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Summary: 736 pages of "where's the beef?"
Review: We kept waiting on the character detail of the good guys. Popov gives his horse an apple and compares it to a guy drinking a beer? Popov is so lost in confusing reactions to the western world that it makes you wonder how this guy ever passed the SAT for the KGB.I agree with some of the other reviews-- this is not a typical TC masterpiece.Ding isd talking to his wife Patsy-"Are you still in the C.I.A.Ding? "Technicallly yes-not sure how the admin chain works....." (hello?) Ding dosen't know who he works for or where his evals come from? any E9 I ever served with could tell you where the headshed got the bucks and who was filling in the squares for you. This is proof that once you get the first novel published, all you do is send a synopsis and they send you the advance. Why the rag on the ecology folks in general. Not necessary. It will be interesting to see if the next one-- which I'll read a few chapters at B&N while drinking some starbucks before I take it to the check-out line- returns to the disipline that Tom had when the bucks were coming in a little slower and no video games to promo.Good shot of Tom on the flyleaf in his new flightsuit
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Summary: Technobabble; little suspense; environmentally ignorant.
Review: I've always enjoyed Clancy, because he usually taught me something in a suspenseful, quick moving story. Yeah, it was apparant his political view wasn't quite mine; but, hey, he often made a good case for the other POV. Until now. Clancy has absolutely no understanding of environmental concerns. Equating them with druads and cultish religious fringes is pure nonsense. Its the author who sounds like a "bomb hugging" nut. Clancy has lost his credibility, which was barely floating after Executive Orders, anyway.
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Summary: Another timely idea, but marred.
Review: Yet again Clancy shows his ability to produce a topical and timely treatment of a 'big' issue in the Jack Ryan world. Despite the underlying theme, a number of errors and naive shallow characterizations mar this book. On reflection I've seen the same problems with characters in some of his other work and gotten over it so what went wrong here? Clancy has upped the ante so much in his recent Jack Ryan series that in seems every sequel must now attempt to construct a credible doomsday scenario. By attempting this in Rainbow Six the evil protagonists lack the credibility they need to be menacing.Clancy thinks he must save the world or more importantly, America from dire consequences to provide adequate entertainment for his readers. This time around unfortunately the high stakes game has worn a little thin. How many times can you threaten nuclear, biological or constitutional catastrophe before it becomes dull and before you run out of ideas? In Clancy's case the answer would seem to be "This many.". It's never the high stakes alone which make his plots interesting. There was far less at stake in "Clear and Present Danger" yet that book demonstrated Clancy's ability to tell a great story and tell it at just the right time. This won't be my last Clancy book, normally I enjoy his work. I just hope he rediscovers what he's best at. Not saving the world, but weaving a great plot embroidered with the speculation on new technology which he's famous for.
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Summary: Clancy's CTL ALT DEL Book for the recycle bin
Review: Maybe Clancy was trying to raise cash to lay down for a football team, maybe he wants to earn enough money for a Presidential bid someday. Maybe he was writing for Television. Who knows why he wrote and published this work? In the ideal world a Publisher would have done the right thing and trashed this gratuitious quick cash maker. It was predictable. It was boring. It reminded me of a cheap movie. It was nothing like what made him great and his books highly anticipated. I can wait for the next one because even I could have written this one.
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Summary: Tom Clancy does it again!!
Review: Wow! I could not put this book down. Emotions, ranging from suprise to sheer horror filled me as I flipped through the pages. From the dramatic opening in the airplane to the showdown that summed it up, this is Clancy's best book!
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Summary: It's good but not great.
Review: It the plot is somewhat belivelabe,and I liked it but it was to long some "died space" not much happen. I like to see Mr.Clark and Chavez but the rest were boring. It was not his best work but acceptable.
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Summary: Nowhere near Clancy at his best
Review: If its action you want then you won't be disappointed, it fires up 'movie style' in the first chapter. However this novel lacks the depth, complexity and techo-education that are the usual Clancy hallmarks. Like other reviewers I found the plot too derivative of Executive Orders and the prose far too repetative. I guess now that Jack has made President there just wasn't anywhere else for him to go and we have to make do with the less sophisticated Clark and Chavez!
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Summary: Is this Clancey?
Review: I have read most of what Clancey has written. His first novels were hard to put down. This one is hard to pick up. Degenerating story line and dialog makes me believe Clancey now writes the outline for someones idea for someone to write to be published in his name and meet his deadline and he rides his previous successes all the way to the bank.
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Summary: Not a literary masterpiece, and not a very good thriller
Review: I don't expect great literature when I read a thriller. I want good action, a smart plot, and some realistic characters. 0 for 3 in this book. Lots of action but since the good guys will always win there is no suspense. I recommend Bob Mayer's Special Forces series of books for those who want to read some excellent military thrillers. A friend of mine, retired from the CIA, told me Mayer's books are among the most realistic he's read about covert military special operations.
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Summary: Stick a fork in him - Clancy's done.
Review: Clancy has clearly gotten full of himself over the last few years, and it shows in this book -- it seems hastily written, with many continuity errors and few attempts at creating the plot intricacies or action excitement that his first five books did. The characters in Rainbow Six are all one-dimensional, cookie-cutter stereotypes. They even all think and speak the same way, with the same key phrases and idioms, which becomes intensely aggravating after a few chapters. The plot is thin, and depends on several chance occurrences or perfect deductive reasoning by the good guys to move along. I loved Clancy's early works, but they've been getting worse and worse. This one is just crap. I couldn't even make myself finish it.
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