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Summary: "The sun rose promptly at dawn."
Review: "The sun rose promptly at dawn" is the first sentence of a middle chapter and mostly typifies the book's complexion.In Clancy novels past, the author is definitely a master of the subject matter. I mean who knows more about writing about subs and warfare than Clancy? The subject of this novel, however, involves terrorists and terrorism--which readers can relate to and have a certain expertise. Call it 9/11 (and/or Iraq and/or Israel/Palestine) presupposition. Because of this presupposition, 25 percent of the text is superfluous and another ten percent is redundant. Then there is the writing style--some strikingly repetitive prose made me wonder if Clancy submitted chapters to the publisher and then later forgot what he wrote and ended up making the same point again. This is aside from sentences like "The sun rose promptly at dawn." What else does the sun promptly do at dawn and who are we to judge whether or not the sun is prompt. My last beef with the novel is that after the first action, in the first few pages, it is pretty stagnant until around page 150 or so. Then the book sputters along for another 75 pages, finally picking up steam in the last quarter. BUT, it ends like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, in that players are left scattered "in action." Obviously, there is another book coming which continues where this one left off--at least there better be. And hopefully it picks up where the action left off. When you're done you'll be able to say, "yeah, I can relate." There is some pretty interesting description about the inner-workings of the CIA and NSA, but readers sorta know about that too. In a sense, it seemed like I knew more about subject matter of the book than one of the main characters, Jack Ryan, Jr., son of the ex-President. Not a bad book but not classic Clancy either. Three out of five stars.
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Summary: Two Strikes
Review: I think I'll "light up my computer" sit down to some "coffee and donuts" and make a "pile of money". There - I just wrote a Tom Clancy sentence using phrases you've seen before and will get sick of seeing in his book as well. This book is better than "Red Rabbit", but that is not saying much. Tom Clancy had a great premise but seems again to be too busy with Tom Clancy Inc. to write to his standards (a bad Tom Clancy novel is still better than most). The dialogue between the brothers is painful ("Hey bro" repeated over and over) and they seem to be doing well financially for a Marine and a young FBI agent. NO 23 year old kid talks and acts like Jack Jr. He sounds more like a snotty kid or a 50ish man in his tastes and seems to believe he is smarter than everyone else. Hmmmm, like the author perhaps. Tom gets one more chance with me after this and then I stop contributing to his empire. - Mike
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Summary: It's like nonalcoholic lite beer - what's the point?
Review: I even liked the Bear & the Dragon, but this was a waste.
Does anybody really think the son of a president could join a secret spy organization & not be noticed? Hellllooo, did credibility go on a vacation or something? Even worse, this book encourages a dangerous attitude. Hey Tom, this corporation you created in the book would make George Washington & Abe Lincoln puke. Why didn't George become king of America? Because despite his character, he knew that men have to be subject to the law, because eventually you would wind up with leaders who are idiots or corrupt. If the leaders are subject to the law, you have Bill Clinton or Richard Nixon. If they are not subject to the law, you get Saddam Hussein & Louis XIV. Our nation thrives because of the law, not in spite of it.
But your book encourages the wannabees to ignor the law. You should be flattered that G.W. thinks he is the incarnation of Jack Ryan, but don't encourage the sort of thinking that throws out the whole point of the constitution.
If your corporation ever actually existed, sooner or later, corrupt men would use it for their own ends.
So knock it off, & reread your earlier books!!! Then take a month off, delete whatever you are working on right now & start over.
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Summary: Not his best by far!
Review: Tom Clancy, a name usually associated with high quality writing, but this book falls short of his usual outstanding works. It's almost as if it's written by someone else. The plot rambles on with very little action, no cohesiveness. It comes off as a book written just to play catch-up to world events. Would have liked to see more in-depth development of the characters instead of the shallowness of the three main (?) players who are totally unbeliveable. 431 pages of boredom. Not recommended at all.
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Summary: Good read.
Review: Not the best Tom Clancy book but better than a lot of the drivel out there. Much better than Red Rabbit (that's not saying much). A fast paced, suspenseful read. My only critique of the book is that it should have been fleshed out a little more. It needed about 50 more pages of character development, background, and depth to make it as satisfying as it should have been. Probably the fault of an overzealous editor trying to correct the mistakes made in Red Rabbit. Who knows? Overall a good read but below Tom Clancy standards
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Summary: Poor, poor, poor
Review: Poor writing. Bad editing. Plenty of inconsistencies. Repetitive. Booring, undeveloped predictable plot. Booring, stereotypical, predictable characters. The downhill slide that started with 'Rainbow Six' continues. The author of 'Red Storm Rising' is nowhere to be found in this yawner!
