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Summary: Another disappointment from Clancy
Review: Tom Clancy seems to be one of several popular novelists whose recent books have disappointed readers due to the absence of a good story. (Robert Jordan, Diana Gabaldon, and Jean Auel come to mind). Why is this happening? Are publishers pushing authors to publish a big book every year? Is it greed on the part of the writers?Although we know the outcome of the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul, this could have been an exciting story, filling in some of the gaps in the life of Clancy's popular hero, Jack Ryan, and other recurring characters. But, as many reviewers have pointed out, there is no story, no action, no suspense, and far too much repetition. This is not the sort of writing that made Clancy famous. If you must read "Red Rabbit," borrow it from the library.
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Summary: [Tired] Rabbit
Review: I have long been a Clancy fan and my personal library has ALL of his books. But Clancy has grown tired and this book is positively [poor]! There were no surprises and little action. His earlier books were hard to put down; this one took me days to get through. I'm afraid this is the final chapter in my Clancy library. Remember his better days - skip this one!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I've read all of Clancys books except the co-authoured ones (ops centre)Up to now i've automatically bought them in hard back when they came out. I'm not sure, could this book have been written before the rest & only published now ?
I have found it to be very poor, in fact i don't know why i bothered to finish it.
I found it wooden & lifeless. Clancy should stick to what he invented "the techno thriller"
His attempt at the spy/suspense genre is nowhere near the calibre of Ludlum or Forsyth.
I hope he can return to form in the future & is not just relying on his success to date.
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Summary: entertaining but no knockout
Review: For Clancy fans, this is a very good book and another good story. It would probably get four stars from me but I have had trouble finishing it, and therefore it got bumped down to three. If you've got some free time, go for it. It is a good book. If you don't, you may prioritize this thing down to the bottom of your list.
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Summary: B-O-R-I-N-G
Review: This is the first Clancy novel I haven't liked. It's as well written (style-wise) as anything else he's done, it's just that nothing really happens. No suspense, no huge dramatic moments (compare this to anything else he's written). I'm a little surprised he'd write a dud like this, even more surprised the publisher would allow it. If you're not familiar with Tom Clancy, this is not a good book to start with, if you are, this will dissapoint you. If you need a Clancy fix, re-read Executive Orders, or The Bear and the Dragon. Red Rabbit is roadkill.
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Summary: SSSSlllloooowwww
Review: I've always been a huge Clancy fan. He's lost me after this one. It was a chore to plow my way completely through this book. Several times I considered throwing in the towel because it was just too laborious. The worst part....you keep hoping for some serious action, but when you finally get to the end it's not even a surprise. Don't waste your money on this one unless you want to substitute it for your sleeping pill prescription.
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Summary: Colossal Failure
Review: Regrettable, an author that I very much admired in the past is self-destructing. Red Rabbit is lugibrious, pious, and pedantic. I find his philosophical passages boring and trite. A number of small errors make one wonder about whether or not his famous attention to detail has failed him. If the book were interesting, or exciting, or imaginative, one could forgive the errors. But given the sad state of the book, they just make it worse. Worse, he takes a very interesting story and trivializes it. In fact, the Pope did have a lot to do with bringing down the "Evil Empire." The untold (and only surmised) story of how the US, embargoing Poland on one hand during martial law, was pouring millions in through the Catholic Church to support Solidarity, leading to the roundtable talks and the demise of the Communist Party in Poland. Now THERE is a story. Someone, someday, will do the reseach to truly document that story, and that will be a best seller. Red Rabbit is a poor imitation, not worth reading, even if someone gives you the book. Don't bother.
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Summary: Ops Center class writing/plot
Review: Will the real Tom Clancy please stand up! The writing style along with the overall pace and plot of this one left me disappointed. Did Tom really write this one? An earlier review suggested the pace picked up after the 1st 200 or so pages...it might have gone from a half-step to 2/3 of a step per hour. His other classics (Hunt for Red October, etc. are by comparison, one-hundred steps per hour). Clancy has been taken off my 'automatic buy' list.
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Summary: Move on!
Review: It is obviously time for Mr. Clancy to move on in his career and get away from Jack Ryan. He has run out of interesting story lines for the character. The book has a mildly interesting story line, but it just seems like you wait the whole book for something out of the ordinary or unpredictable to happen and it never does. I generally get through a new Clancy novel in 3 days or less. This one took me a month! I just couldn't get into it.
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Summary: This book is horrible and I'll tell you why
Review: Tom Clancy is a pretty good writer. He is excellent at plotting but only average at characterization. Clancy's best books have been ones that covered worldwide plots and many angles of deception and violence. Red Rabbit is similar to some of John Grisham's latest works. The author hasn't changed, but the subject matter is extremely boring or simple. The jacket to Red Rabbit makes it sound like the defection of a KGB officer leads to a world-wide conflict. In reality, Red Rabbit is only about getting an defector out of the USSR. Then, the last 50 or so pages, some action is thrown in and the US and British try to stop an assasination attempt on the pope. In usual Clancy fashion, he skips around from story line to story line. But in this book, very few of the story lines are interesting. Clancy repeats himself in several cases by offering repetitive views of the homelife of the Ryans (ride to work, nanny, baby sleeping, Sally watching TV, British food, Cathy and the British medical industry) and the Foleys (kid watches Transformers, Mary Pat is pretending to be a dumb blonde, etc.) Half of this stuff doesn't matter one bit. But Clancy seems intent on not leaving out even one minute detail of the lives of these characters. Also, many references are repeated such as Jack being a knight, and agents being called spooks. With a good author, you wouldn't notice these things or wouldn't be annoyed by them. To put it simply, this book has about enough drama, action and suspense to be a 200 page story. Instead it goes on for 600 pages. That right there tells you that 400 pages are filled with meaningless drivel. Clancy hits at the end that there will be a sequal based on the fall of the USSR. Hopefully it will be full of more action, and less stereotypical characterization.
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