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Summary: An Old Assassin
Review: Occasional bits of good writing in describing the thinking processes of some of the characters, but otherwise bland. A friend who read it broke out howling with laughter at a scene in which various characters shoot it out in pitch blackness in the middle of a June night. I asked him what was so funny. He pointed out that the scene takes place in Alaska, where in the middle of the summer it is so far north that it never gets darker than twilight, particularly a week or so from the longest day of the year. A little research by the author(s) about one of the most important settings for the novel would have helped. When I read it, I broke out howling at a description of a sports event involving throwing a boomerang to try to get the longest flight time. The book quotes flight times of up to 18 minutes. The book revolves around characters who are supposedly power users of the internet, who can rapidly access the most obscure facts. Too bad the author(s) aren't up to doing basic research on the internet themselves.
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Summary: Forgettable Potboiler
Review: Occasional bits of good writing in describing the thinking processes of some of the characters, but otherwise bland. A friend who read it broke out howling with laughter at a scene in which various characters shoot it out in pitch blackness in the middle of a June night. I asked him what was so funny. He pointed out that the scene takes place in Alaska, where in the middle of the summer it is so far north that it never gets darker than twilight, particularly a week or so from the longest day of the year. A little research by the author(s) about one of the most important settings for the novel would have helped. When I read it, I broke out howling at a description of a sports event involving throwing a boomerang to try to get the longest flight time. The book quotes flight times of up to 18 minutes. The book revolves around characters who are supposedly power users of the internet, who can rapidly access the most obscure facts. Too bad the author(s) aren't up to doing basic research on the internet themselves.
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Summary: Hard To Grasp!
Review: Once again a Tom Clancy book has bottomed out. The book had trouble getting from A to Z. The computer insanity business had a nearly good concept but it even failed to take hold. The idea of a child throwing a boomerang has no place in an adventure book. The villains were indeed evil but they failed to come through and make this a good book. I just had trouble taking this book very seriously. The plot,the characters, failed to get this action off the ground. I wish Tom Clancy would stop using ghost writers. They are starting to ruin his good name.Come on Tom, write one yourself next time.
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Summary: Foreshadowing
Review: The American Heritage Collegiate Dictionary defines foreshadowing as presenting an indication or event beforehand. If you use that definition, then Breaking Point is full of foreshadowing.
The first example that is evident of foreshadowing in this particular novel is in the prologue. In this particular portion, the narrator presents a character, an old man, who is a stock character, who is talking about his peaceful country, and then his thoughts drift. He begins to think about how much he loathes his family. How they are so cruel to him. His thoughts go as far as to murder. Then, very suddenly, one of his relatives comes out of the shack with a knife. The old man goes crazy, and kills everyone in the village. This ends with a man laughing over a machine. This particular event foreshadows the plotted mass destruction of the world with a machine that controls people's minds. So, this event essentially summarizes the entire work in just 6 pages. That is how critical the use of the literary device foreshadowing is to this novel. Without it, one would simply not know what on earth the doctor was doing with the HAARP device.
This event is just one of the many times the literary device foreshadowing appears in this novel. It is vital that the reader pick up on this hint. If one does, one can discover the key to this particular novel.
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Summary: Foreshadowing
Review: The American Heritage Collegiate Dictionary defines foreshadowing as presenting an indication or event beforehand. If you use that definition, then Breaking Point is full of foreshadowing.
The first example that is evident of foreshadowing in this particular novel is in the prologue. In this particular portion, the narrator presents a character, an old man, who is a stock character, who is talking about his peaceful country, and then his thoughts drift. He begins to think about how much he loathes his family. How they are so cruel to him. His thoughts go as far as to murder. Then, very suddenly, one of his relatives comes out of the shack with a knife. The old man goes crazy, and kills everyone in the village. This ends with a man laughing over a machine. This particular event foreshadows the plotted mass destruction of the world with a machine that controls people's minds. So, this event essentially summarizes the entire work in just 6 pages. That is how critical the use of the literary device foreshadowing is to this novel. Without it, one would simply not know what on earth the doctor was doing with the HAARP device.
This event is just one of the many times the literary device foreshadowing appears in this novel. It is vital that the reader pick up on this hint. If one does, one can discover the key to this particular novel.
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Summary: Foreshadowing
Review: The American Heritage Collegiate Dictionary defines foreshadowing as presenting an indication or event beforehand. If you use that definition, then Breaking Point is full of foreshadowing.
The first example that is evident of foreshadowing in this particular novel is in the prologue. In this particular portion, the narrator presents a character, an old man, who is a stock character, who is talking about his peaceful country, and then his thoughts drift. He begins to think about how much he loathes his family. How they are so cruel to him. His thoughts go as far as to murder. Then, very suddenly, one of his relatives comes out of the shack with a knife. The old man goes crazy, and kills everyone in the village. This ends with a man laughing over a machine. This particular event foreshadows the plotted mass destruction of the world with a machine that controls people's minds. So, this event essentially summarizes the entire work in just 6 pages. That is how critical the use of the literary device foreshadowing is to this novel. Without it, one would simply not know what on earth the doctor was doing with the HAARP device.
This event is just one of the many times the literary device foreshadowing appears in this novel. It is vital that the reader pick up on this hint. If one does, one can discover the key to this particular novel.
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Summary: Poor research.
Review: The author must not have researached Alaska before writing this book. Chapter 20 starts off with the small community of "Paxon" which is misspelled (Paxton) and a herd of "elk" crossed the road. Believe the author means "caribou." Chapter 23 mentions Howard in Gakona and how dark it was on June 13. Would you believe Alaska doesn't get dark in the summer, especially in June. ..."save for a few mosquitoes buzzing around." Alaska has more mosquitoes than almost anything. Chapter 26 and Howard is in an Anchorage hospital, and he asked Fernandez how he got to Anchorage so fast. Fernandez said he has a friend in the Air Force who owed him a big favor. So just like that Fernandez got a ride in an F-16 or F-15? That is really hard to believe. I have read a little about HAARP and Mr. Begich, but some items in this novel are unbelievable.
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Summary: Poor research.
Review: The author must not have researached Alaska before writing this book. Chapter 20 starts off with the small community of "Paxon" which is misspelled (Paxton) and a herd of "elk" crossed the road. Believe the author means "caribou." Chapter 23 mentions Howard in Gakona and how dark it was on June 13. Would you believe Alaska doesn't get dark in the summer, especially in June. ..."save for a few mosquitoes buzzing around." Alaska has more mosquitoes than almost anything. Chapter 26 and Howard is in an Anchorage hospital, and he asked Fernandez how he got to Anchorage so fast. Fernandez said he has a friend in the Air Force who owed him a big favor. So just like that Fernandez got a ride in an F-16 or F-15? That is really hard to believe. I have read a little about HAARP and Mr. Begich, but some items in this novel are unbelievable.
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Summary: Garbage Ending
Review: This is a typical Net Force novel, with developmment of the characters of Alex and Toni. They finally get together at the end, but the ending is so out of character for Toni. For conservative men over 50, it will satisfy. For everybody else, it will frustrate. I never thought I'd say it, but it's not worth your time. The neat VR internet stuff is minimal, and the lessons are ones that were already learned many times before. Don't bother.
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Summary: My First Clancy Book
Review: This is the first time I have read a Tom Clancy book. I was interested because of the computer angle. I REALLY enjoyed this! Lots of characters and sub-stories, although most of the characters are not delved into very deeply. That was O.K. with me because I was looking for action, not emotions. This book has LOTS of action! The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because of the schmaltzy anti-feminist ending. Other than that, I would HIGHLY recommend it!
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