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Title: Not so good.
Review: I liked Tom Clancy's early books, _Red Storm Rising_, _Sum of all Fears_, etc. However, I was pretty disappointed with this book. It was interesting in places, but too formulaic. He tends to get lost when not speaking techno-babble - the character development is poor, there isn't alot of tension, etc. And long...way too long. It could use some serious editing. Has anybody else noticed how Clancy has started using the same phrases repeatedly in his books? For example, two or three novels ago he started using the phrase "been there, done that". Not just once, but many times per book. Rainbow Six has 3-4 "been there, done that"s in it, several comparisons of the men on Rainbow 6 to "lions", that sort of thing. It is as though Clancy is writing each scene in his story outline, then just glueing them together. He needs an editor. Also, this book could have been written by Rush Limbaugh. Yeah, vegetarians are a pretty serious danger to the world.
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