Rainbow Six

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Summary: Overly long, exhaustive, utterly boring and lacks direction.
Review: I have enjoyed all of Clancy's books except Rainbow Six. The plot was confusing, no idea of what the plot was supposed to be until better than halfway through the book. The book lacked direction, had no real character development. The length of the book could have been pared down and would have made for less boring reading. The commitment of the bad guys, their love of nature, was endlessly dribbled in most of the pages of the second half of the book, so that more pages of the book could be filled . The space should have been used for better plot development. Overall, this book was very dissatisfying for a major Clancy novel. I shall hesitate before venturing to purchase the next one. Get an editor and trim down the inconsequential garbage that seems to abound in the stories more and more. I give this book a zero star, even though the rating is one star. Amazon.com doesn't have a zero rating!

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Summary: It's not the same
Review: Tom Clancy has been one of my "must reads" since I began with Jack Ryan's exploits however many years ago. In my opinion, Without Remorse - the novel Clancy used to explore the character of Clark - is probably his most exciting and darkest work. When I found out Rainbow Six was a "Clark novel" I bought it and read it immediately. I was disappointed by it. Perhaps that comes from the cautious nature of an anti-terrorist team. Perhaps that comes from a novel concerning a team that cannot lose no matter what the odds. There has always been a chance of something going wrong in Clancy's work. Here, the only reason you read on is to see how the bad guys will die in the next scene.

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Summary: Clancy adds another great book to list
Review: This latest book from Clancy is filled with suspense, not to mention his gift for technical explanation. He has always written books true to the times, and this is no exception. I recommend that everyone who loved his past works read Rainbow Six.

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Summary: Disappointing. Too long.
Review: Clancy, Rainbow Six review

Clancy's tenth is not, sorry to say, a winner. MUCH too long, too MANY shallow "events" strung together by an awfully thin plotline. Giving such a central role to Ebola almost seems plagiaristic, and trying to tie in the Sydney Olympics a stretch too far. PASS! Actually the prologue is the best part of the book. Perhaps the idea is not so much a film, but a whole tv series... the set-up, three different European actions, then some anti "tree hugger" waffle set variously in NYC and Kansas, a defensive action in England, an action in Sydney, and then a final denouement in the Amazon jungle. Even then, nearly 800 pages is nearly four hundred too many.

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Summary: ONE OF CLANCY'S BEST SINCE WITHOUT REMORSE
Review: THIS BOOK CAPTURES TWO OF THE GREATEST FEARS OF PEOPLE, TERRORISM IN THE U.S. AND MASS DESTRUCTION THROUGH A VIRUS. LOOK AT HOW MANY MOVIES AND BOOKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON THESE TWO SUBJECTS. CLANCY CAPTURES THEM BOTH IN AN ATTENTION GRABBING FORM, COMBINED WITH TWO OF HIS GREATEST CARRACTERS, JOHN CLARK AND DOMINGO CHAVEZ. THIS BOOK WILL GRAB YOUR ATTENTION FOR HOURS AT THE TIME!

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Summary: Same old Clancy only getting stale and sloppy
Review: What was once fresh and interesting about Clancy (red October/sum of all fears) has become stale and hackneyed. There were so many typos and repetitive passages, I am left with the sense that he bypassed the editing stage due to a tight deadline. The technological insights I enjoyed in the past were exaggerated in this tome with out the benefit of a trully riviting storyline to balance it. Lastly, his descriptive treatment of women leads me to conclude that he's been frustrated in his attempts at relationships with them. This book has convinced a longtime Clancy fan (I've read'em all) to seek out greener pastures.

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Summary: I'll have to read Red Storm to cleanse myself
Review: You know its going to be a tough book to get through when two of the female characters introduced in the book both hate men. I guess the divorce isn't going so well, huh?

The supposedly complex plot was extremely predictable... perhaps because of the one dimensional nature of the characters. The good guys are extremely good perfect people. The bad guys are evil and of course dumb because their point of view conflicts with Clancy.

The technical merits of the book are suspect as well. A 100 line program that disables a cell site and happens to work in any cell site? The lifesigns finder has been debunked in every analysis I've seen.

The most troubling thing about the book is that Clancy is still of the notion that the only people who want privacy on the Internet and in other telecommuncations are people who have something to hide like affairs or child pornography. Very disturbing.

Starting with Cardinal of the Kremlin and after coming to a head in Executive Orders, Clancy's books have become a soapbox for his extremist, narrow opinions.

On an amusing note, somebody must have bought him a Word a Day calendar or something while he was writing the book. He used the word "niggardly" three times in the span of few pages.

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Summary: Not the Clancy I know...
Review: What happened w/ R6??? What a bummer...I bought the book the day it was released and frankly had a tough time finishing it. I'm a Huge Clancy fan but am really disappointed with this one...a couple of things irked me, one was the repetition of descriptive words (can someone say..."niggardly"). And the plot had a Huge hole...without spoiling it...Why, if you spend billions on your "plan", would you send ONE guy to carry it out (to the olympics)...where's the backup...STUPID, STUPID. I don't know...I'm just very disappointed with this book

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Summary: Couldn't finish it
Review: I have read many of Clancy's book and enjoyed them but this one is just stupid. There was no page turning. I didn't care what happened. I read about half way through and still didn't care. I won't waste the money on his next hardcover!

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Summary: Awful, Awful, Awful, that's the way Clancy would review this
Review: Why use one word when three can fill up space. I agree with the reviewer who was chagrined that a single tree was cut down to publish this thing. I also agree with the reviewer who recommended Bob Mayer's special forces books. I knew Mayer in the army-- he at least knows what he's talking about and his books are to the point without any wasted language. Try CUT OUT, DRAGON SIM-13, ETERNITY BASE, hell, read anything but this book!!!!!