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Title: Worse Tom Clancy novel ever
Review: I WAS a big Tom Clancy fan until I read this book. His last couple of books have been getting less gripping and readable, but this sets a new standard for poor writing. It is just plain bad--and very boring. He must now publish books without an editor--there is a lot of repetition (like every scene between Jack and Arnie) and other scenes just go on endlessly. He used to have a lot of good detail that used to make any poor writing more palatable--and actually one of the great, distinct items of Tom Clancy's books, but now he has also gotten lazy. There are some hints of interesting classified information, but Tom must have lost all of his contacts in the government and has replaced this detail with horrible caricatures of foreigners and his biased political views. Time is better spent re-reading Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Cardinal of the Kremlin. Do not read this book.
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