Rating: 
Summary: The best book that I have ever read!!!
Review: This is the best book I have ever read!!! On a scale of 1 to 5 I give it a 10!! This is easily the best book Clancy has ever written. He wrote this book so well and so accurate. He obviously knows alot about Counter Terroist teams. He describes things correctly down to the gunshot wound. I could not put this book down it was so good! I recomend it to everyone. This book is about a team of CT specialists from differant countries and origins, hence its name Rainbow Six. The team comes into action just in time to takedown a few terrorists attacks. Unkown to the team and others but it is a part of a plot for a much bigger terrorist attack. This will be done by a type of tree hugging group that want to rid the world of humans. That is all I can tell you. But if you don't read this book you will never find out the end of this great story!!
Rating: 
Summary: John Doe
Review: Unfortunately I am one of those people who crave the release of a new Tom Clancy novel, however, being so few and far between, I have found myself passing time reading non-fiction books and research on specialized warfare. It becomes painfully obvious within the first few chapters of this book that Tom didn't do his research. He may have gotten a little information, but he most certainly made most of it up.Being well versed, myself, in the tactics, weaponry, and explosives used by spec-warriors, his accounts lacked realism. His depiction of British SAS standards, German GSG-9, and some US forces just weren't true to the levels that these individuals truly prepare for. I must admit I tended to enjoy the tedious technicalities in Clancy's novels, but in this one, the technicalities are WRONG, and I found myself agitated when reading them. If you enjoy quite a few action scenes with predicatble outcomes, this one's for you, but if you know anything about specwar, stay away from it.
Rating: 
Summary: Worst in the series
Review: This one was a big disappointment. Missing are the believable military-political scenarios that characterized Clancy's earlier works; in their place, the author inserts a storyline that moves the book from the techno-thriller genre he pioneered into the realm of B-movie sci-fi. The ending takes the right-wing preaching that began to assert itself in _Executive Orders_ to a new zenith.
Rating: 
Summary: Pretty good so far.
Review: I'm a college student who loves to read fiction/fantasy works. This is the second Tom Clancy book I've attempted to read (the other was Clear and Present Danger, which I tried to read when I was 13; needless to say, it was a bit over my head at the time). I'm about halfway through it at the time of this review, and I can honestly say it's becoming one of my favorite books on my 'all-time' list. Sure, it doesn't have the emotions and deep character thoughts that comes with the fantasy territory, but it is an excellent read. I'm a fan of politcal intrigue, and this book definitely has lots of that. Intense action scenes after several pages of careful planning...intersting characters with backgrounds from other books that I shall have to read after this one...and a 'mystery story'plot that makes you wonder if this sort of thing happens daily (it probably does, but I'm just an Average Joe; what do I know?). My quarrels with the book are: all the technical terms (SAS? NSA? At least I know what NPR is); confusion of who a character is when you here their name when they're not currently present (that's bound to happen in a book this size though); and lack of character thought (Ding, we know you get a bit edgy after killing someone, but what about everyone else?). However, I'll retain most of my judgements till after I finish it, and perhaps after reading a few more of his books to compare and contrast. So far though, so good. Definitely recommend this to anyone who loves to read.
Rating:
Summary: Clancy has created a classic
Review: Rainbow 6 is the apitemy of Clancy books. It holds you spellbound from begining to end with its technical detail and flowing diologe. This book is a must read for all clancy fans
Rating:
Summary: it was clancy at his peak
Review: i loved this book the way clancy made it sound almost like it was happening im my neighborhood. my love for clancy have been roused to a higher level. i love it how clancy uses characters from other books like john clark(clear and present danger) domingo chavez(clear and present danger)
Rating: 
Summary: "Poetic justice"
Review: As usual, the last 250 pages of this TC book race along, and I must say, what happens to the "bad guys" is what a great friend of mine said, poetic justice. BUT, the good guys, they're just too good, no flaws, (real people have flaws). I did enjoy the greedy Russian with a consciense, he was my favorite character of them all, Chavez my least favorite, too bad he didn't get knocked off in Clear And Present Danger. It's worth the read if you can get through the sappy family scenes scattered through out the book. My least favorite of his books is Clear And Present Danger, the best two, Sum Of All Fears and Without Remorse.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent In All Aspects
Review: To give this book any score that is not 5 is totally unjustified. I read this book from cover to cover and I was captivated from start to finish. The characters are well rounded and try to explain the "superhuman" like qualities of the Rainbow Men. Some reviews have talked about the lack of emotion show by the characters after the ambush but these men have been trained to keep back all emotion and get the job done. Maybe Tom Clancy wanted to perserve thier "macho" image for the readers. I can just hope that his next book will live up to the standards of This one. 5/5.
Rating:
Summary: this rainbow's just missing a few colors...
Review: Besides the length, I like to think of this as a sort of action movie in a book...it's worth reading because of a series of sequences that make it fun, but if you're looking for good literature, "Rainbow" has no hidden pot of gold. Clancy gives us almost no sense of his characters, presenting them as all-powerful, invincible human beings, just like a modern-day Bond thriller. Of course, you could argue, who cares? That's what I said. This thick mother of a book is replete with 007-styled shoot-em-up sequences, where the pages turn a mile a minute. So how is this book 800+ pages? Come on. It's Clancy. He gives us his usual military specifics and detailed descriptions of obsolete or unusual devices, used as filler space between his truly well-written action scenes. Another thing. This book has no plot. What plot there is, however, nicely serves as a device to bring on Clancy's thrilling terrorist take-downs. I think he should simply exclude all "plot," simply write a series of random exciting action scenes, because this book's attempt at plot is surprisingly pitiful. Makes you feel sorry for poor Tom. Now, I've heard folks tease him for "getting paid by the word" but...seriously, no one really cares, this book still made the top spot on The NY Times, because it's Clancy, and everyone loves him. This book might be too verbose; so what? At the very least just skim over the boring stuff, or simply skip it entirely. The rest is too good to miss. By the way, "Rainbow Six" the game is even better...
Rating:
Summary: Great Book by a Great Author.
Review: Rainbow Six was a great novel that kept me thinking and plotting through the whole book. It opens up with a great action segment and introduces readers tho the main characters. Throughout the book it unfolds a great storyline of espionage and terrorism. Its action-packed and full of suspense.It is about a team of awsome military perfectionists put together by the government in case of a world crisis.The team is called Rainbow Six and is headed by John Clark, an old war veteran/espionage expert. The team travels all around the world tending to terrorist acts that the local police cant control. All in all, this book was simply amazing and i recomend it to anyone and everyone who enjoys action/suspense novels.
| 
