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Summary: What a joke!!
Review: Don't waste your money on this book. This book is terrible! Since I read "Sum of All Fears", I've anxiously awaited each new Clancy book. Not anymore. I've likely read my last Clancy. He should be ashamed of himself.
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Summary: Go re-read an older Clancy novel...
Review: I'd recommend this book to a recycling center, but I'd probably have to pay them to take it. The whole plotline of this book is based on a terrorist act using the public outdoor cooling system for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Did anyone forget that the summer games in 2000 are going to be held in WHAT IS WINTER FOR THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE? There goes the whole plot, eh? The characters are bland and all use the same fake Clancy LA slang "y'know" that is then passed off, in a sweet racist tone, as 'the pre-educated language of'. This is a novel that, in my not-so-humble opinion, got rejected before Clancy was big and has been repackaged with the characters we are familiar with (J. Ryan, Clark, etc...) and is being passed off as 'new'. Do yourself a big favor if you want to stay a Clancy fan: Don't read this pile of refuse.
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Summary: Flawed
Review: I picked this up just before boarding a long flight, having liked Hunt for Red October.This book was a big disappointment. Full of one dimensional characters, awkward writing, really poor pacing with too much repetition and contrived situations to try and prove some sort of point about the military, terrorists and the environment which I still don't get. The other surprise was a ton of errors - both technical errors relating to the computer technology and the comments on Australia, plus numerous mistakes in the copy which proved that the proofreader must also have fallen asleep as did I several times whilst struggling thru this 'epic'. Tom's reputation as having an 'inside track' on the technology is clearly pure PR. By the end I was rooting for the bad guys to win. I probably would have enjoyed this book more when I was 15 years old as it seems to be aimed at a very basic level of reader. If you want a great book with a military/ spy twist that is technically accurate, I recommend Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon.
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Summary: Good, but not good
Review: This is was a good book. Not great, good. Not bad, good. I mean, the few action scenes were very well written, the storyline was fair, but the ending wasn't as good as it should have been. This was my first Clancy novel (I mainly read it because of the game) and I thought it was a decent read.
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Summary: Amazing how bad it can be
Review: This book is one of the worst written books I've ever read. The author keeps describing the same thing over and over again, and he forgets what he wrote. At one point one captured terrorist says something in a taped confession, but it takes a few hundred pages to another terrorist say the same thing and that be received as a total surprise. It looks like the author is paid by the page, and has no time or will to think. Keep away from it.
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Summary: Full of action and Guns I definite 4.5
Review: I think this book is really good for fast readers but otherwise it is really long. But it does have a lot more action in the book than usual. I wouldn't recommendEd this to people who haven't read Tom Clancy because Rainbow Six isn't any thing like all his other books. But it is great for a third Tom Clancy read. If you like lots of action and a sort of mystery you will love this book. But it is sort of the same old save the world thing.
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Summary: Full of action and Guns I definite 4.5
Review: I think this book is really good for fast readers but otherwise it is really long. Btu it does have a lot more action in the book than usual. I wouldn't recommendEd this to people who haven't read Tom Clancy because Rainbow Six isn't any thing like all his other books. But it is great for a third Tom Clancy read. If you like lots of action and a sort of mystery you will love this book. But it is sort of the same old save the world thing.
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Summary: Dumb plot.
Review: I have eagerly awaited each of Tom Clancy's new books since Red Storm Rising. Each has been worse than the previous. This book has hit rock bottom. This book has a dumb plot and is rounded out by dumb characters. I'm ashamed to say that I wasted around $6 and numerous hours reading this dumb book.
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Summary: A thrilling commandos- cum- terroists story
Review: This is one of the best friction written by Tom Clancy. Simply exciting for those who love to read how the terroists are being killed by the elite commandos. The story is great, though the ending is a bit disappointing.
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Summary: A must read for all Clancy fans
Review: This book is definatly one of Tom Clancy's best so far, and was the first one of him that I read, instantly hooking me as a Tom Clancy fan. He shows readers many aspects and elements of terrorism that most (I hope! lol) of us don't get involved with, in a realistic way. Unfortunatly, the first time I read it, it wasn't until after I got past the first scene that I started to understand what was happening. But after I finished it, I went back and read it again. That time it made perfect sense. While rather confusing, it made me want to read more, because I was dropped into action on the first couple pages. If it was dry and boring, I might have put it down, and read something else. In regards to som negative reviews of this book, I think that some things that are lacked wouldn't be appreciated in this type of book. Long descriptions, too much character development, and too many plotlines would all take away from the action in this novel. If you spent all the time on that, it would be boring and uninteresting. Now, I am not saying that Rainbow 6 has none of those, but it doesn't have as many, so as to enhance the action of the novel. I highly recommend this novel for all Clancy fans, and even if you are not, it still makes a great read.
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