highly recommended.