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Summary: Slow at first-increasing anxiety-sucks up to FBI-good ending
Review: Tom Clancy, as usual, developed his plot with intense detail. The first 2/3 of the book, exciting in spurts, was essentially boring. The last 100 pages (of 740) was really exciting, giving those bad guys what they deserved without being really nasty. What annoyed me intensely was the suck up to the FBI ("we have to obey the law" stuff) when history records that the FBI has been the most flagrant violator of constitutional rights of any organization except Bill Clinton's presidency.
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Summary: Not his best....But close!
Review: I've been a fan of Clancy since I first read The Hunt for Red October. Without Remorse giving Clark's background was a winner. I thoroughly enjoyed Rainbow Six, and while Clancy seems to have gotten Dickens' contract who cares? Rainbow Six is exciting and suspenseful. True Clancy fans will enjoy the book immensely and still be waiting anxiously for his next. Clark and Ding's escapades will keep readers up until the wee hours refusing to put down the book. A must read.
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Summary: Poorly Crafted & Edited
Review: Just finished 'Rainbow Six'. Big book. Big disappointment. I counted probably 17 editing and continuity errors throughout the text. Apparently there are also significant spelling errors, too. I don't expect this is a $30 novel. It almost seems to be a ghost-written. Perhaps Tom is spending too much time developing the computer game versions of his books? Even worse, perhaps he's writing the books with the game in mind(!). Sorry but this is one Clancy novel that is not worth buying. And I'll be reading the next one in my local library.
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Summary: Clancy didn't write (or even read) this book...
Review: The 2 possible scenerios: 1) Either Clancy didn't write this book, and then was too busy to read it or 2) He fired his editor, and now we know who the real talent is. The book is unbelieveably repetitive: it could have been written in half the pages. There are technical errors not worthy of a Clancy novel. The re-use of phrases ("faster then closing a zipper" and "niggeredly" were both used 4 times that I counted) made me scream. And Tom, Richmond is not a borough of New York. This is the worst book of all time.
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Summary: Standard Clancy Stuff
Review: Tom Clancy has provided yet another tale. Same thing different book. It reads well, but is unsatisfying overall - no new ground is being broken here. His best is still _Red Storm Rising_. His characters are starting to appear similar to those in Ludlum's sequels: older, but still trying to be the original characters they once were. The characters have not evolved. A new set of characters, ones who haven't had a chance yet in Clancy's tired realm, might breathe new life into the world. But he continues to use the same names, the same mannerisms, the same threads. The tale might be better told from the perspective of John Clark's lieutenant, Dingo Chavez, and only from there. We shifted from Ryan to Clark, now let's shift from Clark to someone new. An evolution, shall we say.
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Summary: Rainbow Sux
Review: I have been a dedicated Clancy fan since "Hunt" came out way back in 1984. It used to be that the only requirement to being a Clancy fan was a desire to be entertained by a well crafted techno-thriller. Now, it seems that you have to be a right-wing, anti-environment Republican to enjoy his latest books. As a Democrat and environmentalist, this is the last Clancy book I buy-next time I'm making a $25 donation to Greenpeace. Unrealistic bad guys, a comic book plot, various elements taken from his other books, and insulting pot shots at anybody who doesn't share his political views all combine to make R6 a real dog. Don't blow your money on this piece of crap.
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Summary: Excellent book; Nice to see Clark & Chavez again.
Review: Another great story. I enjoy Clancy's original characters more than the "Op Center" series, so it was nice to see another book featuring them. The story is well written and the plot is something that could happen in the here-and-now. Definetly one of his best yet.
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Summary: Did Tom Clancy write the whole book?
Review: After reading the last page, my first thought was: "Did Tom Clancy write the whole book or just two chapters?" The first and last chapters are Clancy at his best. Pity the rest of the book does not keep pace: - 4 similar terrorist actions featuring Ding Chavez - Same virus research as in Executive Orders - Same virus as in E.O. - Same mode of spreading the virus as in E.O. The ending is surprising and imaginative. Unfortunately, the book is much like a Big Mac: big and juicy on the poster but there is not a lot of meat inside the bun. Mr. Kelly/Clark has earned his pension and he should take it; Ding Chavez is up to the task. Could it be that mr. Clancy was focusing more on setting up a syndicate to buy the Minnesota Vikings than on maintaining his own standards? Then again, maybe I was just expecting too much!
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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: How does one critque an author in a class by himself? Rainbow Six is not as good as Executive Orders. But it is head, shoulders, and waist above most anything else out there. Uncharacteristic of Clancy this requires more tolerance of his characters. But it is a compelling read... and is really about three books in one story. Outstanding by any measure ... unless you compare it to other Clancy stuff.
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Summary: Stop the cut and paste Tom!
Review: I used to be a Clancy fan. This has changed with the last few novels. Way too much repetition. Rainbow Six has great action, a vaguely believeable plot (you have to try!) but could easily have been written with half as many trees! I saw another review which commented that descriptions were repeated - this is absolutely my impression as well. Please Tom, if you have described something already, give your readers the benefit of the doubt as to whether they will remember it! Some of the descriptions of plots/ people are word for word the same in multiple places in the book. Having said all that, I was vaguely entertained.
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