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Title: red storm rising is a fun read
Review: This is my first Tom Clancy novel, although I have seen several movies based on his books, all of which I enjoyed very much. I think if Red Storm Rising had been about 100 pages shorter, it would have been wonderful, and the author would not have lost any of the suspense he manages to create with the great battle scenes and political machinations of the Russians. I thought the story line about the guys running around on Greenland could have been shortened by 2/3 and the book would have been more succinct and suspenseful. I think Clancy wanted to inject a bit of romance into this techno-thriller, but, since he is pretty hopeless with in-depth character development, this component fell flat and could easily have been eliminated. Anyway, the book is a fun read, even if the equipment used in this version of WWIII is quite dated (reflecting the date of the book, of course). I plan to try a few more Clancy novels.
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