Rainbow Six

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Summary: Fast paced, easy reading - a great book
Review: This book lacks depth of either plot or characterisation that can be found in some other of his novels but this did not spoil it for me. Although simple and a bit predictable in places the plot moves quickly and I found myself caught up in its momentum to such an extent that I did not want to put the book down. Candy for the brain it may be but I enjoyed it immensely.

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Summary: Great, Tom Clancy does it again.
Review: This Book defines writing. It is the most intelegent and most detailed book I have ever read. It is a must have in every colection of books.

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Summary: Good action mixed with BS
Review: I spent a lot of $$ on this thinking itwould be good, but it is filled with cardboard characters, a plot taken from a Duke Nukem clone, and a whole bunch of tree hugging. Nevertheless, Clancy manages to entertain up to the last 200 pages, where he loses it. Worth the first 500, though.

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Summary: The most fun I've had with Tom since "Without Remorse"
Review: Interesting that several readers were disappointed in this roller coaster read. I couldn't disagree more. A lot of very bad people meet instant, violent death. How could you not be entertained? I've been waiting for Clancy to thrill me the way he did in "Without Remorse" and "Rainbow Six" delivers thrills by the truckload. Tense, and (for Clancy), sparse prose makes for a capivating read. The only gripes I had were it's not yet in paperback and my President isn't the calibre of a Jack Ryan.

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Summary: DON'T BUY IT, DON'T READ IT
Review: Mr Clancy has become more and more commercialised and his work has suffered. The clear and present example is "Rainbow Six"-a book he wrote to make yet more money. It does not come near to his earlier works. Mr Clancy's immense success will prove to be his undoing.

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Summary: Clancy at his best, and he IS the best!
Review: Clancy has to be the best action writer of our time. And Rainbow is his best work yet. The book focuses on the anti-terrorist actions of a new secret organization named Rainbow, and headed up by John Clark. A string of seemingly unrelated terrorist attacks places Rainbow and it's two elite, international teams of soldiers on the trale of a radical environmental group with a truely unimaginable goal. A recommended read for anyone. And if you loved Op-Center and Cardinal of the Kremlin also by Clancy, or if you're a Bond fan, this is a MUST READ!!!!!

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Summary: Rainbow Six is one of the best
Review: This book was very much like Patriot Games, a lot of action and not as much technical description as seen in most of Clancy's work. In my eyes Clancy is the best writer and Rainbow Six is another great addition to the 'Clancy Shelf' in my library.

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Summary: What a surprise! I'd always thought they were 'Boys' books
Review: I bought this book for my husband for Christmas. How surprised I was when I turned to the first page and got well and truly hooked. You have no idea how hard it was to read this book in bed (with a Dean Koontz dust jacket used as a disguise!!) and not be able to turn to my Best Beloved and say "What does he mean by that?" or "Where is that Airport?" When it came to the ending - which is the BEST ending I have ever encountered in a book! - I nearly chewed my lips off in order to stop myself reading it out to him! It was such a relief to tell him, on Christmas morning, that the book I'd been enjoying so much was the one he'd just unwrapped. The best part though, would have to be the entire shelf on our bookcase dedicated to Tom Clancey and the contemplation of reading them all.

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Summary: Its not a book, its a promo for a computer game!
Review: After enjoying many of Tom Cancy's books, I must admit this was probably the last one I'll read. The whole book is full of cardboard characters in make-believe scenarios, taken out of a shoot-em computer game. Clancy is a great writer, and used to research his books well. Too bad he missed big-time with this one... So as not to completely ruin the plot if anyone still wants to read, I won't go into the many factual and tactical mistakes of the book, but they are just waiting to be found.

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Summary: Excellent Book!!!!!!
Review: I thought the book was execellent, although in some parts it did get a little discusting. I beat the game before I read it and I found them quite different. I still liked the book - read it in less than 2 weeks.