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Comment by selimthegrim | Hacker News Reader

Ludlum is uh...somewhat comparable to those sugary Froot Loops you used to eat as a kid. The Jason Bourne book set in China and Hong Kong has way too many characters who start their dialogues with "Aiyaa!", "Damn damn," and "Great Christian Jesus!" for me to stomach it a second time.

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Bourne Identity was one of my top favourite at the time. But later books started dragging (Just like with Tom Clancy)

Now, I can't stomach either one of them.

I loved Bourne trilogy, Materese countdown

The only book I got bored by was Oracle of Omaha

Have no idea what fruit loops are. But I loved ludlum's novels

Haven't read one since a long time now though.

I had a phenomenal time with Ludlum's novels when I was in high school. Less fun with Clancy. I remember with one book, there was one character's perspective that bored me and so I'd just skip it every time, just turned right past 20-30 pages each time. Didn't feel like I missed anything. :)

Well, you can say that about many books. I write books (not that I've published anything important yet) and normal sized books are 80k long. It is not possible for every word to be important and un "missable"

An overly sweet American breakfast cereal not worth trying as an adult. I read this particular one at my grandfather's house in Karachi one summer when it was stacked in the corner and I had nothing to do.

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