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Summary: Clancy at his best. An equal to Hunt for Red October.
Review: Clancy shifts gears slightly and forgoes his usual hi-tech and multi-character beginnings that are difficult to wade through. Begins with a bang right from the start and continues at breathtaking pace until the very end. It's really hard to find a place to put this book down. In this book, Clancy brings back John Clark, CIA operative, and Ding Chavez, Clarks long time side-kick. Remember Clear and Present Danger? Clark heads up an anti-terrorist organization made up of multi-national "best of the best" soldiers. They take you through breathtaking plot after plot. At the same time Clancy weaves the master plot throughout. This is a truly gripping novel you will thoroughly enjoy.
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Summary: Riverting, fast paced and thoughly enjoyable.
Review: From the moment you read the first page, the text grabs you. I personally felt that the book was excellent. Tom Clancy from the start keeps you interested in the doings of ex-navy SEAL John Clark and son-in-law Ding Chaves. As a new forse in counterterrisiom arrives on the scene headed with Clark as the new director of Rainbow Six. Six is also helped with Chaves as a team leader. Following an excellent plot written by Clancy his new book is a must read for all of those techno-thriller fans out there. Nicholas Jorgensen
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Summary: Not Clancy's best, but better than most
Review: I enjoyed this book alot. Not as deep as many of Clancys other books but still a very good read. I liked reading about John Clark and the Op Center type dealings. Good book worth the price.
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Summary: Another Yellow Pages-sized winner from Clancy
Review: I bought my copy of Rainbow Six for someone (a gift) and once they finished it they offered it to me. Reading nearly 800 pages of techno-war-political-thriller has its pros and cons; Clancy's stuff is great, but the story--and I thought it was a good, if not completely plausible one--is spun out over a mass of pages. I recall "Without Remorse" as less complicated but a lot more entertaining than ...Six. I enjoyed reading it and it's worth reading, but for those who don't want to devote a month or more of reading to one book, go elsewhere. If you, on the other hand, want to achieve the feeling of accomplishment, you'll be proud to complete this novel (and the ending's great, too). Enjoy!
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Summary: John Clark, Smooth Operator
Review: I was very pleased to see that Mr. C is getting more page space. He is the hidden figure of other Clancy novels. Mr. C is at his best when the pressure is on and in this case he is put into a postion that best fits him. A shadow figure who is in command of a group of shadows. Their mission is to deal with people the most effective way possible, make the consequences dire others will think twice before trying terrorism. Rainbow Six in a nut shell. A must read for Clancy fans and an entertaining book for everyone else. He does not get as technical as in some books. It is a good way to while away a few hours or weeks (700+ pages). The book has good pace and a belivable (a bit outlandish) story line. Would not want to meet up with a "Shiva".
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Summary: Rainbow Six: Should be a Comic Book
Review: I won't go into deep detail, because you've already read the reviews and you know--by now--the plot of the story. Well, I think the story could have been better, but it was a fun read, and it appeared to me Clancy wanted to broaden his imagination abit, taking us on a ride where the threat is real but--like a good comic book adventure, as done in the Batman series last year, I think--the execution of a super virus is exaggerated. Mr. Clark (Rainbow Six) would be better in comics and the movies than in this form. At least great artists would make it better off. Well, send any comments. I'm sure I could challenge them!!
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Summary: Redone plot with Clark playing Ryan, less exciting, too long
Review: The book reads like play it again Sam. Ebola threat but not as much hero or terror as last Ebola threat. Too long and too much time on the firing line. I love the quality of the heros like those in "Lonesone Dove". No doubt who is good or bad but the villians and plot requires too much of a conspiracy to be believeable. Hope TC does a better job all the way around if he does another Ryan-Clark-Domingo-character in a book. His poorest effect!
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Summary: Blech!!!!
Review: How horrible was this book? To begin, the main character dies in the end, only to be brought back by the terroists? How lame! Avoid this if you have spare time. There are so many great books out there, and this is not nearly one of them!
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Summary: Not his best effort
Review: I agree with the reader from Fort Bragg-- time to start checking out other thriller writers whose work you might not have seen. Bob Mayer's special forces series is a good starting point. Loved CUT OUT, ETERNITY BASE and the other books.
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Summary: Excellent character devlm't; interesting but flawed premise
Review: Rainbow Six is the least compelling of all of Clancy's novels. On the bright side, the character development is very good; the reader does end up caring about the good guys. But the main premise of the novel that a bunch of U.S. eco-nazis could conspire to wipe out most of humanity is absurd. A nation-state might be able to pull it off but there's no way 100 to 200 eco-freaks in the U.S. could do it without there being a leak that would bring the whole thing down like a house of cards: someone would talk, someone would get suspicious, they'd call the cops, and that would be that. Also, it would not take the eco-nazis a long time to figure out how to get out of the predicament Clancy leaves them in at the end of the story. Clancy wants us to believe they will all die but the fact is most could survive if they just stay calm and work together. All they need to get out is a canoe. The ending is thus very unsatisfactory and way below Clancy's usual high standard.
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