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Summary: No "wounded souls" among the good guys...
Review: ...and the bad guys are satisfyingly nasty rather than "dysfunctional individuals". You've got a top Senate aide who's using his connections to facilitate cyber-ripoffs as well as buying a piece of a Third World country, and a racist thug as combination gofer and muscle. This series is proving to be a lot more gratifying than this pair's "Op-Center" series. The idea of the criminal as "victim of society" is anachronistic and simply has got to go. As for heroes, remember that poor guy in the "Op-Center" books who was in mourning for the death of his Korean-born wife who'd been killed in the first book? Evidently, the lady had been the type of partner who married people mean when they use the expression "my better half" to describe their spouses. Don't get me wrong--who wouldn't want to identify with a dude who had an old lady like her? The problem was, it had to have jammed up Our Hero's ability to perform some really critical duties. You wound up pitying the guy when you're supposed to be rooting for him. None of the "anti-hero" type in this series, though. They're all strong people who are definitely up to the job. Rule NetForce!!!
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Summary: A great book, not a boring op-center
Review: A great book with a whole lot of suspense. I read the whole book in about 2 hours. You want a good Tom Clancy? Read Net Force.
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Summary: Can summarize This Book in One Sentence...
Review: About 300 Pages of great story telling, but then an extra 200 page of complete nothing.Most of the book was great and entertaining, but for a good part of it I read stuff that didnt seem to have any relevance to the plot whatsoever and could quite frankly be left out of the book without changing the story at all.
But I did enjoy the book overall, even though it should only have been a 300 page book.
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Summary: Net Force Audio Book
Review: Although not the best of Clacy's work, I found this to be a very enjoyable listen with one exception. This narrator, like several others, does not know how to pronounce Gila Bend! But aside from that I would recommend this to others (and of course in the print version it would not matter).
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Summary: Night Moves Prequel Improved But Predictable
Review: As a Clancy fan, and having panned "Night Moves" in an earlier review, I felt obligated to give another of his Net Force books a read. "Hidden Agendas" is, chronologically, the prequel to Clancy's earlier work. He might have done well to release it first. The characters in this book are better developed and the plot an improvement over his earlier effort. However, as inferred by another Amazon reviewer, this is the stuff of a movie script perhaps more than popular literature. In "Hidden Agendas" the Net Force battles a computer wiz nee: body-building street thug and his employer, an apparently legitimate U.S. Congressional official with secrets to share. A "cloak 'n dagger" chase" traces its way across the U.S. and Europe before settling in an "OK Corral" confrontation that simultaneously brings all of the principals together in an obscure African nation. Clancy does a nicer job here of developing his characters. He provides the origin of the relationship between Alex Michaels and Toni Fiorella as well as the unlikely match between Sergeant Fernandez and goddess-genius Joanna Winthrop. Even Jay Gridley's VR (virual reality) computer scenarios are less excentric. Col. John Howard is perhaps the most believable character (if you ignore the tree falling on him during a wilderness exercise in Washington). And we're less distracted by the wanderings Howard's son, Tyron, than in the earlier release. Clancy doesn't let the intermittent romantic steam rust his proficiency for detail on weaponry and military tactics. However the motive of the key antagonist, Thomas Hughes, is never made completely clear. Despite a skeptical start, I enjoyed this volume better than "Night Moves."
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Summary: Night Moves Prequel Improved But Predictable
Review: As a Clancy fan, and having panned "Night Moves" in an earlier review, I felt obligated to give another of his Net Force books a read. "Hidden Agendas" is, chronologically, the prequel to Clancy's earlier work. He might have done well to release it first. The characters in this book are better developed and the plot an improvement over his earlier effort. However, as inferred by another Amazon reviewer, this is the stuff of a movie script perhaps more than popular literature. In "Hidden Agendas" the Net Force battles a computer wiz nee: body-building street thug and his employer, an apparently legitimate U.S. Congressional official with secrets to share. A "cloak 'n dagger" chase" traces its way across the U.S. and Europe before settling in an "OK Corral" confrontation that simultaneously brings all of the principals together in an obscure African nation. Clancy does a nicer job here of developing his characters. He provides the origin of the relationship between Alex Michaels and Toni Fiorella as well as the unlikely match between Sergeant Fernandez and goddess-genius Joanna Winthrop. Even Jay Gridley's VR (virual reality) computer scenarios are less excentric. Col. John Howard is perhaps the most believable character (if you ignore the tree falling on him during a wilderness exercise in Washington). And we're less distracted by the wanderings Howard's son, Tyron, than in the earlier release. Clancy doesn't let the intermittent romantic steam rust his proficiency for detail on weaponry and military tactics. However the motive of the key antagonist, Thomas Hughes, is never made completely clear. Despite a skeptical start, I enjoyed this volume better than "Night Moves."
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Summary: Mindless and unrealistic, but still a Clancy book
Review: Clancy's books and their interweaving plotlines usually keep you reading and this is generally true of this book. The main detractors you'll face to this pull will probably be the simplicity of said plotlines and the total lack of realism regarding the hackers and their software tools.
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Summary: Unbelievably Poorly Written - "T is for Terrible"ΓΏ
Review: Early works were solid. I've been a true fan and read from Red October through to Clear and Present Danger. What's clear is this book is well below par. Its more along the lines of a Sue Grafton novel as in "T is for Terrible". The Danger is that Tom & Steve put their names on it. I feel like a teacher catching students cheating on an exam. Either this isn't their work or this isn't the work I know their capable of. I can't recommend this and would like a refund. A few technical points - And I'm not a writer but just some obvious flaws. 1. Poor dialog. 2/10 The same phrasing is used by multiple characters. Sometimes on the Same page! (Granny sickle & Howard sickle - this is lame. A first year writer could do better) 2. Concepts - 3.5/10 I agree the VR approach is laughable. 3. The printed book - 0/10 - Half the book is either smudged or blurred on poor quality paper. This is obviously a publisher cashing in on Tom's name. Previously I didn't think twice about a new Clancy novel. Now I'll have to skim the book first to see if its even worth consideration.
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Summary: Everyone one whines and crys about this
Review: Everyone keeps whining about how bad this novel is, but the truth of the matter is, it isn't bad at all. I thought it was pretty good. The windy path between characters was a bit confusing, but overall I'd recommend to someone who is intersted in computers and know a little bit about them becasuse otherwise you may get lost with the computer jargon.
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Summary: Not Clancy but OK for a light read
Review: First thing to establish is Tom Clancy did not write this book. I don't know why he puts his name on it, but the "Net Force" books are OK if you want something that is easy to read and doesn't make you think too hard. The books are best read in sequence - I made the mistake of buying "Night Moves" and reading that first, before I realised it was a series. I like the parallel stories a lot and the romantic angle between Alex and Toni prevents it all from being military tactics (which I also enjoy a lot). One disappointing thing for me about "Net Force" is the name of the military head "Col. John Howard". Well, I am Australian and "John Howard" is the name of our Prime Minister. Whenever I read the name, I imagine a short, balding little weazel! Maybe Clancy and Steve Perry should check stuff like that out before they name their characters! Conclusion: Good for a light read when you don't want to concentrate too much.
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