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Summary: One of the Best
Review: This is one of my favorite Tom Clancy novel of all time. The story focues on John Clark, who veteran readers will recognize from most of the author's past work, who is placed in charge of a new intenational special forces, anti-terrorist organization. The villains and their plot seem a little unrealistic when compared with some of the other stuff Clancy's done, but one can easily overlook that. Thanks to Clancy's rich narrative the eight hundrd plus pages go by quickly, never slowng down. A great place to start for new Clancy readers.
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Summary: Rainbow Six - Another Clancy Winner
Review: Although I'd read the book several months ago, I still recall it as an exciting and uncomplicated read, compared to Clancy's other books, i.e Red October. It limits the amount of technical jargon and describes how an elite international strike force is recruited, trains and is deployed to various areas around the globe. I recommend it to any Clancy fan's summer reading list.
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Summary: Kick [rear]
Review: Ive read this book at least 4 times, and every time i read it, it gets better and better. it will engross you for hours on end. if you like Tom Clancy at all, get this book! trust me, it is kick [rear].
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Summary: Double-tap the messenger, but I have bad news
Review: Tom Clancy is running out of bad guys and plausible situations. The book opens with a potential terrorist attack on a passenger jetliner in flight. Lo and behold, the world's top counter-terrorist team just happens to be there, in transit to their new headquarters in the United Kingdom. While Clancy is known for his intense action situations and eerily accurate military knowledge, I had to force myself to finish this book. Will Tom Clancy kill off the ENTIRE WORLD? Take a guess. Read on as a group of highly intelligent scientists and doctors hatch a wholly ridiculous plan. Count how many times the authors use the word 'niggardly' and wonder why (I counted six). You're better off reading Clancy's 'Cardinal of the Kremlin'. Strange to think that a video game would be better than the book it was based on.
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Summary: Rainbow Six
Review: Although it was somewhat predictable it made you want to keep on reading.
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Summary: One of the best Clancy books EVER
Review: Anyone with the time will want to read this 900 page book. There are just so many reasons to. Whether it be an engrossing storyline your after, the knowledge of a few new guns, or graphical explanations of people getting their head shot off. This book tells the epic tale of a top secret military service that travels around the world stopping hostage events, or other terrorist plans. ... Do they make it in time? You'll have to read the story to find out....
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Summary: Great
Review: I loved the book. Thought it was great reading, and enjoyed the fact that I didn't finish it in one day.
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Summary: The last 50 pages were the worst
Review: This is by far the worst Clancy book that I have read. The last 50 pages were the worst. Beside his deep hatred for environmentalists, Clancy showed the world that he has no clue on what rich and educated folks would do when they have committed a crime. The ending of this book is just unbelievably bad.
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Summary: Great book but may not please all readers
Review: When I finished this book for the first time I was ready to give it 5 stars. But 5 stars is probably too much. This book excels in its action scenes. There is nothing else I liked more about this book than reading each encounter with a terrorist threat and how they used psychology, negotiation, and planning to clear a room full of terrorists in as little as 10 seconds. The visuals he gets into your head are amazingly true to life but not enough to make you turn away in disgust. As is usual with all Clancy novels, there are brief, but constant reminders of the sex lives of all of his main characters. Like many other readers, I was also let down a bit by the ending. But if you can appreciate the super-secret nature of the counter-terrorist organization and if you can for just a few moments imagine the terrorists as being truly evil, then you will be better able to enjoy this book. Unlike his newer novels, Clancy remains more true and fair to politics in this novel. He does not ramble on about his views. Instead he focuses a lot more on the ideology of terrorists, which I loved reading. It's basically the way that hostage rescue teams classify terrorists and calculate what their best course of action is, and it is compelling to read just to be informed. There's really no way you can not be drawn into the action scenes in this book. This is what he excels at. The vivid descriptions of military ops and personnel will definitely be easy to visualize and follow, but be prepared for several moments in between the action where things slow down a lot. You may also be a bit confused about the constant changing of points of view. It will switch from John Clark (one of the main characters) to the terrorists to some strange people you've never read about until 200 pages into the book, and will swing around yet again. I had to go back and read several parts over again just to make sense of things that happened later on in the book. There's also a little bit of humor if you'll allow that. The Russian character in this book is as usual depicted in almost a comical fashion of clumsy cold war spies and people who will shift loyalties at a moment's notice.
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Summary: Clancy Entertains Again
Review: Tom Clancy writes a superb novel, complete with action, adventure, plot twists and
social commentary. Clancy takes the lives of several characters and intertwines them in a
manner which awes its reading audience as the plot unravels, exposing the genius of Clancy and
his ability to weave and unweave the lives of his characters. A multinational counter-terrorist
team has been assembled in Europe by top government officials in several countries. This
counter-terrorist force must complete missions with perfection every time, while still keeping
their top secret identity top secret. The groups move around the world on a moments notice,
fighting terrorism where ever they are called. This is much to the dismay of a terrorist
organization employing former KGB agents for global terrorism. Combined with the
discontentment of top-government officials in the United States, a biochemistry development
group and a handful of the most dangerous terrorists on the planet, Rainbow Six takes its
audience on a road where the counter terrorists and the terrorist meet in an explosive
confrontation toward the end of the book, as is Clancy's style. Unfortunately for me the ending
did not provide for an ending suitable for the characters Clancy developed. According the
character development Clancy portrayed, the terrorists should have been forced to address the
issue that they leave everything rational blindly for a cause. Accurate military information
coupled with Clancy's ability to describe in detail a situation and multiple characters give
Rainbow Six the edge over any other military books. While the ending dragged, the book was
still entertaining and informative, giving me insight into military operations.
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