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Summary: Much too long
Review: The usual Techno-thriller that Clancy is so good at writing becomes lost in this overdrawn highly conservative book. Much of the story line was hackneyed and has been previously overdone. I found myself merely wishing for the pages to end so that I could find something more worthwile of reading.
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Summary: Exciting ending, but way too long
Review: The book had some exciting parts, but it was way too long and had too many boring political ramblings. Clancy could have easily trimmed one-third of its length. He could have left out the Mountain Men entirely.Clancy does much better writing about the military than he does about politics. The whole thing with Kealty did not make sense. And I sure got tired of Ryan's/Clancy's conservative agenda. As always when the battles start, Clancy's superb storytelling finally comes through.
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Summary: Clancy finally kicks some butt
Review: The one thing that Clancy is good at is telling one major story while intertwining alot of little ones. Jack Ryan finally gets to show the world what he is made of. Being a former soldier I am always intrigued with how he gets right at the heart and soul of American military men and women. His story of bio-war '97 was also well researched. Since I work in the biotech industry I was also enthralled that he chose a topic that I am familiar with. Keep 'em coming Mr. Clancy!
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Summary: A great addition to the Clancy techno-thriller collection!
Review: Classic Clancy! Continuing the Clancy tradition of intenational intrigue, Clancy puts Jack Ryan in the world's most powerful, yet vulnerable position. Tom Clancy is a master of knitting together international politics, military insight, technological savvy, and thrilling spy drama. Before reading this novel, I would recommend reading all the other "Jack Ryan" novels from Clancy. "Executive Orders" draws from these other works frequently and the reader won't want to miss any of the exciting elements that are alluded to here. Bring on some more, Tom!
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Summary: Just Dues!
Review: Yes the book was too long, yes it was too heavy to carry to bed at night and yes it got surpy - but buddy does Jack Ryan ever kick butt! This is the ending that every American dreams of - I just read it and it's the week of the 4th of July - God Bless America. My only disparaging remarks would have to be concerning the last few chapters. The war scenes were too in depth and technical and became just too hard to follow by us laymen. He should keep this techno jargo in his non-fiction armored cav books. The funny thing - I visualize as I read and I kept seeing Harrison Ford. I think this calls for a movie, only in this case it would have to be a mini-series! Great job Mr. Clancy! What happens to Jack now?
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Summary: Jack against abortion ?
Review: The follow-up to well-written "Debt of Honor" was a bit of a disappointment. I regret to admit that its the first Clancy novel which is boring, too long and sometimes irritating. Here follows some of my points. (1) Jacks conservative blabblings. Why does Clancy turn him into a hard core Republican? (2) The "mountain men" side story feels somewhat fabricated and the way it ends is anticlimactic, does Clancy believe that a link to the Oklahoma city bombing will make his story more realistic? (3) The "sleeper agent" story is very illogical, why do the Iranians not kill the President at their first chance?. Beside from these flaws I guess this book is a must for any Clancy fan including the few of us in Denmark.
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Summary: Like Eating Potato Chips, you can't put it down.
Review: Clancy is the master of motion and suspense. Ryan takes on the remainder of what's left of the government, including the newly appointed congress, and then stops the worst infiltration of terrorists imagineable. I read this on vacation in Bermuda over three continuous days of rain and could not put it down. The suspense and action keeps your heart racing from page to page. My only comment at the end of the book was, Ryan is really one tough, vindictive SOB.
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Summary: One of the best I've ever read
Review: This book is one of the most interesting Clancy has ever written, and most certainly the longest! Though some may feel that the book is an overkill, I personally think that a longer book gives us more chance to be immersed in the unique atmosphere that Clancy has created for the book. It also provides space for a more intense and complicated plot and sub-plots in order to be able to express the true feelings and emotions of the characters. I especially feel for Catherine Ryan -- she's just an ordinary mother who cares for her children as much as any other, yet in just a few days time she has suddenly been catapulted from an award-winning surgeon to the First Lady! Apart from the usual Clancy-like intricate developments, this book also provides readers with a chance to experience the human emotions involved in the story
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Summary: A major disappointment for this Clancy fan.
Review: I very much looked forward to to the exciting possibilities after Clancy's last book left Washington in flames and the federal governmetn crippled. I was extremely disappointed. This book is in dire need of severe editing. The story could have been told in half the space, certainly in less than the obscene 1300+ pages that it rambles on. I've read all of Clancy's books but I doubt that I will read another unless his publisher gets him back on track.
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Summary: Clancy wrote the book on thrillers.
Review: The Hunt For Red October was a bible by which all other thriller writers can measure their success, save for Clancy's only real competition, Jack Higgins and Robert Ludlum. But this time, Clancy wrote something about as long as the Bible, with as many stories, that somehow all come together at the end, and with one man bringing them all together--Jack Ryan, in this case. But Jack is surely no god, and it is a pleasure to see Clancy point that out time and again in such great ways. I don't think I've enjoyed the Jack Ryan portions of a Clancy novel (since Mr. Clark is so much more action-oriented) since the Cardinal of the Kremlin. Also, for some reason, this novel had me agreeing with Clancy--despite Air Force One, I somehow couldn't see Harrison Ford playing THIS president. Maybe Mr. Clancy designed it that way. A pretty good book, stick with it, it pays off. And its even more fulfilling when you sit back at the end of it and realize that this is what Clancy has been working up to with Jack Ryan since Red October. Now that is what I call plotting.
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