Rainbow Six

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Summary: Impossible to put down
Review: One of the most thrilling and action-packed books I have read so far.You will not be able to put this one down. Exciting from the beginning to the end. For me Tom Clancy reaches John Le Carré's level with this one.

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Summary: I agree with Al Gore on this one...
Review: I also haven't read the book. BUT, I have played the video game. Not too shaby. Not a Q2, but not a bomb either.

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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
Review: This book is very interesting and has a great plot and interesting characters, I would reccomend this book to anyone whom likes Tom Clancy books because it is truly a classic.

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Summary: Repeatedly redundant rhetoric
Review: What a page skipper. With the exception of the Op-Center series I have absolutely loved everything previously written by Tom Clancy. This book, however, is contrived, poorly researched and too long, with hero characters that you eventually wish would get shot. It also seems that once Mr. Clancy has written a paragraph he likes, he will slightly re-word it and use it several more time throughout the book. It was written more like a serialized novel where he revisits the same information over and over in case the reader was too stupid to remember it from 30 or 40 pages earlier. I found myself not just skimming but fanning past entire chapters that had little or no relevance to the plot line.

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Summary: Vote for me
Review: I've really never read this book. But the video game looks pretty neato and I invented the internet. As you know, I'm running for president of the United States and would appreciate a vote for me. So remember, vote for me because I invented the internet.

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Summary: Best non-fantasy book ive ever read
Review: My god, this is a great book. Once I got past page 100 i couldn't put it down. THis was the first military book i've ever read, and I want to read another! Clancy really wrote so you would route for Rainbow group.

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Summary: Clany's Best
Review: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is typical of his other writings it was somewhat long, okay at 897 pages it is very long. This is by far one of his best writings, I have read many, and this is second to only a few such as Patriot Games. If you've never read a Tom Clancy book than you will be in for a surprise, his use of details is amazing, and he has a knack for always finding the right word in any situation. Tom Clancy is definitely one of the best authors alive today, and this is clearly displayed in this book, no other author matches his ability in writing long books that don't bore you. The book starts out with Jack Ryan, his wife, son-in-law Domingo Chavez, and his pregnant daughter on a plane going to England with the purpose of starting the "Rainbow" project, a group of multinational experts in intelligence, and military experts who protect the world from terrorists. There is a rise in military actions from the beginning, the reader follows the fighters through various missions, successful, and not. Then the reader meats a unique Russian Ex-KGB agent who works against Rainbow. Tom Clancy uses various writing styles in order to interest everybody from changing the style to make the reader go faster during the battles, to slow in the character development sections. The best part of this book is how Mr. Clancy draws a vivid picture of the terrorist mindset, which is extremely complicated with the fact that the majority of the terrorists are psychopaths. The plot has many turns, some of which are hard to follow, but the majority is extremely easy to follow which makes this an easy read. Rainbow Six is a great book for anyone, but there are some people that may be afraid of its length, and at almost 900 pages the fear is somewhat justified, you will not regret reading this book, but if you get bored extremely easy you might want to start with another one of Tom Clany's books.

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Summary: Rainbow Six
Review: This is without a doubt the greatest action/thriller book that I have ever read. After reading "Op-Center" I really started liking Clancey, but after readin Rainbow Six I found out that Op-Center was nothing compared to it. People might say it's too long but every single part of the book matters because he's (Clancey) buliding up the plot with every word. A must read, especially if you got the game, if you dont go get because it's just as good.

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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: Rainbow Six was a fun read for me mostly because of the commandos in it. The scenes were the Rainbow team tosses their flash-bang grenades at the hostage takers and save the good guys are very nice. So nice that most of the books other flaws didn't annoy me too much. Some of those flaws are the lame dialogue (EVERY person in the book says "...y'know?..." at least six thousand times...), somewhat undeveloped characters, and a somewhat unbelivable plot. Despite all these, odd plot and all, I still liked it.

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Summary: Rainbow Six is a great book.
Review: I'm a little pressed for time right now, but what I can tell the readers of this book, is that it is a great read. I enjoyed reading Rainbow Six, a real page turner. That's all I have.