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Summary: The book that never stops
Review: Tom, what were you thinking?! Apparently, endless prattle and relentless character self-examination has replaced the research and plot development Clancy is (was?) noted for. Repetative, boring, and far too long. This 600+ page tome could easily be condensed into a 200 page afternoon read. Perhaps the Reader's Digest version will be palatable.If you like LeCarre, you will notice some similarities; right down to some historical references oft used in many of his works. Unfortunately, Clancy seems to have lost the gift for making his characters likable and interesting. Did I mention that Red Rabbit is repetative?
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Summary: Don't Through Me in the Briar Patch
Review: Thank god for Jack Ryan. Now I can sleep again knowing that he is there to protect me, and the world, and the Pope! Clancy must be hungry or he needs money to support his failing stock in the Baltimore Orioles (he is a part owner). Maybe Jack Ryan could save the failing Orioles, what a relief that would be. There is more suspense in what the Orioles will do during a game that what was in the entire text of Red Rabbit. I kept waiting for something suspenseful to happen but I should have know that as long as "Superman" Jack Ryan was on the scene, there would be no suspense. Jack would solve all. A second rate story contained in 618 pages. TRY AGAIN TOM. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT.
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Summary: Long awaited - Utterly disappointing
Review: As exciting and predictable as watching grass grow...
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Summary: Red Rabbit
Review: If this had been Tom Clancy's first book, it would have been his last. Clancy must have had some unpaid bills so he decided to sling out some hash.
The characters in Clancy's books have gotten more coarse in their language. And even though this book's story is to have taken place before Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan is very gung ho; this differs from the somewhat obsequious Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October.
One of the worst things in this book is the repetition of theme, thought, and word from very distant (geographically, socially, governmentally, and culturally) characters. For example, three people, one of whom is the author, use the term "aesthete" to describe an individual. I have not done a word count, but I'd be willing to bet the cost of a good sandwich that Clancy has never used that word in any of his previous works of fiction. Maybe he got a thesaurus for Christmas.
I have truly enjoyed reading Clancy's fiction--'til now. Reading this book was like watching Namath with the bum knees, O.J. with San Francisco, or Ali in his last bouts. I will re-read Clancy's previous works, but if I was on a desert island with one book, Red Rabbit, it would only make for good kindling; not good reading.
The one positive note about this book is that I caught up on some much needed sleep.
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Summary: Clancy Strikes Out
Review: One of a dozen books I've bought over a lifetime of reading that I felt was a total waste of money. I've tried to give this dud to several used bookstores and they wouldn't take it. They already had more than they would ever sell.
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Summary: Shame on you Tom
Review: What a disappointment. I was left wondering who wrote this book for Tom. Since his last book, Tom has discovered the "F" word and use of it (a lot) adds absolutely nothing to the story. Tom Clancy on the cover used to be reason enough to put money on the counter. I shall wait for the reviews on his next one. Move forward Tom. Have a new person be a player with President Ryan. Then let the man leave office, retire and go away. Please, no more looking back.
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Summary: It's coming... it's coming... it's coming... Nope, never did
Review: Clancy must have written this one from left-over notes and in a few spare moments here and there. Lot's of opportunities for the suspensful plot twists and turns of his early novels, but it never happens here. We do get a lot of detail about what the characters have for breakfast and how difficult the transition is for Ryan's "eye-cutter" wife to operate in Britain vs. the USA. A big disappointment for Clancy fans.
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Summary: A well-read slow novel
Review: The storyline was much slower than expecting, more dealing with a long defection than anything really of note. Most of the action happens as background instead of at the forefront. Whether this is meant on a comment on a boring desk job or the early, slow-starting career of one who would eventually lead a nation. For once, I was thankful for an abridged CD, opposed to the unabridged version. But the reader helped breath some life into the novel, with excellent accents and almost enjoyable conversations between characters. It did help pass the time and made me grateful I didn't read the novel. For this book, in discussions with friends who actually read the book and from reviews on the book here, I would definitely recommend going for the abridgement.
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Summary: Did Clancy have a headache???
Review: I certainly thought I'd never finish the novel! There is sooo much repetition. I got tired of rehashing the previous novel with the attack on his house...Sum of All Fears, I believe. I got tired of his smoking and thinking how Cathy would disapprove. Clancy seemed to have a bad headache when he wrote this. Yak, yak, yak by the characters. This one is a BIG disappointment!!!
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Summary: Red Rabbit
Review: I'll never buy another book without consulting these reviews first. What a waste of money.I kept going for 60 pages, thinking something has got to happen. Wrong. How about zero star.
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