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Summary: The book that got me into reading Tom Clancy novels!!
Review: Absolutely one of the best books I have ever read. Non stop action and never wanted the book to end. I have read a few of the reviews and one in particular, Chris Mumby's, struck me as someone who needs to learn how to write intelligently before he reviews a book. Maybe wait ten years and then read the book again besides. This was the book that launched me into reading Clancy's other novels. You won't be disappointed. I highly recommend "Red Storm Rising" to anyone interested in genre of WWW3 books.
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Summary: Slow to start, but picked up quickely.
Review: This is the second book by Tom Clancy that I started reading and almost put it down too. The first few pages of Soviet politics were dificult to wade through. I kept on reading and the story started to make more sense and the action picked up. I liked how the book showed the NATO-Soviet war from both sides and the details made the story believeable to me.
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Summary: Along with The Sum of All Fears, this is Clancy's best book.
Review: Most of Clancy's books deal with Jack Ryan. Following the career of this remarkable man gives the books some much-needed human interest. For this reason, in the past I've neglected books like Red Storm Rising that have nothing to do with Ryan Ð and what a mistake that was! This book examines the motives for, and course of, a possible Third World War, from the points of view of a collection of characters in various branches of the armed forces, American and Russian. Without a map it can be quite difficult to follow, but it really is gripping from start to finish.
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Summary: Amazing!!!!
Review: I have read several of clancy's books and this one blew me away I would recomened it to anyone who enjoys a book involing sub warfare high tech battles and a in depth plot line.
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Summary: dissapointing!!!!!
Review: I would like to let every one who are reading this to know I believe Tom Clancy's is one of the best techno thrillers author of our time(also Dale Brown).I read op-center and was slightly dissapointed but then I read this long epic!!!called Red Storm rising. The book start out with a exciting plot that perfectly reels the reader into the novel with an explosion of an Russian Oil Refinery at first I thouht to my self how real Tom clancy is at making well formed plots at the very begining of the novel. He properly introduce to us, each character and thier background and motives, and also their "beloved weapons of destuction"(AK47 automatic assualt rifles) but then when the chapter is finish. I start to realize to my self the weak story and where it's leading to, I asked my self why would the soviet union blow up thier oil complex that produces 30% of the nation's oil. This was only one of the weak plots on the this long "Un-clancy like novel" then the soviet union would then take out 4 colonels and properly make it look like a terrorist agent working for west germany intelligence agency did it,when the americans have him as prisoner at langley virginia(C.I.A headquaters) (questioning him) was very confusing. Then Russia in thier supposed time of crisis feel that they should open up diplomatic ties with Nato and the United States is very unlikley of a real world war 3 senario.(why would russia think the U.s and Natto would fall for it when they have eyes every where) I would give Clancy credit in a real world War 3 situation, I believe the Russian would have their eyes set on Iceland because of it's strategic position they could use in closing off the american-Europe trade route.If i was writing a techno thriller (although im only 17) I would have the "Russian mafia" behind the action of blowing up the oil complex in which the money was being funnel to them through politicians in order to bring on a new war era in Soviet Union.Well Tom Clancy im sure you would probably right a better novel than I would.Red storm also go wrong in the submarines battles i cant not figure out why sonarman are always calling out "bearings" anyone reading this please answer my question? well back to the novel the ending wasnt so spectacular either but still a some what solid book by Tom Clancy.
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Summary: The best action book ever
Review: Tom Clancy's story of the Soviet Union and the United States is his best. After reading a rather boring Rainbow Six and a not-up-to par Net Force, I thought maybe Clancy was not as good as I had thought he was when I read Clear and Present Danger. It took me Red Storm Rising to figure out I was dead wrong. The first 300 pages are basically political, no real action...yet. In the last 400 or so pages, the war starts, and I didn't put this down from page 300 until I read it fully. The best book of the genre, you should already have bought it.
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Summary: W.O.W !!!!!!
Review: One of the few books that I was not able to put down. It takes you from the drab into the extraordinary. Like a hurricane, you never know what to expect next, except that you had better hold onto your chair. Mr. Clancy is one of, if not the greatest suspense authors of our time! His vivid description of the modern era of warfare is nothing short of visionary. If there is one word that would describe how I felt after finishing his novel, (and there is a lack of proper words), the word would be WOW!!!
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Summary: Good, but predictable
Review: RED STORM RISING was the first techno-thriller I read. It was while I was in high school some years ago and every techno-thriller I read is judged by that standard. After several years of reading that genre, however, I have noticed that there are numerous simularities between Red Storm and the many other NATO versus Warsaw Pact novels.The most frequent convention and premise of these novels is that the Russian forces will achieve limited success in the opening stages of a campaign in Europe. As the battle goes on, however, NATO's assumed technological superiority will overcome the Soviet's material superiority and carry the day, although by a narrow margin. I would like to ask Mr. Clancy and the others who subscribe to this theory to refresh their knowledge of history. In the Second World War the Germans had the best tank in the Tiger and the best planes with the invention of the jet. The Germans had a better machine gun in the MG 42. Many historians argue that the greatest factors that overcame the Germans was quantity of US equipment. This historical experience flies in the face of Tom Clancy's thinking in his novel and should give us all pause as we think about "what might have been". Quality is not necessarily a replacement for quantity. I enjoyed reading Red Storm Rising, it is a well written and fast paced novel. The action is well developed, but if you are looking for character development, look elsewhere. Even with my objection, it remains possibly the best written of its genre and the standard by which all others are judged.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I think this is one of his best works. It really has a good pace. Plus the descriptions are great.
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Summary: Quite Unnerving
Review: I have just finished reading all of the Tom Clancy books, and I have to say this is my favorite. During the course of this mainly Jack Ryian odessy, I cam back and read this book 3 times. The first time I found it exciting, but I was rather confused by some of the technical details. The second time through I concentrated on figuring out what was going on in the parts that I didn't understand, and once I did, I reread the book. This time through I found myself identifying with many of the characters. Morris seemed to remind me of my uncles, and I thought that these people seemed totally realistic. I would recommend that anyone who has the time (it took me 2 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days to read it twice) to read such a book.
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