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Summary: Boring -This Is For Insomniacs Only.
Review: One expects a lot more "oomph!" from a Tom Clancy book, like stolen submarines, Irish terrorists, planes crashing into The Capitol Building -- stuff like that. Clancy's plots usually keep me up until the wee hours, but this one put me to sleep. I enjoyed doing legal research during my professional career more than I did reading this book. The plot was dull, the characters were insipid, the suspense wasn't. Everyone has a bad day now and then, and I hope that Clancy gets back into form with the next one. There really isn't much more to say about this book except that if it is made into a movie, see something else.
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Summary: A good easy read
Review: I like Tom Clancy and look forward to all his books and this book was no different. I enjoyed it. I don't read his books for the "film potential" as the films are horrible. This book fits into the saga really well and ties up some loose ends. Its easy to read and fun to read how the characters, each book concentrates on different ones-yet they all play a role,grow and develop so the following books make more sense. The relationships between different characters is developed for example the wisdom that Jack gets from his doctor wife,Cathy. She helps him to see the side he wouldn't normally see and often their relationship forshadows the best course of action. I recommend this book. It, as always, makes you think a little bit about how things really in the real world.
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Summary: No meat, all potatoes
Review: Sometimes, an author just has to pay the rent and put food on the table. This is one of those books, but I would think that Mr. Clancy was past that. Anyhow...Red Rabbit breaks no new ground on the Jack Ryan character, or on any of the other character's in the Jack Ryan universe. The writing is often times repetitive (how many times do we need to be reminded that Mary Pat Foley is the "Cowboy, er..CowGirl" of the Ed and Mary Pat team? How many times do we need to be told that Russians love their children? How many times do we need to be told that Mrs. "Doc" Ryan is a good "eye cutter"?) Some points were REALLY hammered home. Sadly, the techno details that have inhabited Mr. Clancy's books in the past, the real juicy stuff that I love to dive into, just wasn't there. I can understand wanting to go back and flesh out the Jack Ryan character a bit....maybe Mr. Clancy is laying a groundwork for future Jack Ryan novels (although, Jack Ryan may have been taken about as far as can be realisticly portrayed, not alot of Ex-Presidents go back to work in the field for CIA). I hope this is the case and Mr. Clancy is not just shaking the money tree. In Mr. Clancy's defense...world events of the last year have brought many of Mr. Clancy's visions of terrorism and destruction to an eerily accurate reality. He may have simply wanted to revisit the good old days when we knew who the bad guys were, and they played by a known, but still dangerous set of rules. I give Red Rabbit 3 stars, but only because it's a Tom Clancy novel, and I hold out hope for more new, better quality Jack Ryan adventures.
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Summary: Will the real Tom Clancy please stand up?
Review: Most disappointing, but only because it's Clancy. Any other author would probalby get 4 stars for this read. Having been an avid Clancy fan since The Hunt for Red October, I found Red Rabbit his least appealing book yet. Hard to believe that Clancy actually wrote this book. It is very "Op-Centerish"- as in our favorite author needs either to rehire his first editor, or hire a new ghostwriter. (I read two each of the Op-Center and NetForce and haven't bought another.) One more like this from Clancy and I'll quit pre-ordering his novels as soon as they are announced. Key issues I had with the book: ·I have not taken time to count the uses of profanity, but I would bet my last paycheck that this book is at least 3 times a profane as any other Clancy novel. Here at least is a good example of not having a good editor (or of being so famous that you can override your editor). There were just too many gratuitous uses by characters that have not spoken that way in previous novels and do not speak that way in "future" novels. ·This is not the same Jack Ryan as in Patriot Games. Hard to imagine this guy as a former Marine who has killed people. Gone is the original unassuming Jack Ryan character, and in his place is a self-analytic wuss. ·Stilted dialogue, between Jack and Cathy. On the plus side, it was nice to have story that didn't involve James Bond like super human feats and actually tells the story of a defection that went right. The development of Oleg was very well done, as was key parts on Ed and Mary Foley. I hope that the next novel gets more attention from both Tom and his editor. He is too good of a writer to present books of this quality.
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Summary: Poor Tom
Review: What a waste. Tom you can do better
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Summary: RED RABBIT DOESN'T HOP
Review: I quite enjoyed Clancy's previous books and I will no doubt purchase the next one, but I would not recommend Red Rabbit to anyone. First off, Clancy has Jack Ryan talking like a foul mouthed hippie and it is very much out of character for Ryan. Most disappointing, though, is that there is NO suspense. Everything the Americans and Brits plan comes through without a hitch and the Russians are depicted as, if not stupid, then certainly quite naive. Rabbit's wife hardly questions his defection! A very poor effort from Clancy. Seems almost as though this book was written to meet a publisher's deadline rather than to entertain readers.
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Summary: Mediocre for Clancy
Review: I've enjoyed many of Tom Clancy's spy novels, and was looking forward to this one. Although interesting, it's a pretty slow-moving tale, and not as exciting as previous books. I enjoyed the characters, especially the Foleys, who have been featured in other books, but the writing was repetitious in places. How many times do we need to be told that the Rabbit needs to get the hell out of Dodge City? Repeating information is good if you're trying to make a point, but try to find different ways of saying it! All in all, a minor chapter in the saga of Jack Ryan, and a mildly enjoyable summer read, but not on par with Clancy's best.
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Summary: Pulling One out of the Hat
Review: Clancy is filling gaps in the Ryan saga, and Red Rabbit is a great addition. Yes, there's a deal of repetition, and you do need to have a grasp of the Ryan world, but using Mary Pat and Ed as the main protagonists is a neat turn. Typos there are---but blame the copy-editor, not Clancy. And it is set around an historical incident we all know about, so it isn't a novel of surprise revelations. But all in all worth the full hard-back price I paid. Keep at it Tom---we all have average days.
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Summary: Historical event vs. Fiction: Nice work
Review: The aim of this book is, as it seems, to immerse Jack Ryan into the real world, to define him as a character that really exists, and, consequently, give him credibility for Clancy's previous books and his future ones. I think Clancy succeeded in that matter. Of course, there is not as much action as in his other books but the point was to imagine a strong scenario that would fit into this historical event (The assassination attempt against the Pope John Paul II). There can be some little mistakes (I have family in Hungary) but they don't match with the credibility and feasibility of the plot.
And this book might lead to some more interesting ones, the fall of the soviet empire, with our heroes, Jack Ryan, in the middle of the events. A bet for the title of the next book? 'The masque of Red Death'? I am eager to see...
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Summary: worst Clancy = almost worst book
Review: This book is an embarassment. It shows what happens when an author decides to just capitalize on past reputation. This book is so bad it actually makes you mad to be reading it. You almost wish for a government agency to protect the public from this kind of exploitation. Shame on the author, the publisher,and the booksellers.
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