The Janson Directive
by Robert Ludlum
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Author: Robert LudlumEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-19
ISBN: 0312989385
Number of pages: 704
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Book Reviews of The Janson Directive
Book Review: A good read: high action and intrigue, with a few minor drawbacks
Summary: 4 Stars
This is my first Ludlum novel, although it is apparently "Ludlum by proxy."
The book holds your interest, and while the plot itself is nothing ingeniously new or surprising, the tale moves along nicely with plenty of action and character interaction.
In numerous (if relatively brief) instances, the writer shows a doting fascination with the details of death, injury, and torture. These emphases are expressed in flavors both morbid and clinical. It can be a bit sickening, even disturbing at times; yet these kinds of things are also notorious for being interesting. Quentin Tarantino would probably have fun with parts of this book.
There is also one dangling plot thread that is left completely unresolved: that is, the fate of Angus Fielding. The reader must rely on their own imagination to figure that one out. The later segment with Fielding was put in as a sort of side-show, and to further establish the nastiness of the story's main antagonist (whose villainy really needed no further defining by this point). But since the writer(s) and editor(s) neglected to provide closure on this point, Fielding's second appearance should have been left out altogether. It really is a glaringly obvious omission. Ludlum, I am sure, would never have left it up in the air like that, were he alive to finish this book.
On a nitpicky note, there are a few incidences where the writer's use of arcane or pretentious vocabulary can be a little annoying. For instance, when I see a word like "munificence" repeated within 40 or 50 pages of itself, I almost have to laugh out loud. And surely, the mainstream reader can be spared words such as "bedizened."
But all in all, this is a richly crafted book. It plays out nicely.
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