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Summary: Very mediocre stuff
Review: I'm a huge Tom Clancy fan but this new one was so lame I put it down half-read and picked up "The Triumph and the Glory", the other book I just got in the mail from Amazon. THAT one was terrific. Wait for Clancy's next one, State of Siege is not worth reading, I'm afraid.
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Summary: Why did Clancy Do this to His Loyal fans?
Review: I've read Patriot Games, a classic, and ruthless.com, which was readable. The latest in the Op-Center series is drivel. What a rousing premise! Assassins hijack the United Nations and demand one hundred million dollars in ransom, or two-hundred and fifty million dollars(it all depends on which page your on.). The heroes are inept fools; does the President make sure that these armed bozos know what they're doing and don't cause a world war? The terrorists aren't any better. They violate the first rule of negotiating:Keep the bargaining chips alive until the end. Do they? Of course not! They shoot the diplomats and then expect the world to pay to rescue a little girl's orchetra group. They honestly expect Italy and Sweden, whose respective diplomats were killed, to pay millions to rescue Americans. Hokey, hokey, hokey. Need I say more?
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Summary: Knock, knock... Wooden and dull
Review: In this, the sixth Op-Center book, Jeff Rovin is thanked for his "creative ideas and invaluable contribution to the preparation of the manuscript". This is generally taken to mean that Mr. Rovin is the manuscript author. Unfortunately, Mr. Rovin, though having a couple of other book titles to his credit, most certainly has none of Tom Clancy's ability with words.The Op-Center series started in 1995 as a sound germ of an idea which owed much of its success to genuine imput from Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Now, at book six, and with Clancy and Pieczenik standing quietly in the shadows with their palms outstretched for whatever royalties they can squeeze from this series without having to do any work, the books are reaching new lows. State of Siege is wooden and difficult to work through. The story might have had real potential in a proper Clancy novel. It could have been a real killer if thought out and written intelligently. Unfortunately, passing it over to a ghost called Rovin was the easiest way to doom the story to failure. If Tom Clancy insists on putting his name to rubbish like this (albeit if only to rake in some extra lucre) then he MUST take some responsibility for its content. It saddens me to have to remind him, but the money he is putting in his pockets from poorly-conceived "novels" like this is money that honest working folk have stumped out because he has placed his name on the cover of the book. SHAME ON YOU TC
Rating:
Summary: Knock, knock... Wooden and dull
Review: In this, the sixth Op-Center book, Jeff Rovin is thanked for his "creative ideas and invaluable contribution to the preparation of the manuscript". This is generally taken to mean that Mr. Rovin is the manuscript author. Unfortunately, Mr. Rovin, though having a couple of other book titles to his credit, most certainly has none of Tom Clancy's ability with words. The Op-Center series started in 1995 as a sound germ of an idea which owed much of its success to genuine imput from Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Now, at book six, and with Clancy and Pieczenik standing quietly in the shadows with their palms outstretched for whatever royalties they can squeeze from this series without having to do any work, the books are reaching new lows. State of Siege is wooden and difficult to work through. The story might have had real potential in a proper Clancy novel. It could have been a real killer if thought out and written intelligently. Unfortunately, passing it over to a ghost called Rovin was the easiest way to doom the story to failure. If Tom Clancy insists on putting his name to rubbish like this (albeit if only to rake in some extra lucre) then he MUST take some responsibility for its content. It saddens me to have to remind him, but the money he is putting in his pockets from poorly-conceived "novels" like this is money that honest working folk have stumped out because he has placed his name on the cover of the book. SHAME ON YOU TC
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Summary: World of Greed
Review: In Tom Clancy's State of Siege, he places the tough decision of a mans family and a nations integrity. Paul Hood has quit his job at the Op- Center to spend more time with his wife and family. When he takes them on a trip to New York to see his daughter in a recital at the U.N., he didn't plan for what was about to come. A group of wealth greedy terrorists invade the U.N. building and taking many delegates and young musicians hostage, including Hood's daughter. He is now forced with the decision to stay and comfort his wife, or to rejoin the Op-Center and help get all the hostages, including his daughter out. Clancy's book was action packed from the very first chapter. Clancy intensifies the book with Paul Hood's decision of work or a life with his family. His daughter being a hostage poses to him a problem which he must solve. In order to solve it he must leave his wife and return the Op-Center. The clock is running and Hood faces the most important decision of his life. He sacrifices his wife and decides to save his daughter's life. He rejoins Op-Center and faces a new question of how to save his daughter and the delegates. Time is passing quickly and the bloodshed increases. The pressure is intense and Paul keeps his cool. He takes the stress and eventually makes the right decision and saves his daughter's life with the help of his co-workers at the Op-Center.
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Summary: Its cool
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Summary: Roller Coaster Ride
Review: Let me just say that I read this baby in one night. I was up until 4:00 in the a.m. because I couldn't put this book down. Every time I'd tell myself I was going to stop reading it and finish the next night, the chapter would end with me saying to myself "WHY did that have to end like that????" So I read this book in one night and it is probably one of the most exciting books I've ever read, and I thought that "Mirror Image" was the best book in this series. I would recommend this book to everyone. Jeff Rovin, the writer (yeah his name is in the acknowledgemens somewhere) does a great job, and this is about the best series on the market. So go buy it, go read it.
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Summary: Will bring me back for more...
Review: Never having read a Clancy novel prior to The Siege, I can offer no comparison to his body of work. I can say that after finishing The Siege, I was compelled to go looking for my next Clancy read. It may have some faults (as pointed out in earlier reviews) but if you want a classic you read Dostoyevsky not Tom Clancy. This book is intended to thrill and excite and it delivers 100 percent. It was a quick read which was great because I didn't want to put the darn thing down. If this book is a testament to Clancy's talents, I can see myself becoming a big fan, despite my preference for non-fiction.
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Summary: Not Clancy's best, but a definite good read
Review: Okay, so it wasn't Clancy's best work, but don't tell me you didn't want to know the ending. Clancy's solo novels are great, but you've got to have a lot of time on your hands. As the mom of a toddler, the Op-Center and NetForce books are an easy, good read. I had to put Rainbow Six away because I didn't have time to get into all the hundred ongoing scenarios and keep them straight. Plus, it's too heavy to carry on vacation (the only time I have to read.) I can ALWAYS count on Tom Clancy for an entertaining story. Isn't that what novels are for? I've really grown to like Paul Hood and Mike Rodgers. Their opposite, but compatible workstyles make Op-Center flow. Please get Sharon some counseling. She should be proud of her husband. I would be if I were her.
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Summary: Not a full meal, but a tasty snack
Review: Pretty easy and quick reading. Not much character development, but the story is interesting and entertaining.
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