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Summary: Slow set-up, and weak pay-off
Review: Reading this book made me feel that Clancy simply wrote it to get it out the door in time for summer sales, as opposed to more fully developing a story-line.The editing on the book, unless fixed in later editions, was pretty bad. By way of example, Clancy has the Caruso twins, Brian and Dominic, being told early on about their "Get out of jail free" cards, and about 50 pages later, they appear to know nothing about it. Similarly, if I had to read one more time about who was the "cat's ass" or why there are so many lawyers in Texas... it was simply distracting. (And Sacramento's transformation into Provo, Utah needs to be fixed in editions beyond the first.) As for the character development and the plot, the build-up seemed too prolonged, and the "action" too abridged. I did particularly like the way Clancy tied up the beginning of the book, with the end. And based on the end, it seems clear that Clancy was/is using this book simply as an introduction to his three new characters, with perhaps a greater, expanded opportunity for "putting them to work" in later novels. On the whole, however, it was a bit disappointing.
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Summary: Better than the last few ...
Review: The past two Clancy books have been disappointments to many of his readers ... poor plots, too much irrelevant detail and errors within the text. His latest book is an improvement which has an interesting plot, great new characters and a smaller amount of detail. The premise of moving ahead in his timeline and following the children of his favourite characters is a great one, and the action in this book is much betetr than Red Rabbit. The only complaints is the few typographical errors in the text and the repetition that occurs ... for example, he describes one weapon using the exact same words twice in two different chapters ... I'm sure most people got the concept the first time. This book will actually have you looking forward to the next one!! (assuming he continues this idea and doesn't introduce a whole new concept)
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Summary: good, typical Clancy, but predictable
Review: I bought the book for a long flight, and it grabbed my attention from the get-go, or at least as get-go as Clancy gets, but it was fairly obvious from that point on. You can pretty much tell what is going to happen, and how it is going to happen before you get halfway through the book. The new characters are good, the twins especially, but Jack Jr, is exceedingly predictable. all in all, it was good entertainment, but it was not his finest work.
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Summary: vintage Clancy
Review: Clancy has always been at his best down in the trenches of intelligence and military operations. The Teeth of the Tiger returns to those roots with a story that's just a few shivers into the future of the war on terrorism. With the same kind of personal edge and relentless over-the-line pursuit of the bad guys that marked Without Remorse, this one follows Jack Ryan, Jr., and his cousins into the heart of America's enemies. Yes, Jack Ryan, Junior. This is Ryanverse: the Next Generation, with an entirely new cast of characters. The old crew is mostly retired now, and none of them make even a guest appearance in this new book. It's about time; the old characters had gone about as far as they could, and had proven themselves over and over until there was nothing left to prove. Let's hope that the younger Jack Ryan and the Caruso brothers have a long future in front of them; they're off to a good start. Those who are looking for another military thriller will have to wait for another book; Tiger is firmly rooted in intelligence and black ops. This is Clancy's best in at least 10 years. The story is tightly focused, and twists nicely right up to the end. There's nothing here that's really improbable, or that feels rushed or sloppy, all of which have been problems in the last few Clancy books. The best news is that there's plenty of room for a sequel, and I hope it comes out soon!
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Summary: Teeth of a Toothless Tiger
Review: Another disappointing work. If you liked "Bear and the Dragon" you'll like this one. Otherwise don't bother. "Tiger" is just as wordy as "Bear" with nothing happening until half way through the book. The editing is sloppy. When we are first told what cities the terrorists are headed for, Sacramento was in the list. Then when they arrive, it suddenly becomes Provo, Utah. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is called the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. This is not in the "can't put it down" style of Clancy's early work. I wonder if Clancy is still doing his own writing or is a ghost doing it for him.
