Tom Clancy - Rainbow Six

Pros: Lots of action, interesting notion of creating a multinational anti-terrorist group. John Clark.
Cons: Clancy's style. Characterization of some terrorists was grating. Evil plot essentially rehashed.

Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy's 10th novel and ninth in the Jack Ryan/John Clark series, once more focuses on the ex-CIA paramilitary field officer known in the Agency as Mr. Clark. This time, the focus once again turns to the challenges of fighting ...

Pros: John Clark is a bad a$$
Cons: too many subplots to start

Tom Clancy is to international thrillers what John Grisham is to lawyer stories, only better. Whereas Grisham's work has begun to pale a bit as of late, Clancy only seems to get stronger. Once seemingly stuck in the Jack Ryan storyline (which was ...

Pros: Good plot
Cons: Plot is a little unbelievable

I know, it’s a stupid title, but refers to Clancy’s style of writing: the bad guy wins some, but the good guy wins more often. At times it can be frustrating to see foiled the best laid plans of mice and men, but come on, how exciting is it to read a...

Pros: Good story, Good action
Cons: Takes to long to get going

Having been a big fan of Tom Clancy's books since reading my first back in 1989, I was pleased to get this book. Having finished it earlier this morning, I feel it was not his best work, and there was plenty more Clancy could have done with this...

Pros: It has an ending
Cons: It takes a long time to get to the ending

This is the last (until "The Bear and the Dragon" is released this summer) of my series of Tom Clancy reviews. (Real novels only, please-no non-fiction and certainly none of that wretched OpCenter/NetForce bilge.) In "Rainbow Six", ...

Pros: Clancy's best book yet
Cons: It takes a while to get into.

Being at best a casual fan of Mr.Clancy's books I have always found it hard to finish any of his weighty tomes within a month of first picking it up, so when I was given a dusty second hand copy of "Without Remorse", featuring John Clark(my favourite...

Pros: Pretty exciting at times, well written action scenes.
Cons: Racist at times, boring at times, and all-around slow.

I dislike reading biased books, so I do not read Tom Clancy. However, the Rainbow Six game for about every system is pretty good, so I decided to pick up this book with some cash lying around, and plus, I needed something to read besides my...

Pros: Powerful, gripping, believable
Cons: Some of the dialogue sections can get lengthy

Tom Clancy scores another hit with this immersive story about an elite counter-terrorism team that unveils one of the most diabolical schemes I have ever read: The attempt to wipe out 95% of the Earth's population through the use of a biological nerve...

Pros: The action scenes are great.
Cons: Too long, lots of rambling, and the conclusion isn't satisfying.

John Clark, CIA tough guy and a character from some of Clancy's previous books, heads up an elite counter-terror organization called Rainbow, made up of top soldiers from several countries. They must deal with a sudden increase in terrorist activities,...

Pros: good description of weapons and transportation
Cons: repetitiveness sometimes get old

First off I have to let you know that up until this point I had not read any of Clancy's novels. With that being said and some of you out there knowing the characters backgrounds, I didn't. The reason I was drawn to this book in the first place was...

Pros: Good story, great details
Cons: no Jack Ryan? (it makes sense)

Tom Clancy's latest novel, Rainbow Six, is a great read. From start to finish the book keeps the reader enthralled in the story and the characters. As usual Clancy's paints vivid pictures of the action while the pages turn at breakneck speed. From...

Pros: Familiar character we know and love
Cons: Weak plot.

It's been awhile since Clancy fans have been treated to one of his epic pieces of military fiction. After reading Executive Orders, I was most impressed and eagerly awaited Rainbow Six. I read the book and ended up feeling a little let down. It could...

Pros: Incredibly Detailed; Makes a ridiculous situation seem plausible
Cons: Too many subplots; can get confusing

Summary
Rainbow Six is about a new counter-terrorist group called Rainbow formed from an elite group of soldiers from several NATO countries headed by former CIA agent John Clark - code named Six. Soon after the creation of the group, they...

Pros: read other books
Cons: not worthy buying

I waited a long time for Clancy to releae his next novel after Executive Orders, and I'm afraid that Rainbow Six was a big let down.
The plot of the book centers around John Kelly aka John Clark - who prior to this book is a complete bad in all of...

Pros: most of the qualities Clancy readers expect
Cons: Clancy's getting maybe too politicized in his old age

Folks, as a story teller Clancy just gets better and better. This book
can be darn difficult to put down once began...so have your glucose IV
and catheter ready to plug in before buying this baby (OUCH!).

The breathtakingly wide...