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Summary: Take A Pass On This One
Review: This is not Tom Clancy's best day. I was disappointed in "Red Rabbit". It's too late for me, I already bought the book. But my advice to everyone else is --- take pass on this one. Read Bowden's riveting "Blackhawk Down" and Remick's outstanding allegory for what it is to be an American, "West Point".
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Summary: Highly Disappointing
Review: Until publication of this book, I would have chosen Tom Clancy as my favorite author without hesitation. All of the reviews that cite the lack of excitement, constant repetition and endless rhetoric are dead on target. And for those who attribute this failure to the difficulties of writing a prequel, I refer you to Without Remorse, which was an excellent piece. Bottom line: I have always finished each of Clancy's prior works within 48 hours; this one took me a week, and I had to force myself to complete it. I hope this is a fluke and not the end of the Jack Ryan books, but I would prefer that Clancy never write another Jack Ryan novel rather than publish another work of this caliber.
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Summary: Red Rabbit
Review: This book is booring! You can predict from the first 30 pages what is going to happen in this book. There are no surprises at all. The plot is extremely simple. I am a big Tom Clancy fan, so I bought the book before it was published. Boy, was I disappointed. What I have always admired about Clancy is his stories paint scenarios that eerily seem like they can come true. So, when Ryan predicts the downfall of the Japanese economy, which already happened 20 years ago, I was not impressed. This is not up to Clancy's standards. He has checked out on this one. Or did he really write it? Basically the previous reviewer, Henriqe N Teixeira nailed it on the head. Don't waste your time or money on this book.
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Summary: Worst Clancy Book, Bad for Any Book
Review: How can a great writer do 600 pages of pure snooze material? The Bear and the Dragon dragged on for a long time but was vintage Clancy for the last two hundred pages. This book could have been written in 200 pages and it still would have bored me to death. Maybe he is just to busy to research and write the quality novel that we had come to expect. A true disappointment.
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Summary: Disappointed - 2 year wait for this?!?
Review: Before I discuss this book, I want to say that I have read every novel Tom Clancy has written and loved them all. I look forward (for years sometimes) for his next book. This book was a real disappointment. The plot was shallow, the ending was too easy, and everything was just too simple. Going from earlier novels of multiple plots that weave together to a grand combination... this book falls flat. I recently read an interview with Tom Clancy where he discusses this book. He mentions that this is the first book he wrote without smoking a cigarette. Perhaps, like the character Jack Ryan himself, he should sneak a few to help him with his thought process. The next novel Tom Clancy writes I will also purchase as soon as Amazon.com can ship it BUT, if its like this one, it will be the last time I buy a Clancy novel until I see everyone is raving about it!
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Summary: Clancy's worst ever
Review: I couldn't have been more disappointed with this disaster. Clancy is my favorite fiction writer, and I loved his books up through Executive Orders. But this one was a total loser. Jamming a story in between Patriot Games and Red October was a lousy idea to start with. We already knew Ryan's history, and by definition there couldn't be anything substantive in the book. Besides that, we all knew the Pope had been shot. There were virtually no interesting subplots, just lots of sleepy dialogue that didn't go anywhere. There were more false starts in this book than in any previous novel. Not a single interesting plot twist or thing-gone-wrong. Jack Ryan is such a terrific character - can't we find out what happens to him NEXT? Did we have to go back in time with a poorly conceived, disappointly executed, flat-out BORING story? If you're a real Clancy fan, be prepared for disappointment. No questions this is his worst book ever.
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Summary: It was ok if .......
Review: If you are a Jack Ryan Fan, you might like it. Not a lot of action. Too much of " the way Clancy sees things". Great background information about the Ryan Universe and its recurring characters. All in all, its worth reading, but I'd recommend waiting for the paperback.
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Summary: Don't waste your time and money!
Review: This book inspired me to write a book review for the first time to try and warn others to stay away from this book. If you're a Tom Clancy fan, don't buy this book! If you must read it, save your money and get a copy from the library. This book is boring, repetitive, poorly written, and filled with Clancy's politics. Time to retire the Jack Ryan character, Tom, and you might want to think about retiring yourself.
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Summary: Never buy Clancy again
Review: Worse than his last book. He is either using a computer to write the dialogue or he has lost it. Does not even sound like english as we speak it. Embarassing. No plot, no action. No comparison to his earlier books. If the name was not Clancy, no publisher would have touched this. Maybe the worst novel I have ever read. Clancy and/or the publisher should give all buyers a refund.
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Summary: red rabbit
Review: 618 pages of BORING. Just not up to his standard. Seems like length has become more important to Mr. Clancy than quality.
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