Tom Clancy's Power Plays : Politika

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Summary: Pretty Good-3 1/2 Stars
Review: I was generous and rounded up. This is not the best book by Tom Clancy, not by any means. But it is not as bad as the other reviewers say. It has a lot of good ideas in it and it has a couple of good intertwining subplots and good action scenes. Sure the characters weren't the best, and having more development would have been great, but it is what it is, and I thought it was pretty good overall.

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Summary: Get a decent fact-checker
Review: This is less interesting than most of Clancy's works, and since he appears to be making money hand over fist, you'd think he could afford a fact-checker. Lots of mistakes in the Russian sections.

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Summary: Not A Good Book!
Review: I bought this book because it had Tom Clancy listed as the author. Surprise. He has hired another ghost writer. The book started out on an exciting note. Boris Yeltsin dies after having heart surgery. The next plot developer is a terrorist act that is committed in New York on New Year's Eve. After the terrorist act it is all downhill. The plot dies a sad death. The villains are even boring. I also was able to discover that Roger Gordian is not Jack Ryan. This is not vintage Clancy. The new book "Bear and the Dragon" is a much better book. I think he must have fired his ghostwriter. Don't buy this book.

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Summary: Power Plays
Review: Power Plays is one of Tom Clancys best, gicing an incite to the future. This action packed book is great for those who like fast paced books. I recommend this book to everyone!

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Summary: Stay Clear
Review: I'm a committed reader. Once I start reading a book, I finish it. I don't drop it in the middle. No matter how boring a book is, there is sometime a single page or paragraph or sentence which can justify the reading of that book. That holds true for most of the books but, sorry, not this one. I read this book from cover to cover and wondered for a long time how a writer of Calncy's reputation can produce such a book. It triggered an old and recurring thought in my mind; it's everybody's right to make as much money as he or she wishes but should he or she compromise the quality to make that money?

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Summary: Not bad, but...
Review: This book was not too bad, although, none of the Power Plays, Op-Centers, or Net Force series have really appealled to me. I think Clancy should stick with the original series centered around Jack Ryan, first, and then John Clark (Rainbow Six). I think Tom Clancy should continue with the original series but now have Ding Chavez as the main character. He is young enough that several books could be written about him without age becoming a factor.

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Summary: Good story, but slow
Review: I think this is a great book for those who like Tom Clancy, but for those who are impatient when it comes to slow paced books, you might want to skip this one. I definitely don't recommend this as a starter for someone whose never read Clancy before.

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Summary: GREAT!
Review: This book was one of if not the best clacny book that i have read. The book had a great plot and kept you intrested all throughout the story! It starts out with a great begining when the president of Russia dies then there is a huge terrorist attack in New York on New Years Eve. This book could of really happened during the dawn of the new milennium! Read it!

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Summary: Starts off well but ends ordinarily
Review: I read this book in the coming days to the new Milleniun , and wondered whether the same scenario would be enacted somewhere in the world just like mentioneed in New York (or was it Washington ?). That scenario in itself was worth a star, but from then on , the story plodded along as if it were resting on its laurels.

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Summary: Politica
Review: I read this book because first I thought it would be a nice book. As i read the beginning it was pretty interesing because the president of Russia dies from an illness. After he died the story of the book goes too slow. It makes you read so much to get one information and there were too many difficult words. Later on the story gets interesting again when the terrorist are blowing up U.S. Then the story keeps on going with a character named Gordian, in which he finally findes out the bad guy. I think the book wasn't that bad, but it also had some parts where you learn about planning missions to get something blown up. The good thing of this book was that you could learn many of those hard words if you really look for the definitions. For me, it was pretty hard for me to read. I know that I should recommend this book to the people who are smart. Also, one thing that was really hard for me was when I din't know the names of several weapons. I think this novel is just right for soldiers to read. So i don't really know if I could really recommend to a reagular reader like me. It depends on people and I think you should make your own choice to read this book or not.