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Summary: save your money
Review: You could start this book at page 400. The first 399 pages are filled with drivel. This is Clancy's worst.
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Summary: Not quite....
Review: This may not be one of Clancy's best, and it definately is a slow starter. It does have a predictable ending, however. In the middle, though, one is just not sure what will happen next. If you have read all of Clancy's books with Jack Ryan as the main character, then some of the information on places, dates, etc don't wuite make sense. It seems this book was written to describe Ryan's actions after Patriot Games and befre Executive Orders, but exactly where, one is not sure. The book is an interesting read though and if you are a Jack Ryan afficianado then of course you have to have this for your collection.
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Summary: Clancy's worst book ever
Review: I normally can't put a Clancy book down until I've read it. With this book I had to force myself to pick it up.
So boring no plot to speak of, no hitches in the plot (what plot ?) A guy wants to get out of Russia - the CIA/British get him out - so what - no problem,Get across the border - no problem ,the defectors wife didn't know until the eleventh hour,no problem .where was the story?, the intrigue , the plot ?
I got sick to my teeth of reading about Ryans problem with flying - big deal it really added to the tension/storyline !!(I think not)
For a top flight writer I thought this book was as limp as a lettuce left out in the frost.
No energy,no atmosphere.Just an excuse to churn out this years book for Christmas. My brother in law asked for it for Christmas I told him to go and watch the paint dry on his newly painted door - its more interestingCan do a lot ,lot better
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Summary: Not Clancy's Best Work
Review: The story is set on the eve of the collapse of the communist regimes in Poland, East Germany and eventually Russia. The basic idea is that the current Pope has sent a letter to the government of Poland with the intent of forcing them to allow greater civil freedoms. Because of the turbulent situation in Poland at the time of the letter Russia realizes that they must do something to prevent the Pope's threat from being realized or the entire government of Poland could collapse. Their answer: assassinate the Pope. Though the historical setting is interesting, the conclusion (the collapse of the soviet empire) is left unexplored. The main focus of the story is on a defector from Russia's secret service who works in the communications department. Jack Ryan serves as his escort out of Hungary and eventually back to the U.S.A.
I listened to this book on tape while driving to and from Washington DC. I usually enjoy Tom Clancy novels because of the intrigue and the action. Though I must admit to enjoying the novel because it kept my interest, it was something of a let down. This was supposed to be another book in the Jack Ryan series but Jack does, I'll apologize in advance for the bad pun, 'jack'. The book is really about the defector and Jack only plays a minor part in the story. Perhaps Tom Clancy has run out of plots, who knows. I don't think it's his best work.
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Summary: Bah. Hardly a book for the ages. Clancy disappoints big time
Review: As I read this novel, I wondered how long Tom Clancy actually spent on writing it. I got the impression that it was hastily written, with little or no research put into the novel. That being said, even if he did put any effort into it, it does not show at all. I've read all the Ryan novels and this by far is the worst. If you are new to Clancy, save your money and buy one of his previous books. I recommend Cardinal of the Kremlin, Patriot Games, Sum of All Fears and Clear and Present Danger. Normally Clancy can be expected for a winding story that twists and turns spontaneously - serious page-turners. This one however, goes in a straight line the whole way through. I predicted the ending quarter of the way through (being fairly young I never knew this was based on an actual event that took place in 1981). Clancy's narrative is interesting enough and kept me occupied throughout the novel. However, he has an excrutiatingly annoying habit of repeating the same facts several times. This is probably what got all the other reviewers so bored, along with the fact that there is absolutely no action and the only spy part is unbelievably straightforward and predictable. In conclusion, save your money or buy another book. Plenty of good ones out there.
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Summary: Not Clancy's Best Effort?
Review: OK. Red Rabbit is not my favorite Tom Clancy book of all time. However, I found the book to be a very enjoyable read. There are many familiar characters from Clancy's earlier works, and he gets the opportunity to flesh those characters out. It is certainly more believable than Jack Ryan being the president. I particularly enjoyed the detail of "spycraft" that Clancy developed. This book could be a lesson book for wana be CIA operatives. If you want present day political situations, this book is not for you. However, if you don't mind re-hashing cold war politics, you will likely find this book very entertaining. I can't wait for Clancy's next book, and was grateful to have been able to read this one.
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Summary: Unbelievably bad
Review: I must admit that I have never before felt compelled to write an online review of a book that I had read, but this work by Clancy was so dull and boring that I could not hold myself back. This book may be the worst that I have ever read - no excitement, no suspense, hackneyed phrases used over and over again - truly a disaster. Avoid at all costs.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: Long time Clancy fan. Have read everything including his non-fiction works. Just finished Red Rabbit and found it very slow and boring. As many have said before, one would not know it was a Clancy work if his name and picture weren't on the cover. It seems Mr. Clancy has sold out his fans, for quick rewards.
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Summary: Warning: Mental Anguish Ahead
Review: I've read most of Clancy's other novels, so I picked this one up too (despite the poor reviews I saw for it). Whoops. I found this book irritating in the extreme -- Here are the main reasons: It seems that Clancy has decided that it's necessary to repeat various observations his characters make over and over and over and over again...and again. I drop "F bombs" with the best of them, but Clancy uses so many "bad words" in this book that it gets distracting: I began to wonder if the dialog was really necessary for character development or if Clancy just decided to plug in as many curses as he could in the space allowed. Clancy goes into excruciating detail about the home life of our "heroes": OK, I understand that it's good to know that someone has a handgun in their closet, but do we need learn what everyone's kids eat for breakfast, what their favorite cartoons are? I was prepared to throw myself from a tall building if I encountered just one more reference to what some kid was watching on TV When all was said and done, this book would have been twice as interesting if it was half the size.
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Summary: terribly boring.
Review: that says it all. make no mistake, i'm a clancy fan but in this novel, it seems to me that the author is experimenting in a different style of writing which has a shallow plot not typical of clancy. what's worst is when i listened to the audio book, the narrator's voice was so monotonous as if i was in a seance.
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