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Summary: Reads just like an action movie.
Review: This was the first time I have ever read a Tom Clancy novel. I know some of you are probably asking why I chose this one to start with. Well the answer is simple. I didn't want to read a Jack Ryan book, and this one deals with John Clark. I'm sure I would have had a deeper understanding of some of the other characters who are in the book if I read some of Clancy's other books first, but I really enjoyed this novel. I put off reading Tom Clancy because I'm not usually a fan of the most popular authors (King, Grisham, Patterson, ect.). However after some prodding I broke down and read Rainbow Six. It was great. I am a big fan of action movies, and that is exactly how this book read. There are 5 big action sequences, with minor action scenes, like training, thrown in for good measure. And when bullets and testosterone are not flying, there are some pretty good character moments. Having never read a Clancy novel before I now feel that I know John Clark and Domingo "Ding" Chavez pretty well. Some people argue that the book doesn't really get going until the end, but I beg to differ. I like the lead up the climax. I liked the espionage that was going on. All in all I would highly recommend this book. It is well worth the time put into it. Plus it has an ending that I just was not expecting, and that is always a plus.
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Summary: Sequel To Rainbow Six! PLEASE!
Review: Love Tom Clancy's works! Loved Rainbow Six! Sequel, please!!!! (High-Speed Train/747 Takedown would be nice!) (Love CT/HR fiction-Richard Marcinko, YOU RULE!!!)
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Summary: action packed although different work from clancy
Review: Rainbow Six is far out but the plot is excecuted brilliantly. It is a mix of terrorism and the organisation that battle it and a deadly virus spread over the world so earth and the animals will survive. If its action you want, this is tom clancy at his thrilling best. His knowledge of guns and technology, organisations and countries, and psychology and ideolgy is breathtaking.
A word of warning for Clancy lovers. Rainbow six is very different from his other work in the Jack Ryan series but you will be happy to know that John Clark, Ding Chavez, Oso Vega, Ed Foley and Dan murray appear in Tom Clancy's most thrilling book. This book is my all time favourite and for poeple who liked this book, I recommend Ice Station, Temple and Area 7 all from Matthew Reilly.
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Summary: Excellant thriller
Review: Tom Clancy has written a master-piece. This is an excellant thriller with amazing technological applications. I slightly down rated because of the profanity.
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Summary: Pretty good.
Review: My first book from Clancy. Decent plot, great ending, but took too long to get to it. I would try another of his books.
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Summary: This is one great book.
Review: I feel as though I cheated. I bought the game (PC Version) first and then read the book. I must say that the game pales to the mastery that Clancy exercises over the written word. In the game, you have a lot of characters who weren't in the book which is sad because I would have loved to see what Covington and Tomlinson were like on the game. The book is top notch in every way. It starts with a hi-jacking that is un-related to the crust of the book and builds from there believe it or not!!! If you had to narrow down this review to one word, it would be WOW.
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Summary: Clancy at his best
Review: Rainbow Six was one of the best books I have ever read. It had action, suspense, drama, and a lot more. I loved the novel and would recommend it to anyone. I would personally love to see it become more than just a novel and game. I'd really like to see it become a movie. However I do admit there might be a bit too much dialogue. The book would have to be a long movie to get it all in however.
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Summary: boilerplate meets blabla
Review: First, the nits: 1. One character has a male calico cat. Male calico cats almost never exist in real life. Knowing his penchant for wordy explanations of every darn thing, one would think that if Clancy knew this, he'd remark on how Dr. Brightling got her rare cat. (genetically engineered him? That would have been cool.) 2. A character eats an egg salad sandwich and mentally comments about his companion with a pastrami not being 'vegan'. Vegetarians eat dairy and egg products, while 'vegan' is a term for people who only eat plant-derived foods. It's not too hard to find definitions of the above terms, so why did Clancy misuse 'vegan' for 'vegetarian'? Which leads the astute reader to wonder how much Clancy really knows about the eco-freak organizations he ruthlessly lampoons throughout this book. This is a really lazy effort by a writer who has obvously done everything he can with the genre. Sure, he may know his guns, helicopters, and tanks, but...his characters are cardboard, and I'm pretty sure Clancy has a bunch of cut-and-paste text files he throws in every 20-30 pages just to save on brainpower. All those repetitive, testicle-headed 'musings' by Clark and Ding (retarded nickname, by the way)about being Proud Americans with Razor-Honed Troops and How Great It Is To Command The Very Best Of The Good Guys. I guess this is supposed to convey to the reader how really deep and committed these wonderful soldier/spooks are, but it really just exposes the shallowness of police thinking, and makes me scared to think that there may be real people with guns out there who are equally incapable of coherent non-jingoistic thought. Basically, this book was a moneymaking venture and maybe a bit of a soapbox against environmental extremists, but not really a very good work of fiction. On the plus side, I did read to the very end. What the heck, even though the characters were all cardboard, Clancy can create some good tension. That's the only thing that raised this story to 2-star status.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: Rainbow Six is just another thriller from the greatest author in the world. In Rainbow Six, Clancy goes for a different look. It may be one that some didn't like, but I thorughly enjoyed it. The novel contains his usual vivid action scenes and detailed descriptions, but never before have John Clark and Ding Chavez been the main characters of a Clancy novel, and that in itself gives a different flavor. He also has never gone after a plot this big. This is literally saving the world stuff here. Environmental extremists hatching a plan to wipe out humanity is not something I'd expect from him. A controversial novel to be sure, but a must read for all Tom Clancy fans.
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Summary: The man knows his stuff!!!
Review: What can be said about Tom Clancy and any of his novels other than, he knows his stuff. "Rainbow Six" is a pure page turner, no if's, ands or buts about it. As most Clancy reader's know, John Clark is a well developed character in the "Ryanverse" to include "Without Remorse," which gives his back story. "Rainbow Six" puts him in a more modern spotlight. I read this masterpiece not long after it came out, however, on that tragic day of September 11, 2001 this and a couple other of Clancy's novels were what I thought of. It's literally very unfortunate we don't have these heroe's out there watching our collective backs! Hopefully for us, the bad guys of the world have never heard of Tom Clancy, for they might get a play book for terrorism.
From the first page to the last this novel, like his other novels, is purely enthralling and you will hardly be able to put it down. Even if you've never read a Clancy novel before, pick this up if you're looking for pure intrigue, thrilling action and a few good laugh's along the way. A huge thank you to the Author for this one.
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