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Summary: A good beginning.....and from there it went downhill
Review: After reading Shadow Watch i was dissapointed. Most Clancy books are great but this one however was just, well....not good. The beginning was ok with a space shuttle that blows up at its launch date and leaves everybody in the book (including you the reader) in shock. the book from there manages to keep up with an all out assault on a factory in SA. But from there the book dies. None of the characters were described well in this book and it was hard to finish the next 200 some pages. The only real reason this book was published was because Tom Clancy had his name on it. To make it short, spare yourself of this book and get a good Tom Clancy book such as Patriot Games or Red Storm Rising
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Summary: A good beginning.....and from there it went downhill
Review: After reading Shadow Watch i was dissapointed. Most Clancy books are great but this one however was just, well....not good. The beginning was ok with a space shuttle that blows up at its launch date and leaves everybody in the book (including you the reader) in shock. the book from there manages to keep up with an all out assault on a factory in SA. But from there the book dies. None of the characters were described well in this book and it was hard to finish the next 200 some pages. The only real reason this book was published was because Tom Clancy had his name on it. To make it short, spare yourself of this book and get a good Tom Clancy book such as Patriot Games or Red Storm Rising
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Summary: Half-Way Decent
Review: As this is the first Tom Clancy read, although I have several movies based on his books, suck as The Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger.
Although I thought his writing was good and was a cliff-hanger like feeling throughout the book, as I read other reviews I guess his other books must have been alot better.
Anyways some of the sub-plots were well written and were interesting (urchin diving with Tom Ricci), they only showed he was tough and the man for the job, but took to many pages to show it. Also the train wreck took to long to explain with insignificant people who just died in the end. It was important to the fact that the Terroists weapon was ready for use, but the extant to the wreck was explained was un-necessary.
The whole part in Russia where the guerrilas buy the HMD or whatever is still kind of hazy as to what actually happened.
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Summary: More Ghostwriter Material!
Review: At one time Clancy could claim the title of the greatest writer on earth. After I have read Net Force,Op Center and these Power Play books I have started reading the Robert Ludlum books. The villain in this book is terrible. The hero in this book is just about as bad. I have yet to figure out what the plot is.This book was just plain bad.I hope Tom Clancy starts taking his writing more serious. Maybe he can come back to life with the Bear and the Dragon.
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Summary: More Ghostwriter Material!
Review: At one time Clancy could claim the title of the greatest writer on earth. After I have read Net Force,Op Center and these Power Play books I have started reading the Robert Ludlum books. The villain in this book is terrible. The hero in this book is just about as bad. I have yet to figure out what the plot is.This book was just plain bad.I hope Tom Clancy starts taking his writing more serious. Maybe he can come back to life with the Bear and the Dragon.
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Summary: Another Clancy Rip-off
Review: I bought the Abridged CD version. There were no tracks on the CD. Therefore, if you stopped listening, you would have to search the entire CD to determine where you left off. A 70 minute disk needs several breaks.The story was abridged. Whoever did the production should look for another job. The first third of the novel was almost impossible to comprehend. I read/listen to approximately 5 books per week. This one was one of the worst editing jobs I have come across. The story itself was a major reach. There was little or no character development. I will not waste my time on any more series inspired books by Clancy.
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Summary: Another Clancy Rip-off
Review: I bought the Abridged CD version. There were no tracks on the CD. Therefore, if you stopped listening, you would have to search the entire CD to determine where you left off. A 70 minute disk needs several breaks. The story was abridged. Whoever did the production should look for another job. The first third of the novel was almost impossible to comprehend. I read/listen to approximately 5 books per week. This one was one of the worst editing jobs I have come across. The story itself was a major reach. There was little or no character development. I will not waste my time on any more series inspired books by Clancy.
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Summary: Somewhat disappointing
Review: Start reading it only if you get it for free! Read the first 60 pages and ask someone to tell one what else happenes. It will take him around 1.2 seconds to do so. It's not worth 200+ pages.
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Summary: In The Shadows
Review: This is my first Clancy novel and now intend to read the rest of them because I was so impressed. The beginning and middle are great and there are several subplots going on at once that all tie together eventually. However, as I got to page 335 (out of 355), I was beginning to wonder, how is he going to end this with only 20 pages left?! He ended them in 2 and it was a bad ending in my opinion that made me feel it was wrapped up way to quickly. Other than that, I recommend this book.
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Summary: I quit after an hour of it as a book on tape
Review: This was a 3 hour book on tape and after being regaled for more than half an hour with all of the details of a battle in which I neither knew who was fighting or why they were fighting I decided that I'd had enough.
These Clancy rip-off story lines only go to show that Clancy has a special talent for developing characters when he actually writes the books. It also shows that he has a special talent for soaking up the cash wherever he can. What a con - let Clancy creates the characters and let hacks write the books for him!
Please, don't waste your time!
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