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Summary: An autopilot Clancy book
Review: This book was clearly Clancy's most dissapointing. The only reason I gave it two stars is because it gave me something to do on two plane rides. I was initially excited because it was focused on Clark and Ding (Without Remorse was one of my favorite Clancy's Books). I agree whole heartedly with some of the other reviewers, the plot development and resolution left me wondering if Clancy actually wrote this one. Definitely not one of his best.
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Summary: Did Tom Clancy really write this?
Review: I don't believe Tom Clancy wrote this. I've read two of his books, and each page of each one taught me something. The only factoid that I learned in this book was that people with licenses to carry guns on airplanes have to meet each other and the pilot before getting on board. Tom probably gave that factoid to his ghostwriter on this one.
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Summary: Poor plot but some good ideas.
Review: I have mixed feelings about this latest monolith put out by Tom Clancy. I liked the ideal of a NATO based anti-terror team. It made sense because terror will most likely be the biggest threat now that the Soviet Union is no longer. I also agree with most of the others that the Rainbow team did seem a bit invincible and too movie-starish for my liking. Onther thing I had trouble with was Horizon. Who could actually believe that a group that big would be willing to do what they were planning? Come on. It's just a little rediculous, and unfortunatly it just happened to be the main plot of the story. Oh well, better luck next time, eh?
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Summary: What a dog!
Review: Definitely not Clancy's best effort. I've read all of his books to date. How many times does he need to describe the "tree huggers" warped sense of right and wrong? How many head shots need to be described in technicolor detail? How many times does Popov need to ask what's going on? This book could have been done in 40% less pages.
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Summary: Ranks last on the list of all Clancy's works...
Review: I couldn't wait for this book as I love Clancy. But I have to say, this is THE single most disappointing book I've read with the possible exception of Lost World. I rank it last of all Clancy's novels. The sad thing is that it focuses on my two favorite Clancy characters, John Clark and Ding Chavez. But this book doesn't "grow" them as characters in my mind. The action sequences don't integrate into the total plot as they have done in Clancy's other efforts - in Rainbow, we have a lot of shoot-em-up action simply for action's sake. When I want action for action's sake, I'll get it from a book that has fewer than 700 pages! Sorry, Tom - I own all your other books in hardback and have re-read each of them at least 3 times - I'll never read Rainbow again. If you're not a die-hard Clancy fan, don't bother with this one (and even die-hards won't get much entertainment our of it). Instead, pick up Stephen Hunter's Bob the Nailer series - Point of Impact, Black Light, and the new hardback Time To Hunt.
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Summary: This was the last Clancy book I'll ever buy.
Review: Clancy has hit a new low. I would have given this book no stars if I was allowed to. Good seemed to overcome evil all to easily in this weak plot. The book became boring at about the second sentence. Sorry, but it appears that Tom Clancy has used up all the orginal material he once had and is now producing mass print like this book.
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Summary: Clancy at the pulpit
Review: I must say, Tom Clancy has gone from story writing to preaching from the pulpit in the last two books. His first books gave the reader plot twists which were unexpected. Now, we have a storyline about Ebola and terrorists reused from Executive Orders and Sum of All Fears. In Executive Orders, Mr Clancy preached his political-economic views. In Rainbow Six, Mr Clancy is pounding us with his anti-environmentalist attitudes. I am not an envrionmentalist, but he exudes such an attitude towards them that a naif would come away from the book thinking that environmentalists were all nazis worthy of the worst form of death.However, all this asside, I must still give the book four stars because frankly, I couldn't put it down...I just had to skip the political diatribe, which, if edited out, would have brought the book down to a trim 300 pages.
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Summary: Slow start, great finish
Review: I love Clancy, an Irishman after my own heart. This book took me months (plus reading other books in between) to finish simply because I felt like I was slogging through the first two thirds of it. But it was worth it! What happens in the very end to the eco-terrorists makes it all worthwhile. It had an ending I didn't expect, and frankly, a plot I had never considered. All in all, it was quite entertaining. Clancy is a master!
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Summary: Overly long and disjointed.
Review: This book is typical Clancy; written as if he has been paid by the word. Disjointed, hard to follow plot, brings in names and then changes them in middle of story. It is about a group of men who come together and are involved in a number of various plots. Nothing seems to fit. A real waste of time.
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Summary: An unfortunate waste of paprer
Review: It is hard to believe that such a gifted writer as Clancy could produce something like this book. Premise is absolutely unbelievable, many of the characters are shallow, political statement is stupid. Unfortunate that paper had to be wasted to produce this book! What is his publisher thinking?
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