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Title: The book where the Ryanverse "Jumped the Shark"
Review: I read this book when it first came out, years ago. I had been a big fan of Clancy's work until I read Executive Orders, which was not nearly as good as his earlier work. However, the Bear and the Dragon was even worse, for several reasons...1) The plot was even more preposterous than Executive Orders.2) It was far too long & 80% of it was uninteresting.3) To pass the time, I started counting how many times Jack Ryan called the Chinese, umm, crab suckers.4) By the time the plot finally started cooking (around the 1000 page mark), the suspense was derailed by the random use of a weird obscenity.Anyway, it was clear that the Ryanverse had "jumped the shark" with this book and I have not read Clancy's books since.
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