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Summary: Better than the Last 2
Review: The last 2 Clancy Ryan novels were so bad that this had nowhere to go but up, not a horrible read but the "multi-plot and tie it together at the end " book that Clancy used to hit us with is not here. A positive note is that at less than 500 pages the editing that Red Rabbit was crying for is present here. Not as many repeating scenes or dialogue. In summary, this could just as easily been Vince Flynn , if your waiting (as I am) for a Clancy comeback this isn't it, but worth a read anyway.
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Summary: Latest Clancy Novel is Best Yet!
Review: You can ignore those who dislike you. But you must keep a trained eye on those that hate you. So is the lesson the United States learns in this latest fast-paced, action-packed, real-as-it-gets Clancy novel.An extremist Muslim operative and the head of the Columbian drug cartel form the most unlikely and unexpected partnership -- a classic "I'll scratch your back if you'll scratch mine" business deal: 'We'll help you smuggle drugs into Europe if you'll help us smuggle men into the United States so we can create havoc on our common enemy.' An existent, yet non-existent, black ops group secretly formed by Jack Ryan, now former President of the United States, is training a group of "good guys" to take out groups of "bad guys" just like these. There job is not easy, "the world is not digital, after all--it was an analog reality, always untidy, always with loose ends that could never be tied up neatly like shoelaces, and so it was possible to trip and fall with every incautious step." (p. 172) The realism with which Clancy is famous for is "clear and present" in this latest work. Clancy develops his characters in depth. You come to anticipate their thoughts and actions. His description of events are so real, so current and in-tune with today's events, you almost could be reading the front page of the USA Today or the Scroll Feed at the bottom of CNN's television news coverage. Does he know something we don't know? Clancy fans will devour his latest book and rave his accomplishments. And anyone alive since 9/11 will FEEL this book and marvel at its realism. Enjoy Clany's best work yet!
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Summary: Good Clancy -- Builds slowly to a great climax
Review: "Teeth of the Tiger" primarily follows the son and nephews of Jack Ryan (the main character in most of Clancy's fiction) in their roles in a secret organization outside of the government control. This organization's sole purpose is to plan and execute the tasks that the CIA, FBI, NSA or other government organizations are not allowed to do -- but are necessary to help preserve our freedoms. We also follow several members of a terrorist organization plotting to do "something" in the United States. We see their planning, the methods of getting into the country, etc... What is exciting about this book is that Clancy is masterful in building the story slowly, helping us to see all the backstory, motivations, etc... The story gains momentum to the point where it is really hard to put the book down until the exciting conclusion. I will still hold up "Hunt for Red October" and "Red Storm Rising" as the greatest Clancy works. However, in "Teeth of the Tiger" the author has come back to form. As I said above, one of the great things that Mr. Clancy does in his storytelling is to follow several characters in real time and bring the different motivitations, activities and impacts together in the climatic finish. Because of this, we understand more of the back story and the characters seem more real. The good guys have shades of darkness to their characters and the bad guys have some semblence of humanity. My only issue with the book is that it ends on a such a climatic high note that you know (hope) that story will continue with the next book. So when does the next one come out? ;-)
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Summary: Psychotic Hardy Boys
Review: This is a really bad pot boiler of a book. Clancey has really struggled since he lost the Soviets as a protagonist. I can only assume the Baltimore Orioles have asked him for more money recently which has forced TC to dash this ill thought out piece. This book's main premise that having had bad things done to you permits the creation of a "Death Wish" agency outside the control of the government in place is too crazy to accept. That such a department would be created by Jack Ryan, flies in the face of his character development. We are left with two nephews and his son driving around Europe with a poison pen all with his blank presidential pardon... oh come on please!
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Summary: Not Up To Par
Review: I was a bit skeptical to pick up this book after the last Clancy book that left me wanting a bit more, but I did, and I'm wishing I had just re-read another of his previous books. This book lacks character development and action but is quite long on play-on-words and colloquialisms, making it hard to read. In fact, I only have about 60 pages to finish it and I just dread picking it up. I think I'll jump to the end - I don't think I'll miss anything. Final word - if you want to read a great Tom Clancy book, re-read Debt of Honor or Clear and Present Danager.
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Summary: Was Clancy in a rush to finish the book?
Review: I haven't read Clancy's books for a while and I think I am not going to read anymore. The Teeth of the Tiger is no more than "Chapter One" of a new saga involving three smart kids (Jack Ryan Jr and his two cousins, the Caruso's brothers). First hundred pages are quite good indeed as Mr. Clancy spent a lot of time in providing details of the main characters (probably to push the new saga) but the last chapters are really weak and, in my view, written in a hurry. Living in Italy (where the final stages of the book take places) I also noted some mistakes. Mr Clancy could have come to Italy on holiday before completing its masterpiece...
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Summary: Toothless Tiger
Review: Many Clancy fans will be disappointed by this book, one that lacks the kind of research, detail and texture that has put the author at the head of his class. The focus of the book, and it seems others to come, is young Jack Ryan, Jr., who joins a secret off-the-books agency charged with eliminating America's enemies. Unlike his father, who faced unforseen challenges in a heroic way, young Ryan is a self-assured, name-dropping child of privilege and entitlement, and, frankly, not all that endearing. (Young Ryan is also conveniently closer in age to Ben Afflek, who has taken over the Jack Ryan movie role from Harrison Ford). The bad guys are run-of-the-mill Middle East terrorists, necessarily evil and, worse, boring. "Tiger" is shorter than the usual Clancy thriller. At 431 pages, this one is bloated with the author's usual digressions and off-handed opinions, some of which are occasionally relevant and interesting. As a long-time Clancy fan, I expected more.
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Summary: The Teeth of the Tiger or "Episode 1"
Review: The new Tom Clancy Novel is a filler for the Jack Ryan Series that leaves one guessing but also only half-heartedly delivers the suspense and action one has grown to appreciate in a Tom Clancy Novel. In the story we meet Jack Jr. again as an adult. He dramatically portrays the young man that readers would expect from a Son of Jack and Cathy Ryan. We also meet other family members (His Cousins) who are the embodiment of the Jack Ryan mystique. As the title of my review suggest, this story is obviously "Episode one" of the new Jack Ryan Series. As an avid Reader of Tom Clancy, I look forward to more episodes in this obviously well prefaced storyline.
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Summary: Good start!
Review: This is not the best of the books I have read by Clancy, but it is satisfying in a way that I can't quite put my finger on. Revenge is probably the closest description of what is taking place, but done in a way that the bad guys don't actually know that they are being retaliated against for their terrorist activities. I am sure that in the continued story (the book all but ends with a 'to be continued...'), there will be knowledge by the 'Emir' (chief bad guy) that he and his are being stalked, but not yet. I liked it...
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Summary: Good but not great
Review: For Clancy fans this is a good read - but not, in my view, a great read. It just didn't grab me the way most Clancy novel's eventually do. This book seems to me to be the first in a new line which will follows Jack Ryan Jr (that's the now grown-up son of the Jack Ryan we've all read about for years). As such it is really setting the scene for future books. Recommended but don't expect too much.
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