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Summary: wake up hollywood
Review: If there is any book that should be made into a movie, it's Without Remorse. No question about it. One of the best books I've ever read. It would make Hunt for Red October seem like a Barney Movie.
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Summary: The Birth of a Legend
Review: In 'Without Remorse,' Tom Clancy tells us the story of CIA legend Mr. Clark. 'Remorse' Takes place during the frantic days of the Vietnam War when ex-Navy seal John Kelly is content to live a solitery life after the death of his wife and child. When a new friend of Kelly's is brutaly murdered and he himself injured, he becomes John Clark and takes the law into his own hands. While Clark's rampage is in full swing in Baltimore, a downed Mormom pilot is taken prisoner in Vietnam. The top brass are adamant that this pilot be brought back before he is forced to give away defence secrets. Clark is called in and sent back to battle for one final mission. The results of both Clark's military mission and his destructive personal vendetta make this a thriller in the great Clancy tradition. 'Without Remorse' sets the stage for the 'Jack Ryan' novels in which John Clark is a major character and is another thrill-filled novel from the master.
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Summary: A thrill ride
Review: I've read many of his books and am frequently bored or find it poorly edited - but this book was great - a big difference beyond the others. Far more badass than the previous (and even future ones somewhat) - very cool how he gets back at the bad guys (at one point acting as a homeless person - the description of how he lives is great). A great action novel - not much of a thinker's book, but are any of Clancy's?
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Summary: Read it, but only once
Review: The Clark/Ryan continuity has held my interest from my first go at Red October... this one lived up to the rest...it might even be the best thing Mr. Clancy has written. But that said, I've re-read everything else at least once... Red Storm Rising has gets dusted off about once a year. This one I have never cracked again after the initial read (which was virtually a single sitting). Why? It is not a pleasant book. John Kelly gets a few brutal reality checks in this chapter of his life, which brings us to understand him as Clark in his later interactions with or main series hero, Jack Ryan. The extent, nature, and grimly authentic language used by Clancy setting the grisly tableau of Kelly's new-found and harshly lost love... It is simply not a book I have felt the urge to experience a second time. But it is still amazing. Gripping, enthralling, and wrenching.
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Summary: A Soulless Man
Review: Without Remorse is Clancy's introduction to John Clark, a character who reappears in many other novels (Clear and Present Danger, Cardinal of the Kremlin, etc.). Clark, formerly John Kelley, is involved in two different plots in this book, in completely different settings but nicely parrelel. There are no plot holes in this book, and some moments where you just stop reading because you are so suprised by what you read.This book is also the "death" of Kelley. On his mission of revenge he loses his humanity, and this death explains some of his other evil actions, as in the finale to Rainbox Six.
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Summary: A remarkabe action novel.
Review: I've read this piece three years ago,while serving my first year in the israeli defence force . Looking back at this stage of my life I can say honestly that I was very young, naive ,and "green" . Things have changed greatly ever since, but some remain the same . This book came at a very confusing time for me : I wasn't satisfied with my service and thought of other options ,one of them was the Israel Marine Commando - our version of the Navy Seals. This book actually had helped me make up my mind to dismiss this option. Don't get the wrong impression. It's a must read .The first 100 pages are the best I've ever read. The story is so thrilling ,it's hard to put it down .It made me realize how terrible the status of the women in our society was and still is. I actually cried out loud in pain while reading . Those days were exetremly violent in Israel ,every monday and thursday I'd read about a woman being slaughter ,and felt the urge to do something ,to fight those killers,to punish them like Kelly punished the murderer in the book. In regard to the Commando dilemma ,I realized they make a killer out of a man. I descided I don't wanna kill anybody . It's not my way. Eventually ,the issues the book deals with are somber and very important to disscuss ,but my space here is limited. I would like anyone with interest in this subjests to contact me for further discussion. And please read it, it's an experience that is hard to forget.
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Summary: One the best books I have ever read.
