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Summary: Worst Clancy ever?
Review: This was absolutely horrible. I read it all the way through, hoping it would get better but it never did. Predictable, dull, uninspired -- and I usually like his books. And, come on, did someone at Starbucks pay him for a product placement? Skip this one, there are many better ones out there.
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Summary: Yawnfest
Review: I'd like to say I enjoyed Clancy's latest prose. As a Clancy fan since Jack Ryan hunted for the Red October, I'm so disappointed by this book I can't bring myself to finish it. It's on my nightstand for those nights when I can't get to sleep any other way.
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Summary: I doubt if Clancy wrote this book himself.
Review: It seems more likely to me that he outlined the basic plot and then turned it over to someone else to do the grunt work. In particular, the dialogue and characterization of some key players (very notably Ryan's wife -- who is not even remotely recognizable as the woman in the other books) is stilted and crude compared to Clancy's own writing. Clancy uses profanity in dialogue in a way that makes sense and is that is consistent with the character who is speaking. In this book, the use of profanity is stilted and capricious, almost as if the writer was not a native American English speaker. Finally, one of the hallmarks of every one of Clancy's previous book was his careful attention to technical details in a way that added depth to the storytelling. That is not at all evident in Red Rabbit.I am a major fan of Clancy's past books, and I have no problem with him making a few extra bucks by "phoning this one in", but I think he did his readers a disservice. If he did write this himself, it's even more disappointing. Oh, well.
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Summary: Red Rabbit
Review: Over the years, Tom Clancy's writing style has come to irritate me more and more. I can't put my finger, exactly, on what it is that causes me to roll my eyes once every few pages, but I think it's some combination of his unashamed nationalism and not-so-subtle elitism, both of which have become more evident with each book since "Sum of All Fears." Red Rabbit is a compelling read, and the sections written from the Soviet POV are lean and effective. The plot works, and the story is a winner. The Rabbit, in particular, is a compelling and 3-dimensional character. But the dialogue between Americans is just plain irritating. Everybody's an embodiment of John Wayne. Everybody talks like they're having drinks at the officer's club. The jargon and lexicon drag down the plot. Sorry, Tom, you've written some excellent stuff, but this one's entirely forgettable in it's arrogance and inaccessibility. One other nagging thing: Clancy screws up his history: the assasination attempt on John Paul II took place in 1981, but the World Series Clancy keeps referring to (with the Orioles as winners) took place in 1983. Bothered me the WHOLE book. How did that slip by?
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Summary: Purely Disappointing
Review: The book rehashes political thoughts and emotions from a decade which is two decades in the past. I thought Rainbow Six was a great step forward in both character and theme development. Certainly believed Clancy would have great material in the new techno-terrorist landscape, I guess not. If Rainbow Six is three steps forward, Red Rabbit is five steps back.
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Summary: Better than his recent books
Review: I have read all of Clancy's fiction works and I felt each one was getting less enjoyable than the last. I picked this up not expecting much and maybe for that reason I found that it was fairly enjoyable. Sure, as the reader you know what is going to happen but I think that knowing the outcome and watching it unfold is what makes the book enjoyable. If you liked his earlier work, try this one....even if you wait for it to come out in paperback.
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Summary: Tom Clancy's Red Rabbit
Review: I love Tom Clancy novels. I have a complete collection of his works in hardbound. When Amazon.com says he is coming out with a new book I always pre-order, howver this time I made a mistake. To say this book is slow moving doesn't even begin to describe the pace this story unfolds. In addition when you finish the book you will feel as if some one told you a joke but left off the punchline. Normally I expect a Clancy novel to take the first 1/3 of the book just introducing the characters and plot, in Red Rabbit I felt he was still introducing those factors on the last chapter. Very disappointing. It won't keep me from buying another novel by him, but unlike his other stories I will never give this a second read.
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Summary: A must-not-read
Review: Red Rabbit is the worst of the Jack Ryan books. In fact, it might be the worst book I ever finished. I only finished it to be sure that I would be fair to Clancy when I ripped this book to everyone I know. As another Amazon.com reviewer pointed out (and quite well, by the way), there is very little in the way of plot, intrigue, drama, or excitement. Other than perhaps providing some background material to the Ryan history, it was singularly useless. This events in this book take place after Patriot Games, but much of Ryan's thoughts and language are reminiscent of an older Ryan, and that was jarring. In preparation for seeing the movie Sum of All Fears (a big disappointment, by the way) I recently re-read that book and, because I enjoyed it so much, most of the other Ryan books. The worst of those books would get 3 stars from me -- this book gets 1. You would be better of reading one of the other Ryan books again rather than this one.
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Summary: UGH! Save your money.......
Review: This is an extremely poor offering from an author who has written some excellent and thrillling books. No plot to speak of, slow moving, poor or no character development, and a main character (Ryan) who becomes less likeable the more I read about him. He is complaining, boring, predictable, and profane. Save your hard earned dollars on this one.
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Summary: Very Slow Read
Review: Tom Clancy's books usually are written so well that you hate to set down his books. Not only did I set "Red Rabbit" down several times, but I left it sitting on my desk for a month without ever feeling that I was missing something. The majority of the book is used to set the plot and introduce you to all of the characters. The final few chapters are used to bring the storyline to a conclusion. There is little action and, when there is something happening, it concludes too quickly and too easily. The story reads like something that would happen in real life with few surprises. This is definitely NOT a book to escape from reallity into a world of intrigue and fun. For that you will have to check out Tom's other books....
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