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Summary: ASW Tactics, Si....
Review: For Clancy purists, stop. For folks that have an airborne ASW orientation, read on. This exposition is best read by reading the interviews at the end of the book first, as the authoritative Brit ASW captain has validated the content, which itself rates 4 on a scale of 6. Canuks are arguably the best airborne sub-hunters in the biz, right behind the Brits as the subsurface best, no question. USN training and selection criteria are still outmoded, as Clancy himself has dug a hole with the Yanks. Good read, especially for me as a former airborne Nugget-only VNEra S-2 driver. Thanks to the Brits for sharing the jinks and inside skinny as much as is permitted in a rather classified area.
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Summary: SSN
Review: I myself have recently purchased this book, and have not finished it yet but feel i have to comment. It is a very fast paced book, the Cheyenne spending mk-48 ADCAP's like they were dollar bills sinking one sub and surface ship after the other. I give it 4 stars for action and suspense.
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Summary: Painful Fiction
Review: I have always found Tom Clancy's novels somewhat difficult to swallow. He books always contain technology that always seems to surpass all other nations of the world. In SSN, a Los Angeles Class submarine is called into action against the Chineese navy when the Chineese invade the Spratney Islands. In a nut shell, this U.S. submarine not only takes on and destroys every submarine and surface ship the PLAN can send at it, but it also destroys many of Russias most advanced submarines, operated by Russian sailors. I lost cout of the number of ships and subs sank, but it had to be well over 30, and all by a lone U.S. sub. This was a painful read as each and every mission was very predictable, as well as very unbelievable.
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Summary: That Cheyenne is one BAAAAAAAAAAD mother...
Review: C'mon, folks, give this book a break. Yes, it stinks, but I think it stinks in a "Showgirls" way...so bad it's funny. What's not to like about a book that repeats the line "Tube one ready in all respects" about 112,097 times? Think of the Cheyenne as the Superfly TNT of submarines and you'll like it.
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Summary: It would have been a waste of money if it was free.
Review: I find great difficulty believing this was written by Tom Clancy. There was no attempt at a plot, it's just a narration of a 500 page, one-sided computer game. I think Tom should focus more on the quality that made him and discontinue releasing a book a month.
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Summary: Why was this book Written!
Review: I never write reviews but I hope that i may stop someone from buying this book. I got to page 200 and couldn't put it down fast enough. I think Clancy did a copy and paste with every chapter, they all sound the same. Please save your money and invest in a good book.
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Summary: A Lesson in Acronyms
Review: I wish I had read the customer reviews before buying this book. I will finish it only because that's my policy, though I keep hoping something different will happen. Unlike Hunt for Red October, this one barely has a story, and what story it has is simply repeated over and over again. Read the first quarter of the book and you've read the whole book. Pop some popcorn and rent a video.
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Summary: Terrible!!!
Review: This has got to be the worst book I have ever read in my life? I swear after the first two chapters its just copy and paste the rest of the way, what a bore fest this one turned out to be, my advice, which is free, stay away from this one!!
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Summary: All these Reviews are Right...
Review: All of the reviews on this Clancy are right - it's got one SUPER HERO - who single-handedly wins it all...made completely out of CARDBOARD... And that's the ONLY character that there is...everybody else is just 3 or 4 letter job titles (OOD, COB, etc.). Part way through I waxed nostalgic for Hunt For Red October...which had GREAT characters...and SUB scenes that kept you glued to your chair... Moral: it is important to distinguish between books written by Clancy (where he's the only name in the Author slot) - and books that Clancy has lent his name to for economic reasons (which have multiple names in the Author slot). Grab up all you can of the former - and as few as you can of the latter. If you succumb and buy the second type anyway - pretend it's by somebody else because, actually, it is...
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Summary: Thoroughly unenjoyable - a waste of time and money.
Review: This book was so bad I couldn't even finish it. I managed to get about 3/4 of the way through it before I threw it in the garbage, and I only made it that far because I was so bored. I kept waiting for it to get better, to no avail. This book is truly foul. Mr. Clancy should refund everyone who had the misfortune of $8.00 on this trash.
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