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Summary: Clancy at his finest
Review: Gives you a different perspective on counter-terrorism. Surprisingly not far from the actual truth although exagerated at times. WEST UP.
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Summary: Great Book! But, restrictions apply...
Review: This book is excellent but if you want action on every page, you will be disappointed. Basically (not to spoil the book) there is one big action scene, then a hundred pages, another scene, a hundred pages, and then the same pattern two more times. Otherwise, an excellent read. It is also easy to read even if this is your first Clancy book.
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Summary: Sleepless in Washington Court House, Ohio
Review: This is the second book of Tom Clancy's that I have read. This book is a real page turner. I could not put it down. I stayed up to five in the morning reading it sacrificing sleep to finish this awesome counter-terrorists book. This book starts with a bang right from the beginning. It is like a rollercoaster ride: buckle up folks. The only thing bad about this book is that it is only 897 pages. I wish it could have been longer. What a thrill! Some of the things I liked about the book were the characters. John Clark the spook turned bureacrat. Ding Chavez Cia agent turned squad leader. Former KGB agent Popov was a terrific. I really like his character and hope that Clancy would do a book on him or something. If you like in depth characters this book has it. This book really got me angry in a good sense. It stirred up my emotions the way a book should. I can't say enough how much I enjoyed this book. I have read a lot of reviews were people didn't like this book but I don't see how. I just purchased most of Clancy's other novels and I hope they are as good.
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Summary: One of the BEST!!!
Review: Im sorry for all you people that do not believe this book was excellent, but, you are undoubtably wrong. This was one of his best books ever. Talk about an awsome plot, it always leaves you to want to keep reading. If you like counter-terror action, this is the book for you.(ie: a paintball player would love this book!!!!!). I would read this book again. I wish they made it into a movie. It would be excellent!!! The missions are lifelike, and make you wonder if there really is a covert team like them. IT COULD BE POSSIBLE!!!!! Clark plays an outstanding role, along with Dimitry Popov. GOOD JOB TO CLANCY ON THIS ONE!!!
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Summary: Great Book! But Clancy Can Do Better...
Review: In Clancy's latest novel Rainbow Six, John Clark heads an elite counter-terrorism team. The team has members from various NATO countries. The beginning is great, it grabbed my attention. But then, nothing for about 100 pages. This 900 page book is not for light readers. I'm in Junior High and I found it a little hard dragging the giant paperback to class. The action scenes are great, malticously planned out. But do we really need all this mumbo-jumbo inbetween fighting. I underrstand this book can't be all action, but Clancy is getting worse. He is clammoring to write long, drawn out books. Come on Tom, we need a little more. The plot is also a bit too predictable. Rainbow literally saves the entire human race in under a page. No shootout, not enough a resisted arrest. No complaints about leaving Ryan out of the picture, I think we all need a break from him. Clark devolps very well in this story. Hopefully Clancy will take a nice long vacation and come back home and write a real good book. The newest Bear and the Dragon is 1000+ pages. Clancy is going insane! I pray he returns to writing shorter and better action novels. Overall a great read for those with the time!
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Summary: Another best seller from Tom Clancy!
Review: Tom Clancy, king of action/suspense, has done it again with this New York Times best seller. In this book, you will experience the beginning of the anti-terrorist team "Rainbow Six", from training to be elite, to there last hurrah. If you enjoy Tom Clancy's amazing novels. You should definently take the time to read this book.
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Summary: KICK @$$ Book
Review: One of the best books on the planet, Rainbow Six is action packed. This is one of Clancy's Best novels yet!
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Summary: Read it!
Review: The book starts by introducing John Clark who has left the CIA to create an England-based organization code-named "Rainbow." Its mission: establish an elite squad of American operatives combined with handpicked British, French, and German agents to fight terrorism whenever it is required. Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force solves three attempted terrorist problem such as an alleged bank robbery in Switzerland or an attack on a theme park in Spain. But Clark becomes suspicious when Russian agents suddenly show interest in Rainbow's work. Later on in the book these Russians become more and more important as, in a narrative that simultaneously traces the Rainbow team, a former KGB agent named Popov is introduced. Following these two places of action the reader gets small pieces of information of a great puzzle that finally is revealed as a great conspiracy concerning the Australian Olympic security team and a strange group of American scientists. Bit by bit Tom Clancy is able to reveal artfully the mystery of "Shiva" [...]The Rainbow Six-novel satisfies all the levels that Clancy like (A very famous book of this author is also "Hunt for Red October"). In the thrilling action of the book the Rainbow soldiers, from Navy troops to German fighters, are created to impress the reader by describing their physical and mental power such as "typical heroes". The book is infatuated with the latest developments and inventions in the technical sector. Therefore there are plenty of words to describe e.g. the operation instructions given to the Rainbow-Team besides the detailed descriptions of the weapons used. Clancy fans are used to this fact and are not annoyed by the unknown words that hardly anybody could know all at once - except a real soldier in the US-Army or the author himself who is visible in typical military clothing on the back cover of the book (At least when you study the "Berkley international edition / May 1999"). But besides this stereotype of hero-novels there's a fact that evoked deeper thoughts in me because of the postulate that humanity should be punished for their rape of nature although it can be a reason to destroy mankind. In my opinion this novel is a very good piece of literature and I am convinced that also many people who have never read a book of this author will agree to me after studying it. In retrospect the book has been very successful until nowadays because there's also a PC-Game in which you can become a member of the elite-force and lots of famous magazines and newspapers praise "Rainbow Six" e.g. the Dallas Morning news writes "When the door blows and the shooting starts, nobody does it better". Johannes Weiß
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Summary: Rainbow Six
Review: Overall I generally enjoyed this book. Anytime I had a chance to read it I did. However, this book does not stand up to the wonderful writing of his previous books. In general I feel this book suffers from two things. First, the egomaniac/eco-terrorist/billionaire criminal is clichéd at best and uninteresting at worst. The plot seemed formulaic at times and lacked any real credibility as a real threat to the world (Olympic Security Contract- the need to raise terrorism around the globe to force the hand of the Olympic Committee). Another issue is the "tree-hugger" as terrorist. This at best seems a little comic book-like and I found myself wishing for a more ruthless criminal. Regardless of whether I liked the character or his motivations, it just seemed that Clancy wasn't able to make me sympathize with him. And I especially felt the story was more than anticlimactic with the ending. The second problem I had with the book was the length. Although I enjoyed the variety of ongoing storylines, I did find myself becoming anxious to move on about 3/4 the way through. This may be an example of an overwritten novel that fails to deliver on the extra words. Again, I generally like this book and I'm glad I read it. I would recommend that anyone picking this novel be prepared for a less than stellar writing performance from Clancy but one that still engages the reader at times and builds anxiety, etc. in the storyline and character development. I would also be dishonest if I didn't think this book could be weaved into an interesting screenplay with characters like Clark.
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Summary: OK book... but
Review: I started reading this book expecting another Hunt for Red October, but it was different. I didn't expect a "clean" book concerning swearing, but it was a little over done. It was a well written book, as Tom Clancy usually puts out. My advice is that this book is for older teens or adults.
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