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Summary: Says: Rainbow Six Fails Important, Basic Test
Review: I have all of Clancy's books. I re-read them regularly, because they are well crafted, enjoyable, and I learn something new every time. That, to me, is the true test of a great writer - the test of re-readability. The same is true of Rex Stout and his Nero Wolfe series, and others I could name.I'm afraid Rainbow Six is not re-readable. Not even once. It's the first time that has been the case with this author. I wish I did not have to say it. There is so much wrong with this book, I wouldn't know where to begin. It's almost as if someone else wrote it. I wonder what in the world happened...
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Summary: 400 pages too long
Review: Rainbow six was too long. After the first 300 pages of excitement it just goes into a hole of conspericy. Not CLancys best book.
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Summary: Mr Clancy's latest is better than previous efforts, but...
Review: "Rainbow Six" the latest novel from Tom Clancy, is bette than some of his previous works, but his researchers and writing craft are getting sloppy. In the first two chapters the author (or more likely his researchers) makes a mistake regarding the Canadian Armed Forces that the most basic research should have caught. Errors like this raise the question, "if he can't get something this basic right, what else is inaccurate?" For me, the answer is the way Clancy's military characters talk and interact with each other; something he and his researchers never seem to get right. Maybe I'm nitpicking, but as my Russian instructors used to say, "you can't understand the psychology without understanding the language". More importantly, I would like to see a high-tech prototype fail exactly when it's needed the most-something that has happened to me on more than one occasion. The writing craft doesn't seem equal to the length of the book (700 pages). Descriptions of characters and motivations are repeated when they are brought back into the plot-annoying to the reader. Also, continuity suffers as one key character changes his motivation from one description to the next. One almost gets the feeling that three people each wrote about a third of the book, and they were edited together. If you are a Clancy fan, you'll probably enjoy this book. If you arent', this book won't make you into one.
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Summary: Clancy's latest is his worst.
Review: We have a saying down hyar in East Tennessee regarding efforts that just aren't up to expectations: "That dog just won't hunt". And, I believe that phrase can be applied to Tom Clancy's derivative "Rainbow Six". I found the novel to be an unenjoyable read that was plodding, preachy, and utterly predictable. I won't be so quick in the future to plop down good money to buy a Clancy effort. As with all of TC's latest efforts, this baby is a long one at some 700 pages - and after wading through some of it, you find yourself wishing that the author's editors had exercised more control over the effort. Or, does TC have an agreement with the publisher where he's paid by the pound? The novel so beats to death some already beaten to death themes of Clancy's universe (evil environmentalists, crudely drawn liberal politicians, terrorist bioweapons, Good(ie 'whitelike')Minorities, Bad Minorities, and Stalwart NRA Poster-Children Men With Guns) that you wish he'd just get on with it. The novels of Mr Clancy's recent output have had Simple GoodMan (More Republican than Thou) Jack Ryan dealing with all of our post cold-war bugbears: the Middle East, Japan, Resurgent Iran. In this novel, he deals with rampant, uncontrolled environmentalists who are so cartoonish and as one-dimensional as the Good Guys (who don't believe in all that global warming stuff) that the whole 'conflict' comes off as contrived. Tom: don't preach, just tell a good story like "Red Storm Rising" or "Cardinal of the Kremlin". And, of course, you know who's going to win-that is, if you've read any Clancy in the past. I got the novel thinking that it was going to be a military themed work where his command of military technospeak and his sketchy characters work best (the US vs the PRC over Taiwan: a logical follow-on to Consecutive Odors). Instead, I found a tedious rehashing of old themes, preachy right-of-Phil Gramm political diatribes, and just too many pages to wade through for the predictable pay-off. Sorta reminded me of a first draft of what would become "Exec..." but was altered a little, inflated, and served up so Mr. Clancy could earn enough money to bid on another NFL team. And, if anybody's interested: I have a 10 year military background (Army and Air Force) and consider myself a liberal (thinking) Republican.
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Summary: Clancy does it again!
Review: This book is awesome. That is all that can be said about it. It is awesome. I am currently in the military, which did help a lot when referring to what the hell he was talking about. Whenever someone comes up to me asking if I like it, just one word awesome!
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Summary: Thought the book was very good. Kept your interest!
Review: A very good read. I enjoyed the entire story from beginning to end
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Summary: this book is great
Review: this is the best tom clancy book eve
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Summary: Fairly good read, but predictable and far from Clancy's best
Review: Rainbow Six seemed as if Mr. Clancy was out of fresh ideas . The characters are flat and are unimaginatively written. The premise is somewhat far-fetched, but not out of the realm of possibility. The book spends quite a bit of time rehashing the same bio-war theme of Executive Orders, and never really got going for me, and I am a huge Clancy fan. If you are a big fan, like myself, you will still enjoy this book to a certain extent, but it won't take you much past that.Mediocre work from such an excellent author.
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Summary: He doesn't have his old spark
Review: Tom Clancy has recently been kinda stale, and it shows with his recent books. Those books I would give 1 star, but this book is a bit different. I can still see a touch of Tom Clancy in this book, of the old Tom Clancy that is. His next book should be great if he learns from his mistakes. It's a slow book, but in the end, it's rewarding.
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Summary: readable - but nothing special
Review: This book was disappointing - I have always liked and looked forward to certain author's works - Mr Clancy among them - after reading this I will not be in any hurry to read his next output - My main objection to this book was I felt Clancy was on a soap box too much. Also the action sequences seemed to be the same thing over and over - I can always go back and reread his earlier works - which I have started to do.
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