Shadow Watch

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Summary: Super!
Review: A whizbang read, full-tilt action from cover to cover. Won't give away the climax, but it leaves you anxiously awaiting the next book!

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Summary: A good beginning.....and from there it went downhill
Review: After reading Shadow Watch i was dissapointed. Most Clancy books are great but this one however was just, well....not good. The beginning was ok with a space shuttle that blows up at its launch date and leaves everybody in the book (including you the reader) in shock. the book from there manages to keep up with an all out assault on a factory in SA. But from there the book dies. None of the characters were described well in this book and it was hard to finish the next 200 some pages. The only real reason this book was published was because Tom Clancy had his name on it. To make it short, spare yourself of this book and get a good Tom Clancy book such as Patriot Games or Red Storm Rising

Rating:
Summary: A good beginning.....and from there it went downhill
Review: After reading Shadow Watch i was dissapointed. Most Clancy books are great but this one however was just, well....not good. The beginning was ok with a space shuttle that blows up at its launch date and leaves everybody in the book (including you the reader) in shock. the book from there manages to keep up with an all out assault on a factory in SA. But from there the book dies. None of the characters were described well in this book and it was hard to finish the next 200 some pages. The only real reason this book was published was because Tom Clancy had his name on it. To make it short, spare yourself of this book and get a good Tom Clancy book such as Patriot Games or Red Storm Rising

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Summary: In The Shadows
Review: Although not on par with any of the Jack Ryan books, this one manages to do a fine job with the material. The Space Station idea is not far off, and the settings are fine, but the characters need work and the ending was disappointing.

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Summary: Not the best of Power Plays
Review: As an avid Tom Clancy fan, I was more than disappointed in Shadow Watch. Not much of a plot was present. There was very little beginning or end to the story, merely a bunch of techno-babble for a middle. I never cared about the characters, because I never got to know anything about them. Its best to stick with Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and John Clark series if you are in need of real page turner.

Rating:
Summary: Half-Way Decent
Review: As this is the first Tom Clancy read, although I have several movies based on his books, suck as The Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger.

Although I thought his writing was good and was a cliff-hanger like feeling throughout the book, as I read other reviews I guess his other books must have been alot better.

Anyways some of the sub-plots were well written and were interesting (urchin diving with Tom Ricci), they only showed he was tough and the man for the job, but took to many pages to show it. Also the train wreck took to long to explain with insignificant people who just died in the end. It was important to the fact that the Terroists weapon was ready for use, but the extant to the wreck was explained was un-necessary.

The whole part in Russia where the guerrilas buy the HMD or whatever is still kind of hazy as to what actually happened.

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Summary: More Ghostwriter Material!
Review: At one time Clancy could claim the title of the greatest writer on earth. After I have read Net Force,Op Center and these Power Play books I have started reading the Robert Ludlum books. The villain in this book is terrible. The hero in this book is just about as bad. I have yet to figure out what the plot is.This book was just plain bad.I hope Tom Clancy starts taking his writing more serious. Maybe he can come back to life with the Bear and the Dragon.

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Summary: More Ghostwriter Material!
Review: At one time Clancy could claim the title of the greatest writer on earth. After I have read Net Force,Op Center and these Power Play books I have started reading the Robert Ludlum books. The villain in this book is terrible. The hero in this book is just about as bad. I have yet to figure out what the plot is.This book was just plain bad.I hope Tom Clancy starts taking his writing more serious. Maybe he can come back to life with the Bear and the Dragon.

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Summary: Please,no more collaborations
Review: Being a dedicated Clancy fan,I feel cheated by this book.So much of it is irrelevant and the book seems totally out of joint. The author, whoever that is, spends many pages on sequences that have little to do with the plot. Others have noted that dream sequence, I feel the long sequence in Maine was rather unnecessary though it was interesting. The characters are superficial and seem cartoonish. I found the book irritating to read and had to force myself to finish. Please, Tom, write your own books.

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Summary: Un-Clancyish
Review: I am mildly disappointed in Power Plays. It didn't have the "feel" of a Tom Clancy novel.