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Summary: Another Blah.....
Review: I'm the worlds biggest Tom Clancy fan. I'm now through two books in a row that have been lousy. Red Rabbit was bad. This one is bad too. It reads like an Op-Center book. Quick, predictable and somewhat hard to believe. Jack Ryan jr. and his twin cousins all by chance end up at the same covert operations center? Wow, what a coincidence. I still think there's a multiple book contract we're trying to fulfill. Where's Red Storm Rising or Executive Orders or The Sum of All Fears? I miss the depth of these immediate classics and I'm still waiting
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Summary: Good - but where is the rest of it?
Review: Was surprised to see a new Tom Clancy Book so soon after his old one, but immediately bought it anyway. The jacket description sounded interesting and certainly quite relevant given the current climate and feeling in the States regarding Terrorism.The book opens well with an opening fast paced prologue typical of Clancy - in this case a member of the Israeli Intelligence Service being killed by a supposed informer for a terrorist organization. The narrative then shifts to the Continental United States where we discover a new Anti-Terrorist organization has been created at the behest of the ex-President (Jack Ryan - the main character from previous Clancy Novels). This organization is meant to focus outside of government control and is designed not only to gather intelligence on terrorism but also to take active steps to contain and remove it (i.e. assassinate terrorists - something that the CIA apparently can't do). The first two thirds of the novel focuses on the training of this organization's potential assassins, the remainder then shifts to their first few missions where they are meant to remove four terrorists. It is unfortunately this last part where I had problems with the book. Without giving away too much about the plot, it seems like the book ends very abruptly without any real sense of closure. The final third of the book dealing with the actual missions seemed just to repeat itself four times. Once the fourth mission was over, the book just ended - with no resolving of the problem of the terrorist's partners, their boss etc. I noticed in one of the official Amazon reviews that the reviewer mentioned that this book was considerably shorter than his others, and was released much quicker than his normal 2 years between books - apparently to address poor sales and reviews of his previous novel Red Rabbit. Having read that, it almost seemed like Clancy had purposely written just half a book; paving the way for a sequel perhaps in a cynical attempt to boost future sales. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed what I read of his latest novel - I thought it was excellently written and plotted, I was just disappointed that it ended so abruptly. This abruptness, at least to me, unfortunately led me to feeling dissatisfied once I'd finished it. Perhaps I'll feel better when he releases the inevitable sequel in 6 months... although then I think I'll wait for paperback - I don't feel much like spending $20 each for 2 books when I think they should have been one.
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Summary: Teeth of the Tiger, Tom Clancy
Review: As an avid reader of Tom Clancy novels, I felt that this is not up the the usual Clancy fare. Sure the few action sequences followed the typical Clancy heart-pounding pace, but they were too few in number, and spaced by too much unassociated banter. Also, the Clancy 'big-story' format was much too compressed. Tom usually weaves very intricate details of multiple plot lines that usually converge into a thrilling climax. Tying what seemed like unrelated story lines into a beautifully complex, detailed plot, with a detail or two thrown in to mislead. But not "Teeth...". While the book is good, and not as plodding as his last two novels, I think Mr. Clancy has lost some of his edge of his first five books. "Red Rabbit" moved so slowly that I found myself having to force read the book. Too much dialogue and not enough action. "Teeth of the Tiger" almost makes the same mistake, as Mr. Clancy tries to familiarize the reader with the state of mind and development of the new characters. But, all is not bad. Clancy still has the nose for making pictures with words. So vivid are his descriptions of the countries he takes his characters to, that you come away with the feeling of having been there yourself. The book is a good read, and I cannot wait on the next book. I think Tom should re-read "Red Storm Rising", or "Clear and Present Danger" to hone his skill for the pulse-pounding narrative style present in those books. True Clancy fans will like this book, but not love it the way we do the earlier novels. If you read this Tom, "don't sell-out" to the publishers, we love the 'phonebook thick' novel full of the technical specs and wiz bang shoot 'em ups that you used to write. Keep 'em comin', and we'll keep ya rich!
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Summary: Disappointing....
Review: Shallow plot, shallow characters. Clancy relied on a lot of name dropping of the "classic Clancy" characters to give this book legitimacy as the most recent entry in the Ryan series, but the (new) central players in this book are not well-formed. The plot was too predictable... I had the story figured out within about a hundred pages.
