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Summary: Reads like a poorly written rough draft
Review: I am a big fan of Clancy novels, but this is not one of them (a Clancy novel, I mean). This book is a series of repetitive phrases and prose that might well work in a novel if and when one is written around this story line. I have read everything Clancy (and others using his fame) have written, and enjoy his work enormously. Even the weakest of the other novels have characters - I had read half this book and couldn't name the hero's exec. officer, nor any other character in the book. One dimensional is putting it mildly. This book should be enclosed with the cd rom game, perhaps, as value added merchandising. It should not be sold as a novel.
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Summary: One of the best fictional war stories in a while.
Review: Clancy has made a pretty good book. Capt. Mackay is a great warrior. His crew has to be one the best ever. But it is too much to ask for a war to end this way. This is the only detractor. The action is great and very vivid. You heartaches at the loss of life. A war of this type could really be in our future as the world's resources diminish. This is also a very technical book and is not for the average reader. But if you want action it is for you.
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Summary: Do NOT buy this book.
Review: This book seems to be the coming norm for Clancy's series that he doesn't write himself. The book is *so* repetitive that if you read the first two chapters, you have read the whole book. Each attack scene is cut and pasted word for word from the previous chapter. How many times can a person stand to read about the MK 48's being fired electrically and running straight, hot and normal?The author also feels that he needs to put in a teaser at the end of each chapter, hoping to make the next chapter more riveting. All it does is come off sounding immature and something you would read in a freshman high school story. Finally, it's inacurate in several parts. At one point the author(s) have a large sub being disabled by 8 torpedos. As the sub's crew tries to abandon ship, sharks are ripping apart their life rafts trying to get to them. First, sharks don't attack inanimate objects like that. Second, there had "just" been concussions from 8 large torpedos. There wouldn't have been a shark in those waters for over 100 miles. Save your money folks. If you want better reading, I suggest the installation instructions from any washing machine.
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Summary: You must understand what this book is...
Review: This is not a traditional Tom Clancy novel, and if you buy it holding that expectation you will be disappointed. This is a book that is based on the CD-ROM computer game of the same name. As such, it lacks character development (there's hardly any at all) and a dose of reality. None-the-less, I found the book to be an enjoyable read and a good way to pass the time while stuck on an airplane. It's not a classic, but it is entertaining, fun to read and there's a glossary in the back for those of us that have not served on a nuclear attack submarine before!
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Summary: I'm glad I am not alone
Review: I am glad that I looked at the reviews on this book. I am about half way through it and keep getting lost in the Navy and submarine acronyms. I was beginning to think it was me! The book is definitely not one of Clancy's best. Normally, I recommend his books to everyone. However this book might only be of interest to former Naval personnel. I wonder what audience he was addressing?
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Summary: Not Worth The Money or The Time
Review: A dime store "novel", at best, which, after reading a few pages, I realized was not anything close to a real book. Should not have been represented as a new Tom Clancy novel and certainly should not have had the promotional references to character development on the back cover. Repetetive passages about perfect submarine kills with no true represetation of realities of life at sea, maintenance or weapons problems. I fault the bookstore for displaying it as a Tom Clancy novel, and I fault Tom Clancy for not clearly labelling this as NOT a novel.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: I like Tom Clancy but this is not him. Even in the Amazon listing it doesn't show it but the fine print at the bottom of the cover says "Created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg". Either Clancy is cranking books out too fast or he's selling his name. One chapter might as well be a cut and paste of the previous. I've read two books now that were "co-authored" by Clancy and neither was worth a damn. I will never buy another one.
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Summary: Not a typical Clancy - unfortunately
Review: Occasionally when I read Clancy's novels, I get frustrated with the volume of pages filled with futsy technical details. With this CD I found myself wishing for the details that I so often get bogged down with. Also, this CD fails to develop the characters in the way I have come to expect from Tom Clancy. All that aside, if you are not looking for a typical Clancy, this proved to be an entertaining albeit shalllow experience.
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Summary: Don't bother buying it.
Review: I bought this book because I expected to receive a well written novel on par with Clancy's other works. It ain't! There is NO character development. There is NO coherent plot or story. The technical info isn't there. What the ---- is this anyway?
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Summary: Truly only the book of the game
Review: Yes, well - not a Tom Clancy novel as we know it, but more a mission by mission explanation of how to win the game of the same name (by the same author). Yes, one submarine taking on the whole Chinese navy is totally unrealistic, but lets face it, that's the game. Clancy actually does very well with this book, in that it reads pretty much as one would expect a submarine simulation game to be played. There isn't a hell of a lot of suspense - find the enemy sub, get his bearings, shoot the fish, boom!! Next chapter - get pinged by a frigate, get his bearings, shoot the Harpoon, boom!!! A light entertaining read while playing the game - don't expect another "Red Storm Rising".
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