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Summary: Tom Clancy Should NOT be doubted!
Review: With this breath taking novel, Tom Clancey adds anouther masterpeice to his long line of books. For those that have the higher intellect and patience, I would recommend this book. For all of the others: Mabey if you finished the book you would like it.
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Summary: Clancy at his absolute best.
Review: A combination of absolutely accurate technical wizardry, hot action, and true to life soldiers make this novel one of the best reads I've had in years. Clancy knows his stuff. Not only does he get the weapons and tactics right, he also shows dramatically exactly what it's like to be a soldier in a fire fight, cut off from all help, while conrades die all around you. Not a novel for those who prefer comic books, or who can't follow a true to life plot, but if you want to know what it's really like to be in enemy territory with no one to depend on but your buddies and your skills, this novel can't be beat.
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Summary: Too much detail.
Review: I waded through the first 150 or so pages and got lost in the detailed descriptions of the characters. Detail is fine but less is better. Clancy's "The Hunt for the Red October" was better.
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Summary: Terrible, awful, lousy.
Review: As usual, this is pure Clancy crap: cardboard characters. egomaniacal wet-dream rantings of an adolescent idiot.
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Summary: PRETTY WEAK IN MY OPINION
Review: I didn't actually finish this book because I didn't have the patience to. I got about 150 pages into it and decided I didn't want to continue reading. I agree with other reviewers about Clancy making the character's roles hard to follow, and furthermore he goes into way too much technical detail on everything. It's good for an author to go into detail about subjects, but Clancy over does it to the point that it gets in the way of the plot. Definitely not a book I'd recommend.
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Summary: Tom Clancy does it again!! Another Masterpiece!!
Review: The fourth book, in chrological order, of the Jack Ryan novels. Jack Ryan returns in an exciting thriller. In Tom Clancy's usual form the pace of the book is hot and fast, switching between Columbia and the USA. Technological information abounds so everyone can understand how the gadgets and weapons really work. With orders to strike elements threatening the National Security of America, the military and CIA start an operation. The elements (predictibly) take offence at this and strike back, eliminating key personel. In return the military operation is stepped up until it is pulled out from under the soldiers' feet. Ryan, Murray (from Patriot Games) and Jackson (Patriot Games and Red October) plan and excecute an evacuation, but not before the military have taken heavy casualties. Finally, the book ends with some heafty changes at higher levels. This book develops the character of Mr "Clark", and finds him an assistant, "Ding" Chavez, and also introduces FBI Inspector Day.
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Summary: CONFUSING
Review: There are too many plots in the beginning which makes it difficult to follow.
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Summary: RIDEN SEZ: THE BEST WRITER SINCE DREISER
Review: SOCK IT TO ME, TOM. Not only is Clancy one of the holy trinity of American Writers (Clancy, Kryton, Wallers), but his spy schemes are just fabulous. There's not enough room here for my raves(sp?), but I did meet Tom once and one things for sure: he's a gentleman. That matters these days, because its hard to trust people. I've read most of his stuff and this book kept me guessing until the fourth to last page (I was keeping track). I'm sure it will keep any of you guessing even longer.
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Summary: Very well written, Slow at first.
Review: Clear and Present Danger was the best book I've ever read. Before this book Michael Crichton was my favorite author abut now it's Tom Clancy. Very well written. Takes a while to get the plot fully developed. Sometimes hard to keep up with characters and what they do.
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Summary: An exciting and suspense filled novel.
Review: An American family is brutally murdered on a private yacht in Caribbean waters. Three American officials are killed on a visit to Columbia. And an undercover war is started between America and the drug empire in Columbia. Despite its length, this book was real page turner. The plot was very exciting and full of breathtaking suspense. It was also full of specifics about many subjects, from politics to the way a special type of infantry works. I am the type of person who loves that kind of detailed information. Clear and Present Danger also provides an interesting political outlook. In the book, the president begins an undercover war simply because it is election year and he wants to get re-elected. And a high government official gets blackmailed and decides to secretly kill more than 40 people so that he won't be sent to jail. It gives a new and horrible spin to politics. Tom Clancy is the master of suspenseful action and hasn't let his readers down with this book. This was a great book and one of my favorites. I would definitely recommend Clear and Present Danger to people who enjoy details, suspense, action, and food for the brain.
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