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Summary: diction and dialect
Review: Diction, different ways of speaking a language, and dialect, the author's word choice, all affect this novel extremely. Because of the fact that it has a dual setting in both England, and Quantico, Virginia, make the author's word choice one of the only ways that the reader can discern between the two settings.
In this passage, the diction used implies that we are in the U.S. "You're in the Neuro Ward at the base hospital. You had a CVA, a cerebrovascular accident. A stroke." Compare that to a different passage a little bit farther along. "Not much, my boy. I was ringing you up to see about that, ah . . .small matter we discussed recently over supper." What a difference! Just by reading the two quotes, one can immediately distinguish that the first was set in an Army Base, in America. The second set in a castle in England. The use of the words my boy, ringing, and supper insinuate that the reader is now in a different place, where people speak with different drawl.
The dialect used in this novel also helps us distinguish from the settings, but it also allows the reader to discern between the upper and lower classes. For example: "Oh, and Applewhite? Se if you can't drum up major Peel. If you should happen across him, tell him his lord wishes to dine with him." Compare that to this quote. "Come on ya blimey old codger! Give us your money afore we beat your bloody coat red!" This almost automatically allows the reader to tell that the first was the higher class, and the second, the lower.
Diction and dialect were two dreadfully important literary devices in this novel. Had the author not used these devices, the readers mind would be a jumble of places, and people.

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Summary: not his best
Review: I've read some of his other books that have been better. The story was a little disjointed. He had some characters like Mikhaly Ruzhyo, and a few others that had great potential, but he got too many things going at the same time and too little time for each of them to develop properly. I did like the way he portrayed Lord Coswell, the English billionaire. He figured he was a law unto himself and seems to have gotten away with murder (kinda like what's happening here in the United States). I enjoyed the book but it wasn't his best.

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Summary: Tom Clancy¿s, Net Force, Night moves
Review: Net force Night moves was a very well written descriptive book, but I have to say it is not one of his best, compared to his other books I have read, this one was not as action packed and thrilling as his others, Though I did enjoy reading it very much, I think it could of used some more action in it. Net Force: Night s about a futuristic agency created by the FBI, which patrols the Internet. The main story is about a deranged Englishman who wishes to restore England to the world power it once was. The Englishman hires a scientist who creates a supercomputer, which is capable of throwing cyberspace into chaos and cracking anything thrown in its direction. Net Force's main computer man suffers a stroke in the VR (or virtual reality world) while hunting down the Englishman's scientist. I think Clancy is like the master of these kinds of plots or story's. He has the unusual ability to mix in the love problems of Net Force's boss and second-in-command with the main storyline. Clancy is the top gun when it comes to the military thriller and his sidekick Steve Pieczenik is the master of the geo-political chess game. Net Force: Night Moves will keep you on the edge of your seat, if you are really into Clancy's book's and also things about the future, you most likely won't be able to put this book down until you reach the end. Clancy shows puts overshadowing of what the world is going to become, and it is almost scary because it is some what right in that in the future computers will technically run the world, and every thing will be controlled by computers. Although this seems like almost some kind of nerd book it is not, there all lots of cool new inventions in weapons and things like that Clancy throw in there, and there are some really descriptive scenes, just like any other Clancy book .I did really like it and there were lots of cool things in it and some action scenes but I think it could of used more action, for a reader like me, I am really into those books previously written by Clancy like Patriot games or Clear and Present Danger. But if you enjoy Clancy's Net Force series, then you need to read this one. And when you read if you do enjoy it, here are some other Clancy novels you'll enjoy: Net Force: Hidden Agendas; Op-Center: Balance of Power; Op-Center: Games of State; Power Plays: Shadow Watch; and any other of the Op-Center, Power Plays, or Net Force novels.

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Summary: Net-Net, You Can Skip This One
Review: There are two primary reasons for not reading this book. The first is that it is totally missing the primary element of the most successful Tom Clancy novels, the fascinating technical detail of the main story line. All you will get in this book of that sort is more information than you ever wanted to know about sights on hand guns. The second is that the main story line is not developed enough to be interesting. A super hacker is disrupting the world's ability to function. Other than describing some of the consequences of that: Airlines aren't flying, you can't transfer money, etc. that's all you get.

The computer aspects of this book are atrocious. There is supposed to be a quantum computer involved, but you get no decent development of that point. The search for the hacker is conducted primarily in cyber-space through virtual reality metaphors for big game hunting. To me, that takes something interesting (the hunt for the hacker) and makes it ordinary. This was a terrible plot device.

If you are interested in the computer aspects of future crime, this book is a poor representative of what can be done. The book is clearly written for people who have never used a computer. That's a shame.

The primary story lines in this book that are worth reading relate to a master assassin who the Net Force wants to interrogate. Some of the scenes here rival The Day of the Jackal. If this had been the whole novel, Clancy and Pieczenik would have had a winner.

If you want to read every Clancy novel, go ahead and read this one. If you are not so compelled, go ahead and skip it. This book is resistible.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Tom Clancy's latest Net Force offering falls short of the high standard he has maintained for his novels. Those accustomed to his technical detail, his political manuevering, his non-stop action will find that this novel focuses much more on personal relationships than previous books.

For instance, VR expert Jay faces the greatest challenge as he must track down the computer responsible for creating situations resulting in mass deaths. For the first time, Jay experiences physical dangers in VR and his experiences are tense and shocking. From VR, however, the book switches to Tyrone and his high school romance, something that has no place in this book. The teenage jargon, the infatuation with the school beauty queen and the boomerang trials are hardly subjects relevant to the book but rather interrupt the flow of the story.

A good deal of the action takes place in England, which provides the opportunity for interaction with MI-6 and British intelligence. Again, however, there is more focus on romance with a British counterpart and the resulting problems than action. The plot is thin and the exciting finish we have grown accustomed to in Clancy works is missing.

In other books Clancy has co-written, Op Center, Net Force, etc., it has always been possible to see Clancy's style and direction. Night Moves has much less of the Clancy style - and it shows.