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Summary: Unconvincing
Review: One wondered how Tom Clancy was going to deal with 9-11, now that reality had caught up with his imagination. Here is the answer, and it's a very mixed one.The idea that now-retired President Ryan would have set up a super-covert group to fight a "dirty war" with terrorists is plausable. The issue of whether Ryan was President during 9-11 is finessed, as is the degree to which the Ryan-world response matched our own. Hard to believe that Ryan-world was as shocked as we were, given the "historical" nuking of Denver, biowar and near-H-bombing of Washington in past books. But whatever. What is TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE is the idea that the 3 people chosen for these covert missions are Ryan's son and 2 of his nephews. No, not nepotism, just happy chance. Right! This is a minor work -- I liked Red Rabbit better! -- and seems more like Clancy giving up on the whole Ryan-universe thing, rather than a reinvention. If he's trying to tell us that Bush's War on Terrorism is going on quietly, with silencers in alleys, OK, but it could have been done SOOO much better without dragging Ryan-world into it. Here's hoping that Clancy can break out of the Ryan series into fresh work -- this story would have been much better on a new canvas. The one he's been using is entirely too cluttered. 3 stars because I finished it.
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Summary: Another disappointment from Clancy
Review: I've always had problems with Clancy's books - I didn't want to put them down. From "The Hunt for Red October" through "Executive Orders", I was gripped by the combination of fast pace, and a feeling of "This COULD actually happen". Rainbow Six was a big disappointment, leaving me with a feeling it was a hurried rehash of several old plots. The next two novels were marginally better, and managed to hold my attention. "The Teeth of the Tiger" represents a new milestone - I used it to put myself to sleep. From tired plot mechanisms to totally unbelievable events to long boring descriptions, it is a sad commentary on what WAS a great author. The worst [part] of all was the ending. I've grown used to books leaving a 'hook' for the sequel. The ending of The Teeth of the Tiger" feels like Clancy realised he had met his contractual obligations after 430 pages, so he quickly wrote a final page and sent the manuscript off to his publisher.
Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing
Review: I think Tom Clancy is a great writer. His plots, dialog, and action scenes are second to none, and the way his stories reflect the travails of modern life is sometimes eerily accurate. But this is definitely not his best effort ... It was clever of Clancy to introduce Jack Ryan's eponymous son as a new protaganist, but: teaming him up with his cousins seems like a reach; sending him to work for a secret agency supposedly founded by his father but keeping the job secret from his family is also a reach (his mom wouldn't ask where he's working?); repeating throughout the story that this is "Junior" or "young Ryan" is annoying (we get it!); he's remarkably lucky in his progress through training and mature in his analysis and job performance (does Clancy remember this is "Junior"?). Clancy seems to have forgotten the back story of his own characters--he hinges characters and actions on Afghanistan and the Trade Towers rather than to his fictional war in Iran and destruction of the Capitol building. There are little errors a careful copyedit would have caught--typos and inconsistancies in details that are jarring from a famously detail-oriented author like Clancy. Finally, the whole story feels like the prequel to something bigger, or the first few chapters of one of Clancy's really good books. While this book has a lot of coincidence, there just isn't much adventure, character development, or challenge. If you don't already have it, skip it in favor of one of Clancy's earlier, and better, novels.
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Summary: Sadly T.C. has completely lost it.....
Review: I love Tom Clancy books. Since the 80's I would drop everything any time a new Clancy book was out. The past few have not been quite up to snuff, but Teeth of the Tiger has absolutely lost it. Not only is the plot horribly unrealistic (the draw of Clancy's books was always it's realism and technical accuracy--at least perceived), it's just...boring. Half the book is conversations between people you don't care at all about. The book seems to be one long reference to every preceding Jack Ryan novel. Even worse, it's repetitive in several places. You'll actually read a line in a conversation and realize you read the same thing earlier in the book. We're told on more than one occasion that Jack Ryan Jr.'s dad was "king spook" in his day. The story also continually tries to intermingle the Jack Ryan universe with the real world. There are several references to 9/11 in the book mixed in references to the far "worse" catastrophies from Jack Ryan world (thank Goodness those _are_ fiction!). Clancy should scrap Jack Ryan and start over. The Ryan books truly "jumped the shark" when Jack Ryan became president, but this attempt was just plain laughable. A waste of time. If you have never read Clancy, go back and Read Hunt for Red October, Patriot games, Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, and Red Storm rising. All of them were exciting, fast reads--and still some of my favorite books ever. Teeth of the Tiger was a nightmare waste of time.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I've read all the Clancy books except Red Rabbit, and that because the reviews were so bad. I love Clancy and love his politics, but this book is way short of expectations. I was able to skim pages and not lose the story, not so in his earlier books where you had to read every word. Much of it was filler. The story could have been told easily in 200 pages. The story was also very predictable. Very disappointing.
