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Title: Tom Clancy and the Abasement of fiction writing
Review: I know that I am just adding to the number of people who are displeased and thorougly discouraged the way Clancy writes; verbosity at its best. I think Clancy needs to read his first novel "The Hunt For Red October," and classic thrillers written by such reputed authors like Fredrick Forsyth to really "re-learn'" the art of writing a thriller. It's all good to strut one's military knowledge, but for god's sake it's useless if you can't hold the attention of the reader. As readers have pointed out, this book barely gets your attention till after 300 pages. Even then, the reader has to cope with voluminous details as if he's due to sit an exam the next day. Clancy should seriously think about his future work and I dare say the publisher must be faulted too for letting this book go on the shelf. It's a total comedown for American fiction writing. Tom Clancy seems to be building a repuitation for abasing himself. Publisher, please spare us this!
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