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Summary: A Classic in the thriller field.
Review: My favorite Clancy book by far. If you haven't read this, where have you been? I'm on a bit of a crusade though about his latest stuff. Not up to par at all. Instead of giving this millionare more money for subpar books read Bob Mayer's stuff or his pen name books-- THE OMEGA MISSILE (Joe Dalton) which just was published; THE LINE and THE GATE under his Bob McGuire pen names; check his web site for his older books.
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Summary: misleading
Review: the book was quite entertaining but was nothing special. Since my family comes from a former communistic country (hungary) I know quite well how life was behind the iron curtain. I think the author is absolutely misleading the reader with his clichee that people from russia act like robots in the aparatschik, that all russians are dumb and that the american technology is far better then the russian ones. It is absolutely not true. Unfortunately these books do not help to much to get a better understanding about other cultures and lifes. it puts a wrong middleaged understanding into american people minds(rusky = enemy, stupid, robot etc) which is not very helpful for the global future. (by the way I am not very fond of the russians (neither of the americans))
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Summary: Clancy's First and Best
Review: I didn't know about reading this book at first, but when I got started, I couldn't stop. The book is absolutely, magnificent. That is all I can say, and that is what best describes it.
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Summary: It's all about SUB chasing..
Review: I don't know why everyone regard this book as one of the best thriller. How it can be a thriller when the plot of the story is really straight forward. This book is all about US sub chasing Soviet Sub. Believe me, you don't have to read the whole book to know what will happen to poor Soviet Sub..
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Summary: There's something wrong with you if you like this book
Review: I read a Turkish translation of this book under the wrong impression that it was slightly science-fictional. It was a huge disappointment; not only was the technology totally uninteresting, but the "humans" in the "story" did not act like humans, and the author obviously did not know (or care) anything about how non-American minds operate.It all became clear to me much later when I learned that this was Ronald Reagan's favorite book: It sinks to depths of narrow-mindedness and self-importance that I hope are shared by only a small percentage of the U.S. far right. Read Fred Pohl's "Chernobyl" if you want a thriller "with a heart" about Russian technology, and see the difference that intelligence makes.
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Summary: Clancy's First and All Time Best!!
Review: Of the Tom Clancy novels I've read, I have to say this one is my favorite. It is full of action and intrigue and just when Clancy gives your heart a chance to slow down again, the roller coaster speeds up again to breakneck speeds!!
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Summary: A spectacular, horrifyingly realistic book
Review: This book was fantastic! This was my first Clancy novel, and I had wanted to read it for some time now. I just bought it 3 days ago, and could not put it down! It is amazing how a civilian knows so much about not only our own Armed Forces, but also of the government, political ideas, and Armed Forces behind the Iron Curtain. I look forward to reading more of Clancy's books.
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Summary: Good movie and book
Review: The movie was pretty good- and the book (I just bought it from Amazon) was pretty good too. Four stars.
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Summary: An excellent page turner.
Review: It has been several years since I saw the movie and I was looking for something different to read. This book was fantastic. Even with my busy schedule I found time to read this great book. The story really pulls you along and I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: CLANCY'S FIRST AND IT SHOWS
Review: I found the Hunt For Red October to be an interesting book but it's hardly the best in the Jack Ryan series. It's true that the technical aspect of the book is dead on but there is a certain something that can be found in Without Remorse and Patriot Games that is absent in this novel. Good, but not great.
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