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Summary: Ths book would be useful as a doorstopper instead.
Review: This is my first and last time readin' his book. The pace is soooooooo slow and long-winded that I fell asleep while trying to read it .This is worse than James Joyce's Ulysses .
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Summary: Great Book
Review: The incredible story about Jack Ryan and the specific details about our military make for a good read. The government is exposed in a way that makes you want to meet Ryan. He just wants to serve his country and the constitution, but ends up with a whole lot more. I give this book a 9 of 10 for anyone interested in reading about how America could end as we know it. The only drawback is the length - 1400 pages.
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Summary: would make a good movie
Review: Tom Clancy should stick with playing with his Tec-9 in the basement of his mansion, instead of pretending that he can write.
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Summary: Good but too much
Review: As Clancy goes this was OK. I actually really enjoyed the first 1000 pages but found the in depth battle scenes a little like watching paint dry. The whole mountain men thing was a total waste of time and I'd agree with most reviewers in the point of view that Tom needs a new editor. On a positive I think that I am one of the few who liked Ryan as president and want another insallment.
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Summary: Not his best but not bad
Review: I'm a big fan of Jack Ryan, but I groaned when he was escalated to VIP in the previous book... and when in the last two pages he became President I dreaded the next book in the series.EO was better than I thought it would be. Ryan is an ineffectual politician but is surrounded by good people... besides, His Strength Is As The Strength Of Ten Because His Heart Is Pure. THe situations are, as always, interesting (and somewhat frightening) versions of What Could Easily Be. However, I think Clancey's Ryan books were better when he wasn't used to being in the white house.
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Summary: Great!
Review: Of recent books I've read only "The Triumph and the Glory" can compete with Tom Clancy's epic "Executive Orders". What a ride! It's his best book by far since "The Hunt for Red October. Way to go, Tom!!!
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Summary: Very good
Review: I loved "Executive Orders". I'd been meaning to read it for well over a year now and finally got around to ordering it from amazon, along with that new WWII novel everyone is talking about, "The Triumph and the Glory." President Jack Ryan is masterful in "Executive Orders" I felt like standing up and cheering him every other page because he was doing exactly what should be done in real life and too often isn't. A GREAT adventure, buy yourself a copy and enjoy it. I did.
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Summary: What an awesome read!
Review: I can't believe that people can say such terrible things about this book. This was the first TC book I bought, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I have read it twice now, and will read it again, because it is amazing how many details one can miss the first time. However, a WARNING: You must be intelligent enough to follow the story. You will only enjoy this story if you go into it with an open mind, expecting the best. In fact, this book was so wonderful that I now own at least 12 TC titles... reading his work is a wonderful "escape from it all". Although Jack Ryan seems more suited to action, he makes for a wonderful president - the kind that America truly needs. TC is the master storyteller, and I have never found a better author. I hope he keeps writing these yarns...
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Summary: TC needs an editor.
Review: There's no reason this book needs to be this long. Tom Clancy needs an editor with a STRONG hand. Too much extraneous and repetitive detail. Plus, where's NATO? The USA would get no help from friends? Give me a break. Oh, and we have made strides against at least one virus: Polio. Vaccine and everything. Besides the editor, add the fact checker.
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Summary: Timely tale told by Tom
Review: Executive Orders, written 3 years ago, discusses what could happen in a democracy that is morally declining from within. Executive leadership must be strong and timely. Some of our best executives have come to power at interesting times during our country's history. Lincoln and FDR are two examples of strong executive leadership under times of national crisis. Our country survived because our executives got us through them. FDR and Lincoln also died before leaving office. Maybe that is why they are remembered so well. Certainly they were great men but Kennedy also died before he could test his meddle. These "martyrs" go down in history as some of our best executives. The issues, Clancy raises in his book are for our times today. They must be learned if our country is to survive. Will we be invaded by some foreign land our will we "die by suicide" as Lincoln stated in 1837. Only time will tell.
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