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Title: WHAT HAPPENNED???!!!!
Review: As an amateur novelist, I look to seasoned writers as examples for my own aspiring work. However, it seems that many of the writers I have come to admire, have fallen short of their former expertise. ROBERT LUDLUM is one example. In this instance, it is Tom Clancy. What in the world was he thinking about when he wrote this book? Another payday from the studios? While the story itself could have been interesting, it was crippled by shallow characters, villainous conspiracies that lacked believability, and Tom Clancy's enduring curse, TOO MANY SUBPLOTS. Why is Tom Clancy so hell-bent on writing long drawn out stories? I think he should go back to some of his earlier works. Tom Clancy needs to go home, and find his origins.
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