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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I am a long time (early) Clancy fan, I read the Navel Institute edition of Red October, before his discovery by the general public. I mention this because Rainbow is not up to Mr. Clancy's standards. Probably 400 pages more than necessary- sorry Tom.
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Summary: What Would Happen if Extremists Took Over a Major Corp?
Review: I enjoyed the book reading it in less than two weeks. Some concepts in R6 were similar to other Clancy works. As an example, this is his second book about bio warefare. He also introduced (for Clancy) something new. In this story, a corporation has the resources and capabilities of a Nation State. This includes the ability to develop weapons of mass destruction and make war. While that concept has been examined in other works, I have never seen it described as well as Clancy did in R6.
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Summary: Tired, jaded, ends with a fizzle
Review: I am a Tom Clancy fan. At least of his 'large book' series. I looked forward to Rainbow Six. I was sorely disappointed. The characters wrer colorless. The plot was bizarre and the action sequences were anti climatic. The ending was a drag.
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Summary: "First Half Good, Second Half Can't Pu Down"
Review: The book starts off as a how to on setting up your very own anti-terrorist squad; equipment, personnel, contacts, etc. Still, very interesting. It really isn't until the assault on the Spanish amusement park that the true Clancy genius explodes. The sequence takes you through an emotional gauntlet, and is wrtitten so well you want to reach through the pages and choke the terrorists because you hate them so much. Of course, all these terrorist incidents hide a more sinister conspiracy. A group of militant environmentalists plan to use an ebola-like virus to wipe out mankind and restore Earth to a more natural setting. Clancy does an excellent job developing their characters into people you can't help but hate because of their absolute contempt for human life. Scarey because some die-hard environmental types actually think that way. I wouldn't call this a Clancy classic, but it is nonetheless enjoyable and exciting reading.
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Summary: a really miserable book...
Review: I hope till the end that the story would improve in a strange and dramatic way... but it doesn't... this is really a waste of money and time.
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Summary: Thoroughly predictable
Review: Poorly written and thoroughly predictable. At one point I wondered if this book was not written by TC since the style was miles away from 'Red Storm Rising' and 'The Hunt for ...'. Then I wondered if maybe TC needed money and it was therefore necessary to finish the book in record time. In any case the next book from mr. Clancy that I buy will not be a hard cover, instead I will wait untill the paperback version comes out. In short mr. Clancy has been removed from my 'must read' list.
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Summary: This is a really great book from Tom Clancy.
Review: This book was really great because the story line was so interesting and suspenceful. This is one of Clancy's greatest books!
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Summary: Very Good, but not supreme
Review: This Clancy book was a good one, but several have topped it. I sorry to say this, but there are too many grammatical errors.
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Summary: Great Apocalyptic Stuff!
Review: Despite some of the negative reviews I've seen here at Amazon.Com for Rainbow Six, I actually really enjoyed it. Without spoiling anything, the terrorist incidents and some of the characters, no matter how unrelated and irrelevant they may seem in the first few hundred pages, are all key parts of a plan to wipe out the world's population to achieve an insane goal. The ending, though, was poetic justice at its very best. Bravo to Clancy for another top-notch thriller! But next time, how 'bout another good Nation vs. Nation pot-boiler?
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Summary: Not exactly the clancy I like...
Review: Although I am a loyal fan of Tom Clancy I just had to put this book down. Why you ask? For one thing the book was just to drawn out, possibly if he had condensed the book a little more i would have liked it. It's also not as realistic as some of his other books, the terrorist plots are just to far fetched and the terrorist counterstrike team never seems to have anything bad happen to them. Overall I'll have to give this book ***
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