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Summary: Thank You
Review: This is more of a thank you than a review. I have been a Clancy fan since "The Hunt of Red October". However, I have long felt that Clancy had lost it - his last few books seems to sink lower. After reading "The Bear and the Dragon", (great 1st chapter - the rest of the book is about Jack Ryan complaining about being President - often to his best friend in the world, the Vice President. Right), I had vowed not to read another Clancy book unless the reviews were great. Then along came "Red Rabbit" Since this was about Jack Ryan before he joined the CIA, I thought Clancy might have found what he lost. Wrong. This was the worst. An all time low for Clancy - which is saying something. Nothing happens in this book, but we do find out what everyone likes to eat for breakfast. I'm still mad that I spent time and money on this garbgage. I should have known better. So I made another vow - a real one - that unless the reviews are great, I would not read another Clancy book. After reading the reviews of "The Teeth of the Tiger, I'm so glad that I kept my vow. Apparently, "The Teeth of the Tiger" is an improvement over "Red Rabbit" because it's shorter. So this is a THANK YOU to all of you who wrote honest reviews. You have saved me time and money. I give you all 5 stars. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Summary: Enter the next Ryan generation
Review: With only passing references to characters who were at the core of his previous novels, Clancy introduces a new generation of characters, including Jack Ryan Jr and his two cousins, Brian and Dominic Caruso. In Teeth of the Tiger, readers find themselves in Clancy's first attempt to bring the post-September 11th world of terrorism into his storyline. Brian, a US Marine, and Dominic, an FBI agent, are recruited to be the muscle for an off-the-books organization whose charter is to protect the US from terrorist acts using techniques not allowed by agencies covered by governmental oversight issues. Jack Jr. follows in his father's footsteps as an analyst for the same organization. The book itself spins an interesting tale of intrigue, spycraft, human emotion and motivation, and ideological differences. The build-up and action sequences keep the pace of the book moving, although the conversation between characters seemed a bit contrived. My real complaint was that the book seemed to end rather abruptly, not taking the main story further than it did and leaving the sub-plots hanging. It almost seemed as if this was the first half of what was a very long book that, at the end of the day, Clancy and/or his editors decided to split into two books. All-in-all, not bad, but clearly not among Clancy's best.
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Summary: ...
Review: I am like most others here a Clancy fan. I have read all of his fiction work and for the most part rather enjoyed it. When I was done reading Red Rabbit I thought, ok for some reason he needed to tell that boring uneventful story. The next one would once again run the normal 1200+ pages and keep me reading late into the night. Well I ran out an picked this one up. It's a little over 400 pages. In most Clancy stories that's just the prologue. The idea for the story is a good one,the whole independent spy shop deal. The problem is the characters,why must the main characters be related to Jack Ryan Sr.? There is no reason for them to be related. It is about time you move away from Ryan and start something else. Nobody says you can't write the techno-thrillers,just not with Ryan. Also everyone is a genius,they are all super super smart people who turned down the millions they could have made to either work for the US government or the "Shop". Everyone is a PHD or CPA,even the security guard at the door is a ex-Special Forces operator. Another thing that has started to get on my nerves is the way everyone talks. If I have to hear "she's a doc" or "when I had a fighter plane strapped to my back" again I think I'm going to scream!!!Nobody talks like that.
Now having said that, I would like to say again that the idea of the book is pretty good and could be expanded into a few good tales (the 1200+ page kind).Also the information we are given about the Ryan Sr. story arc seemed rather interesting. Would have been nice to got into that a bit more. So in closing, please drop the Jack Jr. ... and move on............
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Summary: Forced to finish
Review: I can't add much to what has already been said except that this is the first Clancy book I have read(and have read them all), that sits by the side of my bed and I have to force myself to continue reading it.
I am halfway through and I can't seem to find the joy that I experienced when reading other Clancy novels. Has Tom fallen into the trap that so many authors seemed to have done over the years, that the author's name will automatically assure we will gobble it up(and yes I did), but believe me, Tom had better do better next time for I will read reviews before pre-ordering as I have done with most in the past.
Wake up Tom, get that masterful mind working once again. You know what we like, you have givem it to us many times before and your too smart not to be able to do it again.
I hope this and many of the other reviews get your attention Tom if not you will fall by the wayside like so many others.
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