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Summary: A great book,but it should have been so much more.
Review: Ruthless.com was a wonderful book,but a little polish and it would have been a classic worthy to stand up there with other Clancy novels.The plot was a little shallow,the characters were a little too thin, and the book was too grisly.It needed to be toned down.I liked it, but it doesent deserve to stand up to ither,better, Clancy books.Bet on another title with his name,or Michael Chriton.He's good.
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Summary: A Tom Clancy work of art,but a little more polish was needed
Review: I personally liked this book,but the story was a little bit unbelivable and hard to follow.Its got everything a corporate espionage thriller fan could ask for,but it could have been toned down (Because of the sex and sometimes grisly violence).You'll like it,but Dont bet on it being the first Clancy novel you pick up.
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Summary: Mr. Clancy has written another fascinating peice of work.
Review: Bullets are flying, people are screaming, and men are saving damsels in distress. The scene that has been described is the basic format for ruthless.com, the latest work of literature by Tom Clancy. This book provides an adequate sequel to Politika by having Roger Gordian, the hero of the previous book, come back and face yet another challenge to his vision of world peace. In ruthless.com the author provides an exciting story with a slightly far-fetched plot. In this book, Tom Clancy tries to show the average person how dangerous dealing with software can be. For example, Clancy uses murders, sabotage, and infiltration's from the bad guys to get hi-tech encryption codes. These codes are held by Roger Gordian who must fight back if he is to keep them safe. The author has very pronounced values which are displayed in his books. One of his values would be that to achieve peace and harmony one must go through war and chaos. This is brought out when Roger Gordian must defend himself from attacks on himself and those around him, but in the end the wrongs have been righted, and justice reigns over the land for a time. The Author writes in a third person point of view. He never uses I or we and he never uses he or she, unless spoken by the characters. Anything that Clancy writes down seems to be knowledgeable and accurate. For instance in several occasions, he describes a gun or a piece of machinery that can not be mistaken as wrong. The situations and information that Mr. Clancy writes down may not be accurate and so depict and inaccurate picture of what happens in the real world. The author has a unique method in writing his works of literature. Mr. Clancy probably gets his information from his hobbies in politics and Science/Nature. The sources he uses in his books seem to be believable and up to date. Although these can not be taken for granted and could be misleading. In this book, Mr. Clancy poses many questions about the characters and the plots, Although in the end he manages to provide answers for each one of them. He does present one question that remained unanswered could this happen to America. Although in his book the hero discovers the evil doers in time and manages to save his company as well as the American president, can we be sure that their will be someone able to handle such a situation in the real world. The book is extremely well written, in a way that runs linearly although sometimes overlapping. He has his characters traveling from scene to scene, and rarely going back to finish or start a plot. This book does not provide any passages of eloquence, but they are presented in a form that can be read and enjoyed by everyone. The book is well argued and their exist few places that are left without an answer. The Author provides scenes with suspense, where the reader is put in a state where he/she can't wait to turn the page and find out what happens next. All the scenarios and plots that are created in this book have the capability to come true, and that is how Mr. Clancy captivates his audience. This book is accessible to all readers, there are some terms and phrases that are bizarre but through simple deduction can be deciphered. This book gives me a new way to look into the real world. Mr. Clancy provides an excellent description of far off lands and an amazing description of the people who inhabit them. His books manage to transport the reader into those scenes of action and suspense; he describes all the scenes so accurately that one may think he/she is actually there. This ability to captivate the audience and make them gasp in awe can be considered to be Mr. Clancy's greatest strength in literature. The only weakness which I can see is that Mr. Clancy creates so many plots and sub-plots that the reader may find himself lost and not know where to proceed. This book gives me a greater understanding of another culture, and of other people which inhabit this Earth. Mr. Clancy Somehow seems to provide a greater understanding of the world around us. In short, Mr. Clancy has written another fascinating work of literature that can be enjoyed by all. In his book he asks many questions and describes horrifying situations, but in the end everything works out just as it should. Mr. Clancy is able to captivate and engage his audience with his accurate descriptions of the scenes and situations in this book.
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Summary: Worthless piece of trash writing
Review: I'd give it zero stars if that were an option. Shallow characters, thin plot, gratuitous gore meant only to cater briefly to that genre. Clancy is riding on his reputation in this one, and I, for one, am sorely disappointed. Hate to admit I paid full supermarket price for a new copy. He used to be my all time favorite author, but I'll preview the next novel before I spend money on it.
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Summary: Don't buy this book!!!
Review: I was extremely disappointed with this book. I expected something packed with suspense and intrigue since it was a Clancy. Instead, I got a boring story that never went anywhere. Clancy never ties together all the plot twists and he copped out big time with his sorry ending. All I can say is, "Tom Clancy, you stink!" (and so does Ruthless.com) PS - This will be the last Tom Clancy book I ever read.
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Summary: Basically Boring
Review: Third class Clancy work not worthwhile unless nothing else available. I rate this material not worthy of consideration
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Summary: Bad research extended to choice of ghostwriter
Review: Tom Clancy's works are carefully researched, intricately plotted, compulsively exciting right-wing propaganda. This ghostwritten monstrosity is merely right-wing propaganda; the most difficult research done must have been to find an FBI/CIA/NSA spokesman to dictate the back-to-front explanation of crypto policy. It's not as if this issue isn't thoroughly and widely discussed, even in the mainstream outside techie circles, so there is no excuse for totally misrepresenting non-spook opinion. It is amusing that the book tries to promote crypto regulation for Clancy's spook chums, but that even dramatic necessity dictates yet another case for deregulation. Tom Clancy does have a clear style; it can't be that hard to duplicate it. In this case it seems the publisher considered it enough merely to use his name. This will turn out to be a commercial mistake, as readers will now learn to avoid books "created by" Tom Clancy. Predictable, disappointing, dull.
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Summary: WORST CLANCY TALE
Review: I'M A BIG FAN OF MOST OF CLANCY'S WORK, THATS WHY RUTHLESS WAS SUCH A LETDOWN. TOM PLEASE NO MORE POWER PLAYS
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Summary: An even futher dilution of the Tom Clancy brand...
Review: I really enjoy Tom Clancy's writing, and if you do too, then stay away from the book, because it's obvious he wasn't involved. The characters are uninteresting, and the plot is uninteresting at best, convoluted at worst. Even the title is a misnomer: There was barely a mention of the internet in the book. Even the topic of digital encryption, which can be fascinating when presented correctly, came off as just some political bickering. I feel like I've put up with these "Created By" books to fill the gap between *real* Tom Clancy books, but I couldn't even chalk this one up as a stop-gap measure. This one was just bad. Honestly, it felt like they came up with the computer game first, and then wrote the book second. This whole book didn't have nearly as much intrigue as one chapter of any "Written by Tom Clancy" book.
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Summary: Excellent! Typical Clancy, with a twist of business.
Review: The Power plays series is a great new twist that Clancy has introduced. I like these much better than the Ops-Center series. The Power Plays series aren't as technically in-depth as Clancy's normal books (Red Storm Rising, Debt of Honor, Cardinal in the Kremlin), but they get to the action much quicker. Anyone that has done International business travel will love these.
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