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Summary: What a disappointment
Review: I've read everything Clancy has written since Hunt For Red October. This is probably his worst. It is sad to say but I think the running plotlines that transcend most of his novels have killed everything that made his early books, such as Hunt For Red October and Red Storm Rising, so entertaining and enthralling. There is nothing new or different about this novel or how it plays out. Very predictable and relatively annoying to read. Too much of this novel is devoted to backstory. In fact way too much of it fawns on the glories of past characters. If I wanted a trip down memory lane then I would have just gone back and reread the older books. Perhaps Clancy puts all this in there for new readers of his material. If so then it is a sloppy effort that can only lend to the reader's confusion, not aid them. I can understand the idea of a "next generation" (if you read the synopsis you'll understand), but it really would have been something else to take things on an entirely different tack, outside the world Clancy has developed and become trapped in over the years. There is a lack of depth in this book when compared to his past work. It comes off as a cheap way to make a buck, much like the Op-Center serials that Clancy lends his name to. Readers of the "Ryan" books will feel the need to pick this up to get their fix. My suggestion is to wait for paperback.
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Summary: A platform for future books....
Review: All this book is doing is setting the stage for future books. Not a lot of action at all, it just introduces 3 new characters...I would have expected this to be one of his OP-Center books actually....definitely not his usual writings.
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Summary: Repetition
Review: I have been a fan and until this book a first day buying of all the previous Clancy books (it took two days to arrive). That behavior stops with this book. I noticed in the past couple books that Clancy had his characters repeating sayings that other characters said previously. This book followed that behavior but even more so. Similar to teacher, Clancy wants to preach certain ideas and feels that the readers are students that much hear concepts multiple times before it sinks in. At other times his characters seemed to be repeating to others the same reports multiple times. That may be necessary in real life but it felt that Clancy or his editors where just trying to boost the word count of this novel that compared to most of his past work was thin in page count. After completing this book I came to the conclusion that it likely was either intended as a TV pilot or that will be its eventual goal. I don't think it was good enough for theatrical movie production.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: It starts like a Clancy thriller and then bogs down into long discussions of the morality of governments carrying out "wet work", the "true" teachings of Islam, the weight of politicians and the press on intellegence agencies and the lack of spine and self serving nature of either. We have heard this from Clancy before, but as background, not as theme. There is no new techno stuff-just the NSA intercepting emails on the internet (we knew that already, didn't we?). Our heroes carry out their mission (4 terminiations of Arabs in Europe) and the novel stops dead, as if his word processor died. Nothing about the two man assasination team getting out of Europe and nothing about what effect the assassinations may have had or if they changed the terrorist landscape. We get a cryptic line in the last paragraph about how the tiger's claws have been felt and next comes the teeth. Does this mean Clancy actually wrote a 900+ page book and we have only seen the first half? I own all of Clancy's books-I should have waited until this was at the discount table.
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Summary: Clancy changes course with his new book
Review: I bought the book and read it over the weekend of August 16th. Even someone who has loved Clancy's work from The Hunt For Red October, has to admit his later works were simply too big and bloated. Too many plot threads, too may minor characters, to much detail that detracted from the story. Well here we have much lower profile story, thought no less intense. Well, Clancy has gone back to his roots of The Hunt For Red October with The Teeth of The Tiger. The book is only 431 pages compared to some his later 700+ page monstrosities. The story is lean and there are only a handful of characters, and only 3 main ones, with the obviously important one of Jack Ryan Jr., born at the end of Patriot Games, taking over his father's place as the main charcter of a new series of novels. Jack Jr. is newly graduated from, college and searcing for his place in the world. He finds at Hendley Associates, an organiztion set up by his father, who is no longer President. Ryan Sr. does not even appear as a direct character, no do any of the other Clancy charcters previosly introduced. Truly a clean break with the past novels. I think September 11 might have had a lot to do with this. Reality has unfortunately caught up with fiction, and maybe Clancy has no more stomach for plots like The Sum of All Fears, and Debt of Honor. I really have to complment Clancy for allowing his charcters to age, and introduce a new generation of lead charcters. This is in opposition to say, James Bond, who by now would be over 80 years old if he had aged normally.
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