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Title: Linguistic Disappointment
Review: After being a Clancy fan for a more years than I wish to remember, I was ecstatic at the prospect of another blockbuster novel. While the plot plods along at a snail's pace, one expects it to pick up tempo through the novel as does many of his other works. However, the big disappointment and linguistic "slap in the face" is his prolific use of vulgarities throughout the novel. This seems to be a new Clancy, with new and needless usage of vulgar language that seems to have little reason other than shock value. Indeed, one is reading along and suddenly is confronted phrases of "f" this, or "mf" that, that derails the reader from the story. I hope Mr. Clancy reads this and reconsiders using such language to such an extent in the future. It's not that we don't know that it exists, it's just hard to imagine it exists at such a voluminous variety and with such rapidity.
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