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Summary: Life Is Full Of Surprises
Review: I was fully prepared to dislike this book. To begin with, it was a gift, not something I would have chosen. I'm not a big Tom Clancy fan. I don't have anything against him, I just haven't read any of his books. The thing is, I still haven't read any of Clancy's books. Although POINT OF IMPACT has Clancy's name all over it, it was actually written by Steve Perry, someone I had never heard of.Then there was the prologue, which contains some very hokey and contrived dialogue. By the time I got through the first few pages my eyes were rolling. Given the larger-than-life action and comic book characterization typical of this type of book, combined with what I had seen so far, I figured I was in for a real stinker. But, to my surprise, POINT OF IMPACT turned out to be pretty good. Not a literary masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, but entertaining and quite readable. The prologue was just a setup. To be sure, you still get the over-the-top plot, but that goes with the genre. Beyond that, there actually was some character development. Not so much for the Net Force "good guys" (I assume they're already familiar from previous books in the series) as for the "bad guy" drug maker and his sidekick. These two become somewhat familiar and interesting as the story progresses. I enjoyed POINT OF IMPACT and I hadn't expected to. It wasn't clever or memorable in any particular way. There isn't any real depth. Still, it didn't bore me and the writing was competent. For a light read, you could do a lot worse. Fans of this genre won't be disappointed.
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Summary: This is NOT Tom Clancy - don't believe it
Review: It is important to note that the Net Force books were *created* by Tom Clancy. If you are a Clancy fan, you will be highly dissappointed by this book. In fact, I had a great deal of trouble even finishing this. Most Clancy books and even the Op Center books focus on large, exciting, and potentially world-destroying events. This book is instead about an amphetamine drug that needs to be stopped from further distribution. This is the type of thing a local police department would handle, and not something you would base a typical Clancy book on. If you are like me and can't wait for each new edition of the (real) Clancy book, I think you will find this book hard to finish. If you can't wait for the (real) Clancy books, at least read the Op Center books instead of this one - they are much better.
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Summary: This is NOT Tom Clancy - don't believe it
Review: It is important to note that the Net Force books were *created* by Tom Clancy. If you are a Clancy fan, you will be highly dissappointed by this book. In fact, I had a great deal of trouble even finishing this. Most Clancy books and even the Op Center books focus on large, exciting, and potentially world-destroying events. This book is instead about an amphetamine drug that needs to be stopped from further distribution. This is the type of thing a local police department would handle, and not something you would base a typical Clancy book on. If you are like me and can't wait for each new edition of the (real) Clancy book, I think you will find this book hard to finish. If you can't wait for the (real) Clancy books, at least read the Op Center books instead of this one - they are much better.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: Net Force was at it again, using their most sophisticated technology available & the cumulative mental & physical skills of the whole team to capture two evasive drug dealers, whose product would transform an average Joe into a Superman. The pharmaceutical company was hunting them down due to the drug's marketability, the Government was doing the same thing too for it poses major security threat to the country should it fall into the wrong hand. A highly enjoyable pulp fiction as long as we don't take it seriously, & enough twists to keep us guessing till the very end.
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Summary: Wow, what a GREAT book
Review: Once again Tom Clancy has outdone himself. This book was the greatest book I've read in my whole life. Tom Clancy's Net Force starts to track a major drug dealer that has created a new drug called, Thor's Hammer. The inventor of this new drug is, Bobby Drayne. Drayne's father is retired from the FBI. This drug is like a steroid, except a lot more potent, it increases all of your senses and makes you really strong. If you want to feel like "Superman" for a few hours, it will cost you $40,000. But due to the fact that it is like a steroid, you'd better have a lot of time on your hands to recover from the drug. The Net Force starts going after Drayne, and then there is "The Point of Impact."
If you like novels that have a lot of action and adventure, this book is for you. It is intriguing and will hold your attention during the whole book. When you think it is about to get boring, more action and adventure comes along. This is a great book! You should buy it!
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Summary: the best Adult Net Force book!
Review: Point of Impact is by far my favorite Tom Clancy Net Force book. The reasons I think this one is the best is that I could connect with the characters more. And I must admit that getting the FBI high was funny. The vorieties in characters was better. This time the book was not about money and power, but over trying to out think one. And this time the ending wasn't so predictable as some of the others, not that I didn't enjoy those too. However, over all I was able to get in the mood of this book easly and read it in three days.
Elizabeth
15
CA
I also would suggest reading these books in this order
1. netforce
2. hidden Agendas
3. night moves
4. breaking point
5. poit of impact
6. cybernation
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Summary: the best Adult Net Force book!
Review: Point of Impact is by far my favorite Tom Clancy Net Force book. The reasons I think this one is the best is that I could connect with the characters more. And I must admit that getting the FBI high was funny. The vorieties in characters was better. This time the book was not about money and power, but over trying to out think one. And this time the ending wasn't so predictable as some of the others, not that I didn't enjoy those too. However, over all I was able to get in the mood of this book easly and read it in three days.
Elizabeth
15
CA
I also would suggest reading these books in this order
1. netforce
2. hidden Agendas
3. night moves
4. breaking point
5. poit of impact
6. cybernation
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Summary: An entertaining book.
Review: The large purple pill slides easily down the man's throat. Within minutes his skin tingles, his eyes sharpen, and his muscles bulge. This new designer drug gives its users the strength of superman and the brains of Einstein, if only the user doesn't go crazy first. Net Force's job is to find out who is manufacturing this drug and stop him before the drug kills more people. Should the pharmaceutical companies or the military find the person first the results could be disastrous! This is the fifth book in the Tom Clancy created Net Force series. It's a fast paced, action packed novel that's easy to read and will keep you interested from start to finish. While these novels don't have the highly developed characters, and immense detail of Clancy's earlier works they are still very entertaining.
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Summary: An entertaining book.
Review: The large purple pill slides easily down the man's throat. Within minutes his skin tingles, his eyes sharpen, and his muscles bulge. This new designer drug gives its users the strength of superman and the brains of Einstein, if only the user doesn't go crazy first. Net Force's job is to find out who is manufacturing this drug and stop him before the drug kills more people. Should the pharmaceutical companies or the military find the person first the results could be disastrous! This is the fifth book in the Tom Clancy created Net Force series. It's a fast paced, action packed novel that's easy to read and will keep you interested from start to finish. While these novels don't have the highly developed characters, and immense detail of Clancy's earlier works they are still very entertaining.
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Summary: Not your father's InterNET
Review: The NetForce books are great action-adventure stories, and POI is no exception. However, the last few stray so far from the original concept, I'm not sure why they're artificially plugged into the series. This one is as action packed as you can get with drug dealers, designer drugs, rogue law enforcement guys, pregnant martial arts expert being attacked by drug crazed deviate, etc. Great! However, where does NetForce play a part in solving this non-computer crime? Answer: it shouldn't, but because of the title of the series it has to. Very contrived. Still a great read, but call it "DrugForce" or some such thing. Just anything but "NetForce."
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