The Sum of All Fears

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Summary: This book scared me.
Review: Published before the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings, The Sum of all Fears is a prophetic action-packed book with a logical and frighteningly realistic plot (Unlike some of Clancy's recent plot twists with Jack Ryan's political career). Read this book

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Summary: A lot of strategy and a little action-not Clancy's best.
Review: It is a good book and does keep the reader interested through the 915 pages(paperback). However, I was a little disappointed at the lack of a lot of action. As usual, Clancy's knowledge of the intricacies of our government and military made for a very interesting book. If you are into the Clancy style-read this book

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Summary: Not one of Clancy's best
Review: This was the most disappointing of Tom Clancy's novels I have read to date. Its plot is contrived, unoriginal (as the number times characters refer to "Black Sunday" remind us) and takes way too long to get going. The middle section concerning Ryan's job pressures and Elizabeth Elliot's investigation goes on a 100 pages more than it should, if it should be in there at all.
Clancy, who deftly handled multiple converging storylines, so well done in "Cardinal of the Kremlin" and, later, in "Debt of Honor," fumbles things here. Scenes switch too quickly from one place to another--as if he's worried about the reader losing interest if he keeps one set of characters on stage too long. Speaking of characters, some are virtually indistinguishable from each other (Qati and Ghosn, for two). Only the conclusion, which has the U.S. and the Soviets inching closer and closer to outright nuclear confrontation makes up for the long set-up. But it doesn't change realization that, by the time you've reached the end, you know that Clancy's done better work

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Summary: The best book I've read by Clancy
Review: Clancy weaves a complex plot together with superior storytelling and understanding of technical detail. I went through it in about 5 days, and couldn't put it down. He shows us how easy it would be to detonate a nuclear device in the US. I find this book extremely good, and more than a little unsettling. Overall, the best book I've read in a long, long time

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Summary: SLOW AT TIMES
Review: I have always been a fan of Tom Clancy's. His plots are interesting and plausable. However, throughout this book he tends to get too in depth with technical matters, leaving the reader feeling bored and tired. More than once I asked myself, "Is this really worth finishing?" It was. The story itself is interesting, and the ending was great, if you can stay awake long enough to finish it

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Summary: By far the best Tom Clancy book I've read.
Review: Of the four Tom Clancy books I've read this one ranks #1 for sure. I have yet to read his two newest one's, so I may change my mind after that. I doubt it though, unless they are just really excellent stories. As I was reading this book, I though to myself "Why hasn't something like this ever really happend here"? Because it's so possible. Of all his books, this is the one that should have been made into a movie. It's such a good and realistic story. It's the longest of his books that I've read, but I finished it at least twice as fast as any of the others. I though I was a Tom Clancy fan before I read this book, now I know I'm one

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Summary: YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This has got to be one of the better books written!! It's got that corker of a plot device, a nuclear bomb, and a confrontation between the superpowers. Maybe a little slow at first, but that just shows the preparation that would occur in real life. The last 200 pages or so move faste than the blast wave of the nuclear warhead he so accurately depicts. Definetly, along with Debt of Honor and Executive Orders, one of Clancy's best

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Summary: Slow to start, then WOW!
Review: I started this book once, put it down for months because I just couldn't get into it. The second time I started it over and could not put it down! Nuclear terrorists in the US. Not too far fetched

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This could possibly be one of the most gripping, tense adventures I have ever read. Clancy's unique talent for tying in all the seemingly unrelated elements of the story is impeccable. It is frightening how his realism actually forces you to really think about the consequences of terrorists trying to pull off a nuclear bombing of the Super Bowl. I'm not sure this one will translate into a Harrison Ford movie, but I hope they do try

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Summary: By Far, CLANCY'S BEST
Review: This is one of the best books I have read in my entire life. Though VERY long, "...Fears" is not at all tedious. I'm sure that in fifty years, this book will be labeled a "classic." Even if you read one book a year, YOU MUST READ THIS