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Summary: The master of detail and content, delivers again.
Review: I have heard some complaints that Clancy's books are too long. This length is due to the incredible amount of detail that he stacks into his novels. No other author delivers a book with this much detail. He doesn't just give you one aspect of the story...he give you everything! Espionage, naval, air, land, even the political and economic aspects of the situations are involved and full of meat. And Debt of Honor is no exception. Also, in a changing world were the bad guys are harder to establish and to combat, he does a superb job in making a worthy adversary for the U.S. There is no more Soviet Union, who are we going to have a conflict with? Clancy gives the reader a very realistic and interesting enemy. Thumbs up all the way.
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Summary: Clancy shines as usual
Review: I found Debt of Honor like his other books. Awesome. I have never disliked any of his books and have quite truthfully loved them all. Right now I am reading both Executive Orders and Rainbow Six and I am completely engrossed in both, I don't know which one to pick up.
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Summary: Awesome work, just needs a little character
Review: Clancy's tireless pursuit of interesting facts and plausible, timely "what ifs" have come together again to produce an absorbing book that frequently kept me up well past my bedtime. I got a lot out of Clancy's dialogue on Wall Street - just plain interesting. Two things I would change about his novels: the relative absence of character descriptions (I want to be able to close my eyes and get a good picture of Raizo Yamata in my head) and a sometimes glossed-over, "siliconized" style of approaching emotion and feeling. Yeah, the words are there, but they don't often carry much punch. But Clancy's forte is technical information, and to this end I often find his books better than a nonfiction military manual.
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Summary: First Rate
Review: I can't wait to see DEBT OF HONOR as a movie, and I hope they make it into one while Harrison Ford is still young enough to play the part of Jack Ryan again. This was a page-turner on par with WITHOUT REMORSE and Craig Furnas's THE SHAPE. This is the prequel to Clancy's EXECUTIVE ORDERS, so be sure to read this before you tackle that.
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Summary: Slow to get started...but...
Review: The problem I had with this book was the same as with all Clancy's: It takes so damn long to get where it's going. From the beginning, you can tell there's going to be a war between America and Japan, but it takes so long to work through all the diplomacy, the setting up, the preparations, the details...I've found it's best to wade through as much of the setup as you can, then put it down for a few days, then come back and carry on. Because it may start slowly, but when it gets going...!The other problem I had with it was the way the war was conducted. We're supposed to believe that America lost only one aircraft in the whole thing. I mean, come on...going by their previous record, they should at least have lost a couple of planes to friendly fire. There's no such thing as a bloodless war. Other than that, yes, I enjoyed it...less detail in the setting up, a more accurate air war and a lot less flag waving (America this, America that, America the other) and it! ! 'd be a five.
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Summary: Another reason why Clancy needs a better editor!
Review: While I find Tom Clancy's books to be interesting, I really think that they would benefit by having about 2-300 pages edited out of them. Unfortunately, Debt of Honor is another case of Clancy confusing quantity with quality. Also, I think it's about time that Clancy realizes that, for his books to be truly gripping, he must have something more than cardboard cut-outs for characters. In Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan started out as a believable, although accomplished hero. Somewhere along the way to Debt of Honor, he's evolved (or devolved) into something approaching a cartoon character, one who's always saving the world.
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Summary: Have an American flag nearby. Great book otherwise.
Review: This book has it's flaws, but nothings perfect. It gets five stars because it was enjoyable, informative and just plain entertaining. It also does reflect the mindset of their Japanese Government. Their warped version of history (history textbooks in Japan are censored) where Japan was really the victim in W.W.II. The only flaw, to my chagrin, was the urge I felt every once and a while to have an American flag to wave. The worst part occurring when a certain navy is buzzed by American bombers, very similar scene to that in Red October where the Russia carrier is buzzed by tank killers. I guess even though the foreign navy saw them coming it didn't have the time to roll out it's ships cannons (perhaps their powder was wet), or their bows & arrows may have been malfunctioning. All that said Mr Clancy at the same time takes swipes at the silliness of American disarmament, and other things, so I guess it evens out. All in all a fun book, buy it, read it, and don't let the minor flaws wreck your experience.
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Summary: good book, but could easily be batter
Review: I have one major problem with this book: too much financial stock market crap. Sure the context of the financial information is intruiging, but if I really wanted to know what NASDAQ stood for I'd real the Wallstreet Journal. As for the rest of the book, its one of the better in the Jack Ryan series. The idea of the Japanese being a threat was interesting and original, and the side plot of Clark and Ding kept the novel fluid and smooth. The battle sequence with the F-22s vs. Jap F-15s was truly Clancy at his best. However, he did fall for the common mistake that plagued writers and game manufacturers for many years in misnaming the F-22. He called it Rapier, while its final name is Raptor. But the novel still reads well and I enjoyed the parade of new weapons (the B-2 strike was awesome). If Clancy had just cut out about 100 pages of finacial crap I would have called this one of his best.
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Summary: Among the best!!
Review: I finsihed reading this book 2 weeks ago, and I was amazed by the ending! Clancy takes the unthinkable, and takes us for a ride! The battles with Japan were great, and even the financial stuff was intresting. Though it was slow to start, once it got going, it didn't stop!
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Summary: One Of Clancy's Best
Review: I've read this book twice and plan to read it many more times. It has great economic commentary as well as excellent battle scenarios that are classic Clancy. The only book of his that maybe better is Red Storm Rising-which maybe the best book I've ever read.
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