Executive Orders

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Summary: Verry good
Review: I've read all of clancy's books and I find this one the best...Clancy is a master of fiction this book is so well writen that it could very easly be hapening right now in the events of today

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Summary: Amazing, great, fabulous, his best work to date
Review: This book has everything that a good book has to have and then some, it features a sneak attack on the capitol hill, the ebola virus, assasins, war, diplomacy, mad mans and references to his earlier work

Amazing!!!!

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Summary: Question???
Review: Based on what Tom Clancy said on page 1162, "Named for Admiral Isaac Kidd, who had died aboard USS Arizona on the morning of December 7, 1941, she was a member of the 'dead-admiral class' of four missile destroyers originally built for the Iranian navy under the Shah, forced on a reluctant President Carter, and then perversely all named for admirals who'd died in losing battles," What does the Iranian Navy stuff mean here? Why does Clancy mentioned President Carter? And on page 1170, there's a line saying "The group commander is Greg Kemper. I don't know him, but his rep's pretty good. CinCLant likes him. He's asking for a ROE change." What's "ROE?" I'd be very appreciated if anyone could tell me.

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Summary: question?
Review: In page 460: ...the crisscross directory right in the White House... What does the phrase "crisscross directory" mean? Is that kinda employee directory of the White House? Could anyone tell me that? Please be specific. Thank you. ^_^

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Summary: What Next? Jack Ryan, Chief Justice
Review: Please. I have read most of Clancy's books and enjoyed them. This one, however, was worse than any biological assault an evil nation could think of. I really wanted to give it no stars, but alas I can not. Clancy's political views and somewhat poor understanding of public administration aside, the plot was absurd, dull, and predictable. And the shallow, trite dialog leaves me at a loss for words!

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Summary: Tom Clancy is getting carried away
Review: I did like this bok, and found the story to be well paced and exciting (if not a little over praising of the majical U.S. military and private businessmen). The connection with past novels such as The Hunt For Red October and Cardinal of the Kremlin was very ineresting and signaled the point in the book where things started to get really interesting. Unfortunately, by the time I got there (roughly the half way point) I had read the equivelant of two NORMAL books.

Executive Orders is 1358 pages long! Sure my favorite Clancy, Red Storm Rising, is over 700 pages long - which is still twice the normal book length- but once you break the 1000 mark, you know you need some SERIOUS editing. Much of this book is pointless filler that adds little or nothing to the story. Exec could easily be cut down by at least a fourth, if not half!

Tom, if you're out there, you do write well, but just don't write so much!

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Summary: Tom Clancy's best!
Review: Executive Orders was by far Clancy's best novel to date. Its very realism will compell the reader to not set the book down. The story will grip you and won't let you go. It will have effects long after the last page is turned....WOW!

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Summary: Overly long but enjoyable.
Review: Executive Orders was overly long but somewhat enjoyable in the end. I don't know if Clancy thinks he's being paid by the word or what, but this book was incredibly long and full of "filler" material. 200-300 pages could have been cut out of the 800+ (hardcover edition) and this would have been one of his better books. But, as it stands, the exciting ending is marred by the heavy midsection. If you have time, pick this one up, but otherwise, try out his older books where Clancy was at his best.

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Summary: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENCY
Review: Veteran ace Tom Clancy has written another winner with the amazing epic, "Executive Orders". It is simply amazing how he weaves together a central story through varying plot elements including the job forced upon hero Jack Ryan, the deadly Ebola virus, a new accord between Iran and Iraq, hitmen, covert agents, Mountain Men, and a few surprise guests from the past. It is a spellbinding story that you must finish if only to say you read a 1400 page book and really wound up liking it. It is a great summer or holdiay break or car trip read and it proves that Clancy still knows how to get the job done. Also read his new one in hardcover, "Rainbow Six" if you are a fan of John Clark and Domingo Chavez, its another pure action rush from the master of action writing.

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Summary: Not worth buying.
Review: I read the book when I had nothing better to read in the house. Thank goodness I got the book from the library. I would have been upset to have paid money for such an awful book. I kept reading it hoping that it would get better, but alas, it never did. There were a few parts of the book that were as exciting a Red October ( a great book), but the interesting parts (and indeed the whole story) could have been told in about 150-200 pages. Too bad Tom Clancy potificates throughout the book. He needs an editor that will cut his monsters down to an enjoyable size.