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Title: Perfect example for why writers need editors
Review: Clancy's written some fabulous books. Some of the great elements of his previous successes remain in Bear and Dragon, especially his (apparent) insider's knowledge of intelligence and military tactics and equipment. Even if half of these aren't real, they're interesting nonetheless.It appears, however, that given his significant success, Clancy has little if any editorial oversight. This should have been a 300-400 page book, not 1100+ pages. The same positions and points of view were made repeatedly. In some cases, the spoken phrases and thoughts were repeated verbatim, sometimes by different characters.Further, the "good" characters just aren't that interesting -- none are given any appreciable faults or inner conflicts do deal with. The end felt so rushed you'd think Clancy had run out of paper.Its disappointing, but this will be my last Clancy novel.
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