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Summary: Patriot Games - One of Clancy¿s finest!
Review: Patriot Games is Tom Clancy's third novel, and second in the "Ryanverse" set of novels. This novel is a prequel to "The Hunt for Red October." In "The Hunt for Red October," Clancy made several key points referring to the events of this outstanding novel, showing that he clearly had a vision for where Jack Ryan was headed, or more succinctly, where he came from. Tom Clancy established himself as the king of and inarguably the creator of the "modern" techno thriller in "Red October" and "Red Storm Rising." To follow this up in "Patriot Games," he takes a lower tech vantage point, only using the "techno" stuff sparingly, and concentrates more on establishing his main character Jack Ryan as a family man. In doing this, he keenly brought his main character to a human, non superhero level that many readers could identify with. Overall, an excellent novel that is a "can't miss" for those seeking to read his later works. The premise: MINOR SPOILERS Jack Ryan and his family, wife Cathy and daughter Sally are on a working vacation in London, England. Just as he meets up with his family in a park, he hears an explosion and small arms fire. Not thinking, but reacting as a former US Marine, he flings himself right into the fray. While injuring himself in the process and then getting shot as well, he dispatches a couple terrorists and sends the last one scampering away. Only later will he find that he's just saved members of the Royal family from murder or capture. Of course, to the British and members of powers that be in the United States, Dr. John P. Ryan is a hero, through and through. Unfortunately for him and his family, he's crossed paths with a terrorist's cell, which turns their undesirable attention on him and his family. What follows is, one of the most intriguing mystery/suspense/techno thriller novels of its time. It is especially wonderful how Tom Clancy's weaves his tales around details that are highly enlightening in the "shadow" society. For those who've only watched "Patriot Games" the movie, I recommend that you read this book. While the movie is excellent in its own medium, it doesn't contain the full richness and clarity of this excellent novel and the ending is much more fitting! {ssintrepid}
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Summary: BRILLIANT THRILLER - SLIGHTLY LONG
Review: The book's last 50 pages are action-packed and great, but at 500 pages this book is a slightly long read. Those first 450 pages set up the ending perfectly, however. Great book, but be ready to sit through hundreds of pages of introduction before the real action.
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Summary: Patriot Games
Review: Patriot Games is the best novel i have ever read. It is a sequal to The Hunt For The Red October. This book is much more exciting than the first book in the series. Tom Clancy is a genius when it comes to writing. The writing he does is very interstining, yet it is still easy to understand. This book has changed the way i think about terrorism. I also enjoyed all of the charectors that have been created in this series. All of the other Tom Clancy novels I have read were great but none of them compared to Patriot Games. I would recomend this book to anyone who enjoys reading.
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Summary: Still the best of the Clancy novels.
Review: "Patriot Games" is still the best of the Jack Ryan novels, even after 15 years in print. It has less techno babble and more actual story and character development, making it more accessible to the average dope like me. The novels that followed this one--while certainly more ambitious and complex--always seemed like rather bloated exercises in overplotting, with Clancy never hesitating to go into mind-numbing technical detail at the sake of the story's pacing. Tom Clancy's writing has never been tighter, cleaner or more interesting than it is here.
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Summary: Patriot Games
Review: Patriot Games written by Tom Clancy is a Jack Ryan novel. As Clancy's hero Jack Ryan takes us to England, Ireland and the United States in this techno-thiller, with international terrorism and action-packed excitement. Clancy works his magic with this story and leaves the reader with a sense of dangerous adventure. This book gives the reader a better sense of who Jack Ryan is and Clancy keeps you well engaged throughout the book. I enjoyed the read, as page after page seemed to melt away to an exciting climax. You will not be disappointed reading this book as a daring assination attempt and violence seem to carry you on to the conclusion. Tom Clancy is a storyteller in this well written book. Definitely entertaining...
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Summary: I started late, but the books are great
Review: I got a Clancy book for Christmas but since it was later on in the Jack Ryan series, I decided to start from the beginning. I'm now hooked. I enjoy a clean, intelligent story & that's exactly what Clancy delivers.
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Summary: An Action Extravganza
Review: A Review by Sean
Patriot Games is a techno thriller in the classic Clancy style, starring his recurring character Jack Ryan. This time around, Ryan encounters extremist Irish terrorists, members of the ULA, while on vacation in London. He manages to foil their attack on the Prince of Wales' family and capture one of the attackers, but is injured in the process. While recovering from his injuries in England, the man he captures escapes while being transported to the Isle of Wight, and is not happy with Jack. The plot clicks, and the book is alive with action. Clancy manages to keep the suspense alive throughout the book, and delivers every detail without skipping a beat, making Ryan's world come alive. The action sequences are jammed with, well, action, and the author keeps it alive right up to the end. If you've read Tom Clancy before, you'll love this book as much as all the others. If not, you're in for a treat. Patriot Games is the book equivalent of an action movie.
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Summary: Get's you hooked
Review: Right from the first paragraph Tom Clancy draws you in to the life of Jack Ryan. This is the first Tom Clancy novel that I read and I now have read all of his novels. I enjoy all of them. Especialy the Jack Ryan series. Patriot Games is the best of them all.
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Summary: Always A Fun Read
Review: This is one of his earlier works and it really clips along. You really get an inside view of the IRA terrorist mind. He always does a great job of running a number of sub plots through out the whole book and meeting them up at the end. That is always one of the fun things with one of his books, trying to determine ahead of time how the richly described characters are going to play off of one another for a great climax. The details are also there, but I do understand that not everybody likes the amount of detail he adds - if you don't then you could think the book slow. Overall a good book, not his best but above average.
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Summary: A Very High Pitch of Excitment
Review: This was the first Clancy novel I read (even though I first emersed myself into the video of Red October). Boy, let me tell you, I have read a lot of books, but nothing really gets you going like this. I will admit though, in the middel of the book, it does get a little slow because the action is not as intense. But other than that the begining and closing part of the book are a real whiz-bang, head-spinning, page-turning thriller! DONT MISS IT!
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