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Summary: Not his best effort
Review: Between trying to buy football teams and promoting games off his books and 'co-writing' numerous other books, Clancy has lost whatever he had at the beginning of his career. As far as those reviewers who think this is the 'real deal' on Special Operations-- not even close. Clancy never carried a ruck, jumped out of a plane in the pitch dark or been shot at. You want realism try BLACKHAWK DOWN, the story of the Rangers in Somalia. Or in fiction, try Bob Mayer's Special Forces books. --This text refers to the
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Summary: I liked it beter when it was called "Exterme Measures"
Review: This is a good book, don't get me wrong. But its plot is errily similar to the Hugh Grant/Gene Hackman thriller "Extreme Measures". A group of crazy enviromentalists are kidnapping bums and women off the streets of New York and experimenting on them so they can kill the world by spreading a super strain of Ebola. Yawn..... The action sequences make up for an un-Clancyish plot (most of his other books could happen in real life). While entertaining,this book is not for people who need to read about a person dying every page. I would recommend this to First time readers of Clancy.
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Summary: dive dive dive
Review: I like Tom Clancy's books, I really do. The first few he wrote, including the Jack Ryan series, were an enjoyable read by an author who knew what he was talking about. In Rainbow 6 however, while he still knows what he's talking about (the research is evident), it hasn't got the pure feel of his earlier work, which were based much more closely with experiences and machines he knew about. The book is 300 pages too long, and constantly, and I mean constantly repeats itself. (maybe he bypassed an editor). On the plus side his characters are strong, and none stronger than our old mate John Clark, whose adventures and experiences are as familiar to readers as those of Jack Ryan, and the storyline itself is excellent, if far reaching. i.e. the main bad guys have the biggest mouths and the worst security you could possible imagine, and if troops and their families at Hereford could be attacked that easily I would be very surprised. Take us back to the Navy Tom, to the subs we loved so well.
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Summary: In and of itself it's O.K. But not Clancy's best........
Review: From a die hard Clancy fan that has read all of his books, I found this book somewhat disjointed. I was dissapointed that no real mention of Jack Ryan was made. I would have prefered to have known about the power structure of the world. For most of the book, you don't even know who is the president of the U.S. The setup of the book seemed to be rushed. It is the first Clancy book that I found easy to put down. This book is a spin off from a previous Clancy series without an updated from that series. In all I found it wanting.
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Summary: Medicore plot/writing, with amusing technical magic tricks.
Review: If you're looking for another Clancy book on par with "Red Storm Rising", or "Hunt for Red October" you're going to be somewhat disapointed. If you think that "Cardinal of the Kremlin" was Clancy's finest, save your money. The latest Clancy installment suffers from weak extensions of previous characters and the notion that the new characters are simply fodder for the unwieldly and somewhat formulaic plot. While the book has enough of the typical "techno-thriller" wizardry to satisfy readers in that respect on gets the impression that the plot becomes the vehicle for Clancy to strut his knowledge of cool toys, and historical trivia. The upshot being, that you never have to doubt the top-notch quality of his research. However the sizzling plot twists that made books like Kremlin, and the wonderful sparkling characters that populated those books are noticiably absent. I think that Clancy is trying to delay the inevitable conclusion of the Jack Ryan series of books, and the overextension shows. Perhaps the distractions of all of the franchise (OP-Center) etc series has something to do with the quality of the book. Maybe this one's just a dud, albeit an interesting and plausible plot basis (bio-tech/large corporation run amuk) is if nothing else an interesting if somewhat paranoid notion. At any rate it made for an interesting distraction for a long plane ride, but I wouldn't lose any sleep staying up to read this one.
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Summary: A great action packed adventure
Review: Thrilling book. One of Clancy's best book, I don't care about other reviews, this is an awesome book.
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Summary: Australian knowledge is lacking, otherwise a solid book.
Review: Rainbow Six is not unusual for a Tom Clancy novel. It shows his usual command of character, plot and structure however Australians will be disappointed with his Australian characters and the Sydney setting. For example his Australian charaters talk like they are British (rather upperclass british) and Sydney airport lies outside of Sydney (rather than very near the city centre), showing that in regard to Australia, Clancy has not done his research. Aside from this Rainbow Six is a solid book with an interesting new use of some of his old characters (Clark and Chavez) in a new setting and addressing, as Clancty did in Executive Orders, biowarfare. This topic however, is not given much of a fresh look, which is disappointing, given that it is such a major issue.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is one of the most thrilling books I have read since, ever. So if your a type of person that always likerd the bad guys then this book will change your mind.
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Summary: Where's the editing?
Review: This is the last Clancy book I buy hot off the press in hardback. From now on, I'm going to check the Amazon reviews before risking my money. Rainbow Six looks like the result of a rush writing job with almost no editing. Certain peculiar phrases, while interesting on their own, show up two or three times. Made me think that Tom was trying them out in a few places and was too rushed to figure out the one best place. The pace was very non-Clancy like. The action dragged frequently and the good guy descriptions became routine and boring. This was my first Clancy novel I found easy to put down. Fortunately, I found sufficient satisfaction with the ending to somewhat make up for the unpleasantness of the read but overall, I still cannot recommend the book.
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Summary: A good read
Review: Tom Clancy delivers again. I was surprised, what others hated about this book, I enjoyed! I found this book fascinating, informative and a good all around read, and not boring whatsoever! It is not his best work, however. Tom Clancy successfully sets up creative plots , twists and turns, and characters. I have enjoyed nearly all of Tom Clancy's work and am pleased with this one. I will have to read the sequel to this. Tom Clancy passionately praises and supports the military and law enforcement agencies of the U.S., which should be highly commended. I highly suggest this book to anyone interested.
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