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Summary: It's the Contractual Obligations book!
Review: I've been a Clancy Fan since Hunt hit paperback. My copies of Hunt, Red Storm and Patriot all fell apart from over-reading. All the other hard covers are on my shelf. That established, this book was mediocre at best. Most of the positive reviews seem to be from people who read Op-Center or this is their first Clancy. It really is like someone else took his notes and wrote it for him. The plot just isn't there and the character are weak. TC is capable of so much more. I may wait <gasp> for the next book to come out in paperback.
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Summary: The Worst of Clancy ever
Review: It is to long winded and has no poin
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Summary: One of the best books ever!!!
Review: This is one of th best books if have ever read. It shows so clearly that we don't have to frighten any more the atomic war. The chemicals and viruses are more dangerous. Tom Clancy describes this in his best book.
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Summary: Slightly disappointed..
Review: This is the first Tom Clancy book I've read (and I've read almost all) where I found myself looking forward to reaching the end.. They were a few too many "these men were in the fraternity or warriors"-type comments rather than chapters which showed the depth of detail and research in earlier books. Althought there are some great passages, he book was definitely longer than it needed to be. I would reccommend Larry Bond (co-author of Red Storm Rising) as another author.
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Summary: Bad choice
Review: If you disliked his Op Center series, you will really dislike this one. The slowest reading Clancy book to date, it'll put you to sleep. I've read everything written by Clancy and this is, by far, the most disappointing.
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Summary: Well, not the best . . . . .
Review: If I have nothing good to say, I don't say anyting so my review would have to be really short. As a former special operations soldier I'm a bit dismayed at the one-dimensional potrayal of both the good and bad guys in this book. There's other stuff out there as good, if not better than this. Stephen Coonts. The new book on the battle of Thermopylae is a good read. Bob Mayer's special forces series are fun.
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Summary: Shoddy Research
Review: While I admit that Clancy has written another page-turner, as a German speaker I deplore his obviously shoddy research. Virtually every reference to Germany and German (of which the book abounds) is false or erroneous; he obviously neglected to take the elementary precaution of having a native speaker at least correct his spelling of words like "Schreklichkeit" (correct: "Schrecklichkeit") or "Burger Fuhrer" ("Bergführer" - his version sounds like something sold by McDonald's. This lack of writers' craftmanship may not distract from the power of the story, but it does induce skepticism towards other details of the book.
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Summary: Not the best, but Clancy fans will finish it
Review: The definitive master of techno-thrillers combines ebola and terrorists in this outing (both captivating subjects). Its basically a series of terrorist encounters strung together within the master theme of terrorist kill off the human race cause-they-are-destroying-the-planet. Kind of an ecological statement- that aside, the details of the "swat" team vs. terrorists will fascinate the reader. There are a few major fallacies in the premise you can discover on your own, but you'll like the "op" details. More accomplished in some of his other works.
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Summary: This book is a good buy.
Review: Tom Clancy is at it again, but he takes a break from Jack Ryan and concentrates only on the team of Clark and Chavez. I loved these guys as a team in Debt of Honor. I think, however, it's better that they stay only part of the plot. Still, although different, Rainbow Six is a great novel.
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Summary: Tom Clancy has lessened the power of his characters.
Review: It would appear that Mr. Clancy has decided to go the way of Allen Drury as an author. That is to say he is diluting the power of his characters by overwhelming them with far rightwing political plots making his storylines less and less believable. It is no longer fun to read one of his books. My two stars are for the jacket and the font!
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