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Summary: His worst yet!
Review: I have read all of Tom Clancy's novels ( except the co-authored ones, which he didn't really write anyway) and this is the worst. It drags and lacks plot development. I took exception to the comments he made concerning the Koran. It is clear he has never read the book, and was simply making a politically correct defense of Islam.
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Summary: greatest disapointment possible
Review: Having almost grown up on Jack Ryan ,I thought it immposible for Clacy to write a a terribly bad book-he has.This not only goes aginst all his previously written creeds but is very badly written
Taking these -as we are supposed to -as real 'people' Rysan Jnr knows his own father would be ashamed of him.I realise now why Kathy Ryan has declined to appear in this book ( and the previous one)
ALSO could somebody tell mr Clancy that his effort to appear COOL and Hip is not achieved by two mindless thugs saying 'BRO ' in every sentence. --Not Hip mr C ,what next Hip Hop.
I have eagerly awaited every new Ryan book and ordered them in advance.You will not care but you have lost this reader and made a mockery of everything before
PRINCE RAFAEL (U.K )
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Summary: At least it was shorter
Review: This book was considerably shorter than other recent Clancy novels I've seen. That fact, and his usual excellent story idea, are the only positive things I can say about it.
The premise is that a non-government agency exsists whose mission is to identify, locate, and execute terrorist leaders. As usual these recent years, the book appears to have been written by a committee who will be paid by the word and consequently never uses one word when a couple of dozen can be used. And it seems that no one is collating the committee's efforts, so that the same things get said over and over.
When the story progresses, it progresses satisfactorily, with the good guys (Jack Ryan's son and nephews) performing well, but, on the whole, I'm sorry I spent the money and time that this read cost me.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: Having read all of Clancy's books over the years I must say this was quite a disappointment. I generally accept that Mr. Clancy takes his time in setting up the main story (ex: Rainbow 6), but this was painful. In the end I'm glad I finished the book, but wouldn't recommend it.
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Summary: I miss Red Storm Rising
Review: I've read them all, and it's been downhill since the cold war ended. From mind-numbing dialogue (the author went to great lengths to describe seemingly every meal and visit to cafes), to implausible assasinations, this one was beyond belief. As the vigilantes took on their fourth killing, I waited for some suspense. And then the book ended. The message? Send some super twenty-somethings out into the world to kill off the terrorist threat. Now that's scary.
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Summary: The Teeth of the Tiger
Review: I have read nearly all of Clancy's books. This book reminds me of some of the paperbacks that Clancy has co-written, except that this story is not that interesting. The plot had some potential, but it seemed that Clancy was in such a hurry to end the story, that the story was never was developed completely.
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Summary: Clancy's worst book yet...
Review: Having read every Clancy book within days of their release, you might be wondering why it took me so long to finish The Teeth of the Tiger. Simply because it's boring, I always was able to find excuses not to complete the book.The first 248 pages are mind-numbingly boring, as Clancy sets up the premise and introduces us to a grown-up Jack Ryan, Jr. Apparently dear old dad has quit the Presidency and retired a rich, cranky old man. Junior has just graduated Georgetown (would a major character in a Clancy book not attend a Catholic school?) and is now working for a privately funded and operated version of the CIA that does without the pesky Congressional oversight. While the last third of the book does pick up the pace with some glimmers of past Clancy-esqe action, The Teeth of the Tiger turn out to be wearing dentures compared to the riveting action and intriguing descriptions of state-of-the-art military hardware contained in most of his previous novels. While the characters and plotlines introduced in The Teeth of the Tiger are sure to reinvigorate Clancy's bank account with future installments featuring The Next Generation, you can save your money by bypassing this chapter of 'How Jack Ryan's Offspring Make the World a Better Place'. Let's hope for a better story the next time around. Clancy needs to return to the Cold War for inspiration for his next novel. Staging battles between the best and the brightest of United States and Arab terrorists is simply to cliche in this day and age.
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Summary: Not Clancy's Best, But Still Fun
Review: This isn't in the same class with "The Hunt for Red October", but it is still a fun read. As usual Clancy comes up with a plausible threat and builds a story around fallible antagonists pitted against fallible protagonists who we know will prevail in the end.
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Summary: Not worth the time, money, or effort...
Review: Clancy's writing was never Nobel-level, but his editor seems to have taken a vaction. His latest novel is filled with terrible puns, repetitious and sometimes out of place jargon and over-eager nicknames that make reading this book a chore. The action, when it finally happens, drags, and the explanations that take up most of the book are insular and implausible. This is definitely not one of his better books, regardless of the fictitious name-dropping his characters do throughout the novel. Readers would have been better off without another addition to the Ryan saga, as this one doesn't take the story anywhere at all.
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Summary: Another dud from Clancy
Review: This book introduces Jack Ryan's son and his nephews as the new heros saving the world from terrorists. It is based on the preposterous premise that Jack Ryan Sr. has formed a private company to take on terrorism that is funded by intercepting insider information on currency markets from the CIA and NSA. The company also uses stolen intelligence data to target terrorists for execution. Supposedly this "private" company is not known to the U.S. government even though the company has recruiters sprinkled throughout the FBI, CIA, and military. How long will it be before the CIA and FBI notice that all their terrorist targets are conveniently dying? The plot is pretty boring with little or no intrigue or tension unlike Clancy's earliest works. There isn't even much tech talk, which has always been the best part of Clancy's stories. There is a bit of encryption and exotic poison talk, but that is basically it. As usual, Clancy attempts to describe how things work by using awkward dialog in which one person lectures another person about things that he should already know. There is a lot of introspection by each of the main characters, which is overly lengthy and mostly boring. There was never any tension in the book and I never worried about any of the characters. As others have stated, the book abruptly ends, leaving the feeling that this is merely the first installment of a new series of books about Jack Ryan Jr. and his cousins. I hope this is not the case since I think such a series would be a pale imitation of the Jack Ryan Sr. books. I would skip this one.
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