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Summary: One Good Book
Review: This was a great book. One of the best books that I have ever read (or "red") the only thing that surpasses it is "The Cardinal of the Kremlin"
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Summary: One Great Suspenseful Read!
Review: The idea of having a Nuclear submarine on the loose is simpily brilliant! The detailed descriptions of every aspect provides real adventure. I picked it up and didn't let go. The plot was well laid by Clancy, definitely one of his best books. The movie, based on the book, was not nearly as good as the book itself. The suspenseful climax was neatly placed in a unsuspecting location of the book, a real surprise to the reader.
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Summary: The Cold War brought to life!!
Review: Somewhere along the drifts of the Atlantic, the Red October has defected from the Soviets. Captain Ramius hates the Soviet Union and vows never to return. The Soviets and Americans are chasing and competing to bring her home!!
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Summary: Explosive!
Review: Tom Clancy has put together an explosive story that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go! From the first page, and first sentence, you can really tell that this will the most exciting book that you will ever read. I plan on reading the whole Jack Ryan Series, and am anxious to find out what happens in Cardinal of the Kremlin. Once you pick it up, you won't be able to put it down! I spent a full twleve hours reading it and loved it! This is a must read!!!
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Summary: Mind captivating book, will become one of the great oldies!!
Review: This title is a "can't put it down" type book. I have now read it 3 times. I highly recommend this book be read by young adults. If you happen to be raising a 16 year old who doesn't like to read, this book might be the one to captivate his/her mind.
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Summary: Definitely one of the best books i've ever read...
Review: Absolutely superb... After having seen the film for about 5 times (still got it on cassette) i read this book and it was amazing...
till now i've only found one book i liked more and that was Red Storm Rising p.s.: reading both in english was much more interesting than it would have been in german...
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Summary: fantastic!!
Review: Not Clancy's best, but pretty close. Cardinal of the Kremlin was his best! If you haven't already seen it, read this before the movie
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Summary: Exciting but fundamentally flawed
Review: I don't want to trash a really good book, but one aspect of this book is really off the mark. Tom Clancy's research is legendary so I don't know how this got by him. Captain Marko Ramius is the Lithuanian-born commanding officer on the Soviet nuclear submarine Red October. That's the problem right there. The Soviets would never, ever, ever, ever, ever let a Lithuanian (even a half Lithuanian) be captian of anything....ever. It never happened, it never would. So that ruined the beginning of the book for me.
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Summary: I did this for an English class so shoot me.
Review: The Hunt for Red October is Tom Clancy's first novel to gain major national attention. Its popularity has grown to such that it has even been used as the basis of a major motion picture starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin. In addition there has also been sequels to the novel, involving the main character of Jack Ryan. What is it about this setup that seems so odd? Not many readers are excited by the technical gibberish that is so common in novels such as The Hunt for Red October. The confusion that usually associates itself with major modern science fiction novels deters many readers, but Clancy is able to make the reader not only understand, but feel comfortable with complexities that are present in the everyday lives of the characters in his novels.
Clancy demonstrates his tactic of reader comprehension by giving the reader a detailed and yet sketchy version of events. For instance, when the caterpillar drive on the Red October is first engaged, Clancy starts at the stem of the vessel and describes the system by following the path of the water. This simple yet effective method allows for the reader to imagine him or self being sucked through the pipes and moved through the labyrinth that makes up the Red October. Then in the next chapter the Americans learn about the caterpillar from Captain Skip Tyler, although the reader already is aware of that fact in a sort of dramatic irony.
In addition to the use of descriptive writing, Clancy also has many different situations in the novel, when a main character has to explain the facts of a problem in order to come to a workable solution. Ryan's meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff is crucial in the novel in order to convince the American Government to go after the Red October, but it also serves as an opportunity to inform the reader on the history of Ramius Markus, the Russian commander. Further briefings of this sort allow Ryan access to the British carrier task force and the Los Angeles class submarine U.S.S. Dallas.
Finally there is the fact that Clancy did not use fanciful designs of his own making in the telling of his story. Clancy used what was available and technologically feasible to the navies and the world of the day. He did not write a James Bond type novel with little gadgets that look like postage stamps, but really act as liquid explosive or anything like that. Even the revolutionary design of the Red October was entirely feasible during that time period. The Red October is a member of the Typhoon class of Soviet submarine, which during the 1980s threatened to wipe out the American way of life. Reader of The Hunt for Red October should realize that Tom Clancy is not only a fiction writer; he has written many books on the real life nature of warfare, Submarine and Aircraft Carrier coming immediately to mind.
So while maybe not the most exciting of a subject, Tom Clancy does a very superb job of making the reader feel as if he is right in the conning tower of a nuclear submarine, or the cockpit of a Harrier VTOL aircraft. Clancy's attempt to make all of his readers feel at home with warfare is a quality that will keep not only military historians and enthusiasts but, those of the civilian world coming back for more.
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Summary: Clancy's Best
Review: Tom Clancy has turned out some of the greatest military fiction ever written. This book sits on the throne at the top of the heap. Red October the very finest work of an undisputed master.
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