Rating: 
Summary: Not his best effort
Review: Tom Clancy must have either tried to take us back to the cold war and resurrect Jack Ryan's character to his pre-executive position days, or he dusted off a book he began a long time ago and sent it in without completing his effort. I was very disappointed, and felt as though I had a bad copy that was missing the final chapter. While some portions of this book was entertaining, I could not figure out if I was reading a romance or spy novel.Clancy tries to make a story around the 1981 Pope assassination attempt. Clancy normally researches his efforts and while I realize this is fiction, there are some huge mistakes. The biggest being the timing of the attempt. Ryan tries to get tid bits of information and scores on the Orioles-Phillies World Series. This series took place in October of 1983, the assassination attempt was May of 1981. While this may seem petty, it is indicative of the poor effort throughout.
Rating: 
Summary: BEYOND AWFUL!
Review: I have just driven from Chicago to Atlanta, listening to Red Rabbit on CD. Despite the fact that it was instantly clear that this was a simply dreadful book...In an insane fit of sadism I finished the whole thing. I had read the first five Clancy novels when they were published, and in a fit of nostalgia I purchased this CD for my trip. My brother wanted to throw the disks out the window, but I kept them. I think I will give them to him as a gag gift this Christmas! The thought of having read an UNabridged version makes me tremble. I see no need to elaborate and justify my comments, as there are 445 other reviews here, If you scroll through them you will find 9/10 reviews hostile. It is time to put Clancy back in the Crypt...
Rating:
Summary: Not Clancy's best effort
Review: The book was not the worst I've read, but as a fan of Tom Clancy, I was vastly disappointed. What dissapointed me the most was the way he ended the book. It seems as if Clancy was 3/4 of the way into the story when his publisher suddenly called and told him he had 24 hours to finish and submit. I've never read such a hurried up, disappointing ending in any book, let alone a Tom Clancy book. I wouldn't recommend this book unless you are a die-hard Tom Clancy fan, as I *was*, and just have to read every one of his books.
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Summary: Why Did You Write This?!?
Review: I buy your books, Tom, because of the largeness of scope, and plot complications, and close calls, and snazzy spyworks, and worldwide intrigue, and tens of thousands of lives on the line. But "Red Rabbit" felt small and plodding and there weren't any plot twists and nothing really ever went wrong. And where was the payoff? When I finished it, I just went, "So?" There's a reason I buy your books, and this wasn't it.
Rating:
Summary: By far, Clancy's worst
Review: A very large disappointment. The extent to which this novel is
padded out to it's 600+ pages by meaningless repetition of
mundane facts, observations, and personal preferences; is
surely a signal that Clancy has far too many irons in the
fire. None of the tension of his other Jack Ryan books exists
here. Even the hope that by setting this 20+ years in the
past, he could have some fun with the 20/20 hindsight, is
almost entirely wasted. Main prophesy? That Ripken kid sure
looks like he's going places. Yes, the baseball Ripken.
That's how exciting this book is. For me, this is 2 in a row,
I finished Bear & Dragon wondering what had happened to the
usually very entertaining imagination of Mr. Clancy. I finished
this one thinking it must either be all used up, or the fall
of the "Evil Empire" has just left him without a proper foil.
Rating:
Summary: weakest Clancy novel to date
Review: "Red Rabbit" may be the last Clancy novel that this former fan ever reads. When I picked up the book, I expected the usual attention to detail, but this is simply excruciating. People talk. They decide to send a message. Somebody encrypts the message. The message is sent. The message is received. Somebody else decrypts the message. The message is delivered. Other people talk. Repeat every 40 pages. Arrgh! This book would be very difficult to enjoy, even for the most enthusiastic Clancy fan. Casual readers of Clancy have no chance. Skip it and read "Red October" again.
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Summary: Should have been called "Hunt for a Red Editor"
Review: One third the story, three times the words of Clancy's best. The plot: It's 1982. Russia is the Evil Empire. A KGB defector reveals a Soviet plot to kill the Pope. The Pope is shot but lives and Jack Ryan is somewhat involved. That's the story. Period. The other 620 pages delve into the fascinating details of Jack's preference for coffee over tea, the quality of Russian fur hats, the incompetence of British eye surgeons and why English faucets have both hot and cold handles, plus a million other pointless musings. After every journey down a new stream of consciousness, Clancy throws in a flashback to Patriot Games, Jack's helicopter crash, his career on Wall Street or his Jesuit education. Then it's time to repeat some other opinions of English beer, Russian architecture or what's for dinner. This could have been a fairly entertaining 200-pager but instead Clancy's bloated prose is as boring a 20-year old history lesson.
Rating:
Summary: Waste of time and money
Review: This book, like one reviewer has already stated, MUST have been written to fill a contract. It was a waste of my time & $$.
I have all of Tom Clancy's other books, but this one I sold after reading....
Rating:
Summary: I'm Done with Clancy
Review: Shame on me. I bought another one of his ponderous novels. Another snooze fest from the godfather of same. This guy is obviously a stream of consciousness writer with no editing. Jack Ryan is brilliant, Jack Ryan is a great investor, Jack Ryan can make his own coffee and on and on and on... This book is just awful. Clancy should be arrested for stealing the reading public's money.
Rating:
Summary: boring
Review: I expected more from Clancy. I had to really struggle to get through this one, and I really like his other books!
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