Rainbow Six

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Summary: Another great story by Tom Clancy
Review: This book was exciting. Straight from the begining to the end. I never wanted to put it down. I cant wait for the next Clancy book. The book really made me think about how much governments accually hide from their people. It's a discrace to the american people to not know what projects the government is doing. Not only is it the american government, but all governments all over the world. If the people of this great land cant trust their own government than who can we trust.

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Summary: Great! But not like The Hunt for Red October
Review: Clancy has pulled off another great book. But not as good as Patriot Games or The Hunt for Red October. This is because usually an author can only make only one or two exceptional books. There are exceptions and to date Clancy is not one of them. Yet this book was a good read that was a little long but hey, a few all nighters never hurt anyone. In all it is a great book with a good plot, detail and charecter development.

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Summary: Something went wrong!
Review: What happened with my favorite american writer. I like the idea about Clark building this team of black-ops soldiers and the first couple of stunts they pull are thrilling reading, with lots of information about antiterror hard-ware and tactics. Then something goes wrong. Too fast we are told who the bad guys are and what they are planning. Too fast and too easy they are destroyed in the jungles of Brazil. It could look like the author has run out of ideas and then decides to recycle the Ebola-plot. But I do sincerely hope that is not true. If it is, mr. C should take a break from the techno-thrillers. And could somebody please tell me what happened to Jack Ryan, or is it not allowed to speak out his name in public anymore? N.B At least it made a great computergame!

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Summary: Classic Clancy
Review: Rainbow Six stands apart from most of Clancy's works in that you get action up front instead of waiting the usual 200 pages of character and situation development. Seeing Clark and Chavez grow and mature, exploring possibilities which are tenable for the future, create an absorbing story. I enjoyed it greatly, and look forward to Clancy's next work.

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Summary: cash cows ??
Review: Though I very much admired his earlier books, I'm afraid this last book in the Ryan / Clark series is rather the result of a money-driven writer and dito publisher than the product of an inspired artist.

The scenario is very unrealistic; in fact it seems that Clancy must have had some trouble finding a new "enemy", deadlier and more dangerous than in every previous book.

Let's hope Clancy will be able to regain the original quality level of his earlier books; if not, he'd better stop the Ryan/Clark series.

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Summary: On page 470, and these reviews aren't encouraging
Review: I've read them all, and in order, I've always bought the Hardbacks. However, the quality of the stories and the writing has been deteriorating. Tom, it's not quantity (op center series that you didn't write, I hope) its quality!!! R-6 so far has just barely kept my interest, but because I'm a big fan I will read the rest and post a more complete review. Until then Take your time, stories about simple yet interesting plots and simple people can be just as captivating as crashing a 747 into the state of the union speech, or some billionaire trying to wipe out the world.

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Summary: A great book, Clancey is at his best
Review: A great book full of action and full modern day situations

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Summary: Not up to par.
Review: I bought this book the day it came out and withing 150 I was thoroughly upset at having made the purchase. I read somewhere that Clancy cranked out Rainbow Six in just a few months and it shows. Thin plot, repetitive text and no mystery. It is no coincidence that a PC game quickly followed its releasse. I suggest Clancy fans re-read Patriot Games.

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Summary: an action packed adventure
Review: don't listen to the lousy reviews of this book (unless of course, you don't like books that have more than just a bunch of people sitting around talking. The plot was a bit implausable, but since when has plausibility been the mark of a great story? Most of the best books ever written have been founded on implausibility, but no one seems to complain there. If you enjoyed some Clancy novels like THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and WITHOUT REMORSE, don't miss RAINBOW SIX

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Summary: Wait for the paperback
Review: Unfortunately, you can't always have a winner. This latest effort by Tom Clancy was a major disappointment. It could pass for a tupical commuter junk book. If this was a movie it would be considered a B-Movie. The plot was just a rehash of his last novel. There was little suspense and you can figure out who the hero was very early on. It was too predictable. Frankly his op-center novels have been better than Rainbow Six