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Summary: Sadly disappointed in this effort...
Review: I've read all the Clancy books like the majority of his fans. I'm sad to reveal that this was my least favorite. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent novel; but based on the great work he did in Executive Orders, Debt of Honor, Rainbox Six and the like, this was a let down.
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Summary: Disappointing and tedious
Review: Perhaps it's time for Clancy to hang up his boots. Red Rabbit is uninspired and frankly boring. Fans (like me) who have always found the Ryan tales an excellent airplane/beach read must be wondering why a good, potentially exciting, plot was wasted with endless repetition (count the number of "get out of Dodges"), bad research (Clancy's England is unlike the one I grew up in) and unlikely opinion. The few occasions things looked to be getting interesting fizzled away to nothing. Ryan's younger character was not really believable and unlikely to develop into the Ryan of later books. I managed to finish the book, but read 3 others in between. Hard work.
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Summary: Jack Ryan is no Smiley
Review: The major problem with this book was that there was no way that I could identify with, or root for, the hero. In Clancy's earlier books, Jack Ryan was human, with human failings. In this book he is one step away from being an angel. Everything in his life is as perfect as can be - wife, kids, career, wife's career, friends, colleagues, even investment decisions. After about 25 pages of Mr.Perfect and Mr.Do-Gooder all the reader wants to do is land a two-by-four across the back of Ryan's head - just to get rid of that awful smugness.
I guess I was expecting Clancy to be as good as le Carre - and Ryan to be Smiley - tortured (with cheating wife and all), human, and a guy you'd stand up and cheer for.
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Summary: I'm still waiting for something to happen!
Review: The first 50 pages and the last 50 pages were pretty good Tom Clancy writing. The stuff in between was just that -- stuff. This was just a one-dimensional book - it had one plot - none of the subplots that Clancy's books always have. If you're a Clancy fan read it b/c it's still Clancy, if you're not, pick another one to read first!
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Summary: Wimpy
Review: I am a longtime Clancy fan and have read all his books. The thing I found most objectionable about this book was that Jack Ryan, who just previously saved the Prince from assasination and fought off various attempts to kill him spends most of the book agonizing over whether he is doing the right thing by taking a relatively non-hazardous field assignment. Gee should I be doing this? Gee what about my wife and kid? Etc. Etc. I found it to be utterly non-credible.
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Summary: Make it stop...
Review: Did Clancy actually write this book? I know that nowadays some writers lend their names to books that they conceptualized, but didn't write, and this seems like one of them. Nothing like the Clancy of old. Achingly boring, dull, pedantic, any word you can throw out there that means "bad" or "not worth your time" is applicable to this monstrosity.
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Summary: One of the best books of spy tradecraft ever written!
Review: When the Pope was shot back in the '80's, did you know that Jack Ryan - the hero of Tom Clancy's novels - was there trying to prevent it? Did you also know that this near-rescue was made possible by the CIA and the British SIS ferrying out of a key Soviet defector and his family to the West? And did you realize that this assassination attempt became a crumbling cornerstone -- which led to the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union!Well, if Tom Clancy says it happened, then it must be true, right? This seemingly implausible scenario - for a story which happened decades ago -- had unfortunately caused me not to read Tom Clancy's 'Red Rabbit' for years. What a mistake! Although the geopolitics of the era seems like ancient history, Clancy uses this real event to weave an intricate tale of intrigue - and, in the process, create one of the finest books of spy tradecraft ever written! In the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a memorial to all of the members who have died. But rather than a name, there appears but a star next to the year in which the agent sacrificed his (or her) life in service to his country. On one level, this work is Tom Clancy's testament to the anonymous dedication put forth by America's spies everyday in order to keep our borders safe. On another level, if you'd like to really experience the adrenaline rush of being an agent in the field - then this is the book you'll definitely want to read. I highly recommend it! (Better late than never, huh?)
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Summary: ok
Review: I just finished this book last week and im gonna switch to Teeth Of The Tiger probably next week and well i think that this book was like exciting (yeah for the last 168 pages) and the other estimated 450 was just plain talking. 3 stars is good but not that good (AKA major flaw) but overall it was a kinda a dissapointment. and the last part went kinda fast. like in one page it was all over. anyway if your a die hard Clancy Fan and you've already read this book and you think the same way... cool. Compared to the other Clancy Masterpeices such as Rainbow Six, and Hunt For Red October, (besides red rabbit the only others ive read.) This book was awsome if you are some political guy but un fotunatly (i cant spell that) im not. To all the very exciting and incredible books that were before this one were reportidly SO MUCH BETTER. I swear The Theeth Of The Tiger has to be WAY better than Red Rabbit. Tom I thank you for trying.
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Summary: give it up
Review: Take a recycled character that calls his wife "babe" incessantly. Mention every other page that he was in the Marine Corps, had Marine training, etc. Then put him into a situation where the outcome is already known. I think Clancy's gotten enough mileage out of Jack Ryan and it's time for him to move on. By far the worst book he has written.
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Summary: Good story, bad politics.
Review: I haven't finsihed it yet, but like 'The Bear and the Dragon' (which I enjoyed) this is shaping up to be an engrossing book with a good plot and more character-driven than his classic 'action' stories such as 'Hunt for Red October' and 'Red Storm Rising'. If only he'd lay off the pro-American propoganda, repeatedly stating how corrupt the Russian government is and how socialism is a ridiculous concept, compared to good 'ole Capitalism. He even has a go at the UK, whilst completely ignoring any US shortcomings, which are all too obvious to those on this side of the Atlantic. Still, a good book, despite the fact that sometimes whilst reading it you have to think to yourself 'Uh oh - here he goes again!'. And I've just read the bit where the British surgeons leave a patient on the operating table whilst they just pop to the pub for lunch, have a couple of pints before going back to finish the op! ("I say Clive, fancy a pint?" "Don't mind if I do, Charles") - standard practise in the socialist NHS, apparently. By the way, Mr Clancy, the clock tower on the Houses of Parliment is called St Stephen's Tower, not St Mary's.
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