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Summary: The liberals wont like it but this is an awesome book.
Review: I am in the military and a conservative. I liked this book. People seem to be really polarized on this one and that doesnt surprise me. If you are a liberal you probably wont like it but are you really surprised. Books about the military arent exactly liberal fare anyway. Also, to those who dont like all the technical stuff and complain about the novels length, there are other authors out there for you. Somebody has to cater to those of us who like our action realistic, full of details, and long. By the way, speaking of realism, this book has some rather grave errors in that department which is rather uncharacteristic of Clancy. These have been fairly well documented in previous reviews so I wont go into them in detail but mainly they have to do with language errors with a few technical errors thrown in. Those errors are the only reason I cant give this book 5 stars. Most of the other bad reviews given about this book seem to be from foreigners who hate the U.S. or the military or both and also environmentalists who seem to feel that they were slammed in this book. If you like technothrillers and if you like Clancy you I urge you to try this book.
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Summary: This story line is wearing thin.
Review: Clancy has come to the well too many times. He has held on with these characters for the past few novels, but he falls woefully short in this story. The set up is classic Clancy with all of the story's pieces scattered about the world. Then as each chapter unfolds the story begins to take shape. The middle of the book again is classic Clancy. Gripping you and keeping you up all night. The end however, is lacking and not very imaginative. The reader is really let down in the last 100 pages. I suggest reading the first 600 pages and letting the rest go to your imagination. Again many terms that are sure to be lost on nonmilitary types. I've served and still struggle to catch all of the jargon. Tom consider a glossary.
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Summary: Plot holes you could drive an Abrams through
Review: Although I have liked Clancy's other books, I was not able to finish Rainbow Six. There were far too many implausibilities in it, such as an elite international counter-terrorist team that forgets to include a helicopter and pilot on its roster and has to add them later, or a group of ultra-greens who decide to spread a genetically-engineered virus around without once considering what it might do to the animals they are so interested in saving. Skip this one and read Marcinko or Bob Mayer.
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Summary: A bit too much confidence in U.S. worldview
Review: (For clarity: I read the dutch translation)WHen I first read Clancy's "Patriot Games" I liked his use of cutting edge technology mixed with knowledge about the U.S. Intelligence community. The stories could in theory have happened without us knowing it and the drama wasn't overdone. But my positive emotion declined rapidly with "Debt of Honor" and "Executive Orders". The overconfident attitude towards the capabilities of the U.S. militairy turned me off. The scenario of these novels seemed extremely unlikely. Cutting to the novel in question, "Rainbow Six" seemed just the novel to repair my enjoyment with Clancy's writings. I was wrong. The over confidence was still there. As if Switzerland would submit a bank robbery to a U.S./U.K./German/French elite-team. I was surprised there was not more motivation for the deploying of the team in every occasion separately. Especially the Austrian case would not have been a problem for any other elite unit in the area, like the German GSG-9 who would be prepaired to 'assist' I guess. They have travelled abroad in many occasions anyway. And, I admit a bit of chauvinism is there also, why did Clancy ommit to include the very capable Dutch BBE, which performed several, and I quote, 'textbook operations' early in its career. Aside from that, the story just didn't seem to start, and I didn't realy care for any of the men except those I knew already... and I more and more disliked them too. The useless slaughter of the obviously untrained civilians in the jungle was also a very unappealing concept if you catch my drift .... No I did not like the arrogance with which Clancy violated countries and civil rights because 'these people are bad'. Especially the abscence of questioning of the use of force in a certain case, and the depiction of any enemy the Rainbow team faces as a completely corrupted psychopath (or a set of them) was rather lame to me. The abscence of 'activity' in the U.S. was rather strange. And why not in Asia, or anywhere else but Europe? All in all I did not like the concept and execution of the book, though promissing from the cover it didn't realy work for me, and I thought it lacked intelligence in both the peculiarities of jurisdiction and transfer of it in countries not known for their flexibility (read: Switzerland). Believe me, my sister used to live there and told me repeatedly how hard it is to get things done however urgent they are for you. So I'd disadvise those who are about to buy this one to do so. But that's just my opinion ofcourse.
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Summary: His best work sience Patriot Games!
Review: From "Hunt for red October" to "Patriot Games" this is by far the best ever!
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Summary: My First Clancy Book
Review: My dad had tried to get me to read Clancy for years. I saw the computer game and decided to try the novel. I am hooked! I am currently working my way through the entire Ryan series. When I heard that this wasn't even his best, I couldn't wait to get the others. I gave it 4 stars because it is not his best, but certainly worth reading.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: At times it is slow, and you wonder when something will happen. But the one hospital takeover was the best read I've ever had! Other than the short-lived middle draught of "boringness" it is my favorite book. My first Tom Clancy book.
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Summary: Perfect!!!!!
Review: This book is a must read! Clancy delivers an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Buy it!
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Summary: This is by far the best book ever written by Tom Clancy.y
Review: The story line for Rainbow Six is fantastic and a high action thriller. This book is for any reader on any level.
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Summary: This is his best book yet!!! It's excellent!!!
Review: I enjoyed this book because all of the things that happened in this book were possible. He (Tom Clancy) never really gave a good hint at what was to happen in the end. The book also kept me interested all the time.
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