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Summary: Clancy is getting rusty.
Review: I have been anxiously waiting to get Clancy's take on the post 9-11 world of terrorism, geopolitics, and a realistic fantasy about the inner workings on the current military favoring administration and political climate. What I was hoping for was an amazing and timely combination of ruthless action (Without Remorse), behind the scenes political intrigue (The Dragon and the Bear), uncanny technical expertise and description (The Hunt for Red October), black ops (Clear and Present Danger), terror-realism (The Sum of All Fears), and a [great] assault on terrorists (Rainbow Six). What Clancy delivers in this 'token' novel is a watered down fraction of the great work he has done in the past. This book has a few exciting and interesting moments, but they aren't worth the long stretches of hollow dialog, shallow and predictible plot lines, and overly right-wing editorial and military pandering....
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Summary: Abysmal
Review: 10 pages from the end I was not sure if I would bother finishing this book. This is in sharp contrast to early Clancy novels where, even if I found the conclusions "unlikely", I enjoyed them and cared enough to find out how the story ended. I'm not sure what more to say. The characters are glaringly two-dimensional (both the good and the bad), Clancy remains a sermonizing narrator (distractingly preaching through the mouth of every character) and the book ultimately seems to be a weak attempt at "Without Remorse II". Might make an acceptable loaned book, but save your money (I wish I had).
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Summary: A "Rebuilding" Year
Review: I've been a fan of Clancy since I was a wee Seaman Apprentice. I usually had his books in hardcover on the very first day of release straight out of a packing box. His accurate portrayal of the military services and operations as well as his exhaustive research always coupled with a plausible fiction storyline always made for an exciting and riveting read.
"Teeth of the Tiger" misses the boat. I don't know if there was an accelerated release stamped on this one or not, but this offering does not stand up to the high standards that the author has come to represent. Portions of the text become monotonous and repetitive. I get the idea that the Arab and Jew are at odds but do not need a comprehensive psychological analysis described to me every time the storyline switches to that character.
Toms use of clichés and slang becomes almost painful at times. "bro" and "cuz" can only be used so many times before the reader develops a facial tic. This was also the first Clancy novel in which I've ever found a misspelling.
Don't get me wrong, the scenarios are very compelling and appropriate for the days that we live in and described in true Clancy-esque manner he introduces us to some very interesting new characters that I'm sure that we will hear from in the future. (Geez, I'll miss Jack Sr.)
Perhaps we'll use a term that Tom can relate to from his Baltimore Oriole days. "It's a rebuilding year" So is this novel. Still love ya Tom...
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Summary: Clancy's back, and it's about time!
Review: The Teeth of the Tiger shows Clancy mellowing a little bit. The book's light physical weight in comparison to his previous tomes doesn't mean that the plot is lightweight at all; if anything, it's an indication that his writing style is getting much tighter. There's not as much of the gee-whiz military tech description that Clancy's become known for, and in this case, that absence supports the plot very well. Sure, Jack Ryan plays a part in the book (Jack Junior, though, not the ex-President). So do a couple of Jack's nephews. John Clark's name is even mentioned, but that and a couple of references to events in Clancy's previous books is all that remains of the old. Imagine an organization with total deniability, working outside the Constitution, indeed, entirely outside the Government, to make a dent in the US's shadowy enemies. Only the right people could keep an organization like this from becoming a monster in its own right. Will they? Only the sequels know for sure, and the ending makes it pretty plain that more will follow. Bring 'em on!
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Summary: more " cat in the hat" than tiger teeth
Review: clancy seems to be in his dotage; first "red rabbit" now "teeth of the tiger"; both enferior clancy. can't compare to "red storm rising" or "rainbow six"
the plot is a little too juvenile and full of coincidence, also contrived scenes. GREAT DISSAPOINTMENT. save your money and wait to borrow somebody's used paperback.
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