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Summary: Tom Clancy: Fortune Teller
Review: It is scary how this man writes, and then his words come true. In real life, events of September 11, 2001, have prompted governments to form a coalition to fight terrorism around the world. Yet Tom Clancy talked about such an effort years before this happened. As seen in real life, the dangers of terrorism in the air and on the ground are horrifying, but one man, having done extensive research, writes about how a war against evil can be fought. Let's hope another part of Tom Clancy's literary premonitions comes true... after all, he does have the good guys winning the fight. Read this, "Debt of Honor," and "Executive Orders," and you'll understand why he's "the king of the technothriller" and an amazing soothsayer.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Best book i have ever read.... i havnt read very many books but hey..
It was very enjoyable reccomended !
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Summary: A great read for all action fans alike
Review: If you ever feel board and have a few hours to spare, then get and read "Rainbow Six". I read this book when it first came out years ago, and reread it a few weeks ago, and the plot of this book will engulf you and make you want more. The book itself is massive, and so is the story. Granted there are a few dull moments in this book, but then again its action more than makes up for it. If you get excited over action movies or enjoy a good read then definitely pick up this book.
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Summary: Starts bad and gets worse
Review: All the stereotypes are here: the big men with their big guns, the crazed terrorists with their slightly smaller guns and for good measure he throws in a bunch of mad enviromentalists ready to wipe out the entire population of the earth. It's clear that Clancy stopped doing research for his books years ago (his lack of knowlege is pretty glaring - he obviously doesn't know the difference between the Provos and the INLA) and this book proves that he could no longer bother to think up a plot either. The book is little more that a set of predictable action sequences strung together on the back of an absurd story which, thankfully, is little more than filler.If you enjoy a good thriller, read one of the masters like Forsyth or le Carrier. If you enjoy books written by a computer program, read Tom Clancy.
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Summary: Another winner for Clancy
Review: This book re-teamed many of the characters we have grown to appreciate over the years of reading Tom Clancy's works. However, as in Without Remorse, this one focuses not so much on Jack Ryan, but on supporting actor John Clark. It also shows more of growing favorite Domingo "Ding" Chavez. The plot of terrorists being targeted by an elite international anti-terrorist unit is superb, and unfortunately, not a reality. Clark and Chavez work together establishing the organization, and taking it through its initial actions as it reaches its lethal maturity. Clancy does a fantastic job in this novel, and it appears he spent much more time allowing the characters' personalities and shadowy roles to more fully develop than when Jack Ryan is on the scene. Ryan's leading roles have become tiring of late, but the two efforts thus far on Clark and now Chavez leave me re-invigorated and looking forward to the next story. This book was very entertaining, and was not put down for three days except when I absolutlely had to. Well worth the read.
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Summary: Loved It
Review: I read alot of these other people's and some i agree with and others i don't. I too regognized the mistake with the summers but i thought to myself he's only human and we make mistakes. It started off great and kept it up never really lettin it settle down, only in a few parts, but when it was time for a mission it got really intense. Not my favourite Clancy book (that would be Red Storm Rising) but up there. A good read.
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Summary: let authors be authors
Review: As an avid (mu husband would say fanatical) fan of Clancy, I do believe this one fell a little short. I do agree with another reviewer who said it appeared that the editor must have gotten involved in the process somewhere and told clancy to keep the number of pages down because this was left somewhat hanging -- but not in a sequel kind of way. Would like to have seen Clark maybe trying to reconcile John Clark with John Kelly (after getting his identity back in Excutive Orders). I love John Clark. He is more like a lot of us - want to do the right thing and will do some "wrong" things to accomplish those right things. Great read, but not the best. Tom, write for us -- not your publishers!!
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Summary: Not Tom Clancy's best but ok
Review: Contrary to some of the reviews I have read, the book started with a bang but instead of building up suspense (as claimed), it dragged on a few moments. It took me a while to connect the sub-stories into the major plot. Well, the novel ended quite funny. Apparently,Tom Clancy has humnor underneath all that espionage thing :-)
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Summary: Tom is pushing
Review: OK, we all know how verbose Mr. Tom Clancy can be, let's not talk about it anymore. Rainbow six is fun to read, and you should read it if you've come this far, since Hunt for Read October, passing through Cardinal of the Kremlin, Executive Orders, etc etc. OK, this book is interesting, though the premise is a little bit ethereous. If I was John Brightling (he's one of the central characters), had all of his money, I would try to do something nicer to the world, instead of... oh, but let's not spoil things for the eventual reader. The plot(s) is (are) good(s), even though I've seen Clancy do better: it's his usual stuff, but, as Austin Powers would say, he lost some of his MOJO. But the ending... I can Imagine this conversation between Clancy and his editor: TC "Look, editor I'm in the middle of the book, and see how MANY pages I managed to write this far! " ED "Mr. C., are you nuts? Can't you see your usual reader can't stand books two thousand pages long anymore, and the infinite plots that don't have ending... I think you should finish it as it is." TC "OK, I'll do that." And the book is over, with an almost comic ending, that should be taken by Roberto Benigni as a start line for a new comedy. Grade 6.0/10
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Summary: HARD HITTING, FAST PACED ACTION NOVEL
Review: If you are tired of Tom Clancy's later novels because he has lost his ability to keep his story moving due to excessive detail, then you will be pleasently surprised. RAINBOW SIX is a throwback to WITHOUT REMORSE, both books featuring John Clark as the principal character. I grade RAINBOW SIX four stars because it is a fast paced action adventure. I recommend that you read it-you won't be able to put it down. Notwithstanding my grade and recommendation, Tom Clancy has developed two problems which show themselves in RAINBOW SIX. First, this is the third Tom Clancy novel I have read in which the villains use germ warfare against mankind. Tom Clancy is running out of plots. Second, Tom Clancy hates environmentalists, as he has stated on numerous occasions in most of his writings. In RAINBOW SIX environmentalists are made the primary villains and equated with the Provisional Wing of the Irish Republican Army. Tom Clancy is running out of villains. Perhaps Tom Clancy should take a few years off to recharge his creative batteries.
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