Review: What do you like about a book? Do you like to read a good book and escape into a fantasy world for little while? Do you like to read a good action packed page-turner? Or do you like a good reality based book? If you answered yes to the first two questions, then this is definitely the book for you. If you answered yes to the last question, then this probably not a book you would enjoy. "Without Remorse" is pure fiction. I have read several of the reviews on this site, and it seems to me that several people have forgotten that one important fact. This is a dark novel that at its very heart is a tragic, violent story. The central character in this story is John Kelly. Kelly is a former navy seal, recently removed from two tours of duty in Vietnam, that has his world rocked by tragedy not once but twice in the span of a few months. John Kelly is a man of violence, and decides to lash out those that have wronged him in the only way he knows how. Throughout the story Kelly commits several acts that are not only illegal, but at times shocking. But let's give Clancy some credit for making the reader care about, and even root for such a violent man. Kelly stalks and eliminates victims, often randomly simply to disguise his ultimate goal of vengeance on those that made the mistake of leaving him alive. Kelly himself admits at one point that he murders one man, for what in his mind is simply practice. Kelly is not a psychopath, but a vigilante removing the dregs of society from the streets of Baltimore. At one point Kelly intervenes in the mugging of a woman, knowing full well that he has put himself in danger of being caught, and takes his frustrations out on the mugger. That moments shows how in the span of just a few minutes Kelly can be moved by compassion for the mugging victim, yet hold nothing but contempt for the mugger and those like him. The interesting plot twist to the story takes place when the U.S. Navy comes calling to ask Kelly to help plan a mission to liberate a P.O.W. camp in Vietnam. Kelly reluctantly accepts his new assignment, and begins to plan and execute two very different but equally deadly missions. Those of you familiar with the Tom Clancy series of novels are probably familiar with the "Mr. Clark" character. Through all of the action in this book we find out how John Kelly becomes the ominous CIA operative "Mr. Clark". The beauty of this book though, is that you need not have read any of the previous Clancy novels to understand what is happening. But if you have read the other books you begin to get a tremendous amount of insight into many of the secondary characters mentioned in many of the Jack Ryan series books. Clancy takes a tremendous amount of time introducing you to each and every character in the book, and at times I will admit it becomes a bit tedious. However, once the story begins to come together you will be glad that you had all of the background information. Tom Clancy has a knack of weaving a very intricate story and pulling every seemingly loose end together at the end to form an exciting climax. At first glance the shear number of pages in this book may intimidate you, but if you give it a chance I am sure that you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Great story!
Review: This book is the best of Clancys that I've read so far. I like some of Tom Clancys books, but others get pretty dull, especially when he gets into the political maneuvering. This story never slows down. I couldn't stop reading this book.
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Summary: Introducing John Clark
Review: Tom Clancy once again writes another great book. His focus is on one character in this book. So this would be a good book to start with if you have never read Clancy before. If you like his works, this is a must. I could not put it down. This is a wounderfully developed character. This could also be titled, "The making of a great agent."
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Summary: Worth the read
Review: I had a hard time putting this one down. The reason that I liked this book is that it was different from other Clancy novels in as much that it doesn't take place in the current epoch but during the Vietnam era. The reason that this is so fascinating to me is that so many of Clancy's novels have been described and "techno-thrillers". Clancy breaks the mold with this novel and shows that he can tell a story more than one way by not relying on the crutch of the technology telling his story. Tom Clancy is very detailed in his analysis and description. He doesn't ever leave the reader in doubt about anything, maybe suspense, but never doubt. The reason that I didn't give this book 5 stars is that I don't agree with the manner in which Kelly (Clark) decides to take matters into his own hands. I understand that this taking matters into his own hands defines Kelly's character but I feel that it diminishs his integrity as well. I especially like the sub-plot with the POWs in Vietnam. This part was more interesting to me than the actually Kelly the vigilante plot. I would still recommend this book, but not to someone that's reading Clancy for the first time. For first timers I would suggest "Hunt For Red October" or "Red Storm Rising".
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