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rick
(08/03/02)
Without question, this book does not have the excitement or steady pace that other Clancy novels have, such as The Sum of All Fears or Clear and Present Danger. Although I felt that there were great action and training sequences, the overall plot and character development was not as intriguing as I expected.
Matt Laing
(07/27/02)
Once again, Tom Clancy does his homework and offers the reader an outstanding insight into the world of counter-terrorist operations and planning. A must read for Tom Clancy fans!!!
Joshua Reynolds
(07/03/02)
this book is pretty sweet. the action is intense and the build up to all the conflict is pretty meaningful. it goes deep into the characters, good and bad. some people may find some of the book boring but ive been unable to put it down. alot of my friends cant believe the thickness of the book, but i find it worth the purchase. i would have to say this is another masterpiece to add to tom clancy's collection. keep up the good work, you truly deserve all this gratitude.
cheers
(06/14/02)
very cool
Victor
(06/12/02)
It may not be artsy or have very much meaning behind every action nor are all the characters very deep, but what makes this book so good is that all those things are put out of the way to allow more room for ass kicking! I'm sure many Tom Clancy fans would agree with me on that. There are other artsy fartsy pieces of writing ie Shakespear, or even Lewis Carrol. Those are good authors too but you cannot compair them to Tom Clancy because the point of their books are to tell a interesting story rather than have hidden metaphores, puzzles. You won't really be bored reading this book!
Nathan Schmidt
(06/12/02)
Rainbow Six is definately one of Clancy's best. Non-stop action leaves you on the edge of your seat anticipating what's around the next corner. A must read.
Paul
(06/11/02)
The best book I have ever read! My all time favourite! Go buy it NOW!!
A fan
(05/31/02)
This book is what a lot of big-time professors and English teachers have forgotten as the primary component of a good book- a crackling good yarn. No deep sophistication, no social revoloutions, none of the "exposition" or "motive" things you learned about in high school(I did anyway). No, just a good story with great writing all the way through.
Remember Jack Ryan(Clancy fans only)? The report-writing side of the CIA? Well, the two main protaginists here are the OTHER side - the James Bond stuff: a former SOG member and Navy SEAL, John Clark, and an 11-bravo(whatever that is) member, Domingo "Ding" Chavez, both recruited into the CIA, where they went on to do its dirty work. Anyway, the book starts out with them on a plane on the way to England, for their new assignments in an elite special-ops(read: counterterror) group called Rainbow. Of course, just to keep this interesting, the plane is hijacked! The book does not let up, and you are continually on edge about something or another, whether a tense hostage situation or the thrill\chill you get hearing the villians' plans(yeah they're enviormentalists- at least it's original), and how real they can be. Technical descriptions of weapons and such are plentiful, if you like that sort of thing, and if you're reading Clancy, you probably do. Good plot, good realism. That's important. However, Clancy's weak point here is character descriptions(like anywhere else). If you thought Jack Ryan was a little poorly described, wait till you hear the descriptions here! This is just a little too much Dudly-Do-Right here: Domingo is married to Clark's DAUGHTER, for G-d's sake! They are both college educated, sensitive to plights and basically all-around American heroes, the text implies without saying, and its only slightly less implied toward the rest of the elite Rainbow team. Zzzzzzzz...... The best character is probably the inevitable Russian villian, Dmitry Arkadayavitch Popov. No, I'm not giving away much about him, but he's cool and fairly oiriginal in managing to seem sympathetic to the reader. Other than that, char. description rests squarely on mediorocity.
But hey, who reads Clancy for the characters? You read it for plot, for realism, for Clancy's otherwise good writing style and atmosphere. And Rainbow Six succeeds in that great(though not as deep as some of his other books). Come in with these expectations, and I guarantee your enjoyment. Tom Clancy is not for everyone, but if you liked his earlier books, you'll like this one. If you think you might like him, this book is a great springboard for finding out(better than, say, "The Bear and the Dragon", which is geared towards Clancy's hardcore faithful). A good yarn, all around. A little more time with the chars. and Clancy would have gotten Star #5 from me.