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Summary: very dissapointing
Review: definitely not the bestTom Clancy book out there. A one dimensional plot, not very interesting characters and a throw away 'to be continued' at the end. It looks like the beginning of a new series along the lines of Op-Center. Not worth the effort at all.
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Summary: Don't Buy It
Review: Clancy's worst book yet! Took 200 pages to get started and had no ending.
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Summary: Hardly a page turner....
Review: After reading and enjoying all of Clancy's novels and most of his non-fiction series, I viewed the lackluster "Red Rabbit" as an anomoly. Unfortunately I was wrong, "The Teeth of the Tiger" is just as bad. Previously I would read his work well into the night and devour the book quickly. With "The Teeth of The Tiger" I spent more than a week just on the first half. I found myself glancing at the book on my nightstand and reaching for the TV remote. When I did read it was just a chapter at a time. The characters are like cardboard and young Jack Ryan Jr. lacks any of the pizazz the his fathers character had. The antagonists were paper cutouts and lacked any depth. I get more character development out of a Time Magazine article on suicide bombers in Tel Aviv. I've always liked the action/adventure genre but the authors tend to have a definate lifespan. I believe Clancy has reached the end of his. Too Bad.
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Summary: One of Clancy's Best
Review: I have always been a skeptic fan of Tom Clancy. All of his works have seemed to drag and constantly stumble through the storyline, rather than having a nice steady speed to follow the narrative. This time he has definitely hit the cruise control! While this book does begin rather slowly it continues to flow and speed up through some fantastic descriptive scenes and fantastic imagination depicted on the page by Clancy. I love the incorporation of Jack, Jr. and the "twins". This was a great way to properly identify the next generation of heroes. Overall I think that this will be a book that Clancy fans will love, although I am sure they will claim it was too short!
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Summary: Really deserves 2,5 stars
Review: Just finished up this book, and have to say I was mighty disappointed. I am a Clancy fan all the way back to Red October, but this book was a major let down.
Mr. Clancy had a great idea/plot starting point:
The secret firm that operates outside of the US Government, but acts in its interests
The "intelligence take" from the NSA/CIA But Clancy fails miserably to build any tension. The start of "operations" for the company seems awfully smooth and the end of the book is pretty anti-climactic. Not to sure about Jack Junior either. Is he a burgeoning alcoholic? or just following in the footsteps of his old man? He seems a little overly talented IMO Also the fraternal twins (and junior's cousin) also being involved in the same firm just pushes the things a little too far for me. All in all, there is some good techno dialogue, but pretty much a let down. Give me more Rainbow Six! Unfortunately, I think this is the start of Clancy's new franchise....
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Summary: Tom Clancy Goes Shopping
Review: There is the germ of a novel here. Sadly, the whole thing got disinfected along the way. We are thrown a new set of characters, tossed off the info that a major series character has been killed offscreen, and given a pretty good setup for a story. As stated in other reviews, there IS one terrific action sequence, the stuff we read Tom Clancy for. And there is that germ, that concept, that just gets flogged around, that ex-President Ryan has set up another black ops shop, off the books. What was wrong with Rainbow Six? Too legal? Also, some fairly interesting rumination on Islam, Catholicism, extremism, politics, ethics. Interesting the first time. The 2nd, 3rd and 5th times, not so interesting. But then we do "Tom Goes Shopping". Everything I used to enjoy about the catalogs of facts and features, pertaining to military hardware, this time is focused on "living the high life". The specs for an Aston Martin (and several other high-end cars), the best hotels and restaurants in London, Vienna, Rome. Fine gentlemen's clothiers. Specs for driving on the Autobahn / Autostrada. What is this - an attempt to write off living it up on your European vacation as research for a book? In this process, we have three (or is it four, I was getting bored with the repetition) identical murders of terrorists, by cardboard protagonists, with no oversight or control, based apparently on increasingly scant e-mail evidence. Did the concept of the rule of law just leave Western Civilization? Oh, and by the way, would a Terrorist Master of Operational Planning NOT recognize the son of the ex-POTUS? And then it just stops. No resolution of most of the plot threads, so obviously there will be ANOTHER overpriced turkey attached to the back of this one. Feels more like his ghost-written stories than a proper Tom Clancy novel. Decidedly NOT my favorite.
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