Reviews

The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy

pained_creations's review against another edition

informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I do like the Jack Ryan series, but sometimes you get bogged down in the lengthy details of Tom Clancy. It's complicated, because I do love his non-fiction tone, and well researched stories, but this one got a little long in the middle. 

agentnk_'s review against another edition

4.0

reading this book after watching the movie and still wondering why the movie failed badly :/ lots of plots were missing in the movie. and am glad that i decided to read the book after all. probably this is the one of the best work from mr clancy. this book had some issues with pacing & characters. in terms of realistic world building on the grand scale it did great !

kandi_of_the_future's review against another edition

1.0

I have a general rule that an author gets about 50 pages to gain my interest. That's plenty of time to sketch out a few key players and a general sense of the plot. I gave Clancy 100 pages on this book since it's such a long book. At 100 pages I knew there were a bunch of characters from multiple countries and some plan to do something somewhere but i wasn't sure what or where or why....oh, and i knew that Jack Ryan was out of shape. I should have known it was a sign of how tedious this book would be....there's a reason I have a 50 page rule.

andyeaton9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

kkellymsu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Torture, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, War, Car accident, and Religious bigotry

karinlib's review against another edition

3.0

A good Tom Clancy novel, and although I will always like Hunt for Red October best, Sum of All Fears wasn't bad at all. The Soviet Union is breaking apart, and Jack Ryan has engineered a peace treaty in the Middle East, that should stick. The world is a much better place now, or is it?

joseph_3's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

alexisrt's review against another edition

The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy (2002)

cadyly's review

5.0

One of my favorite Tom Clancy books and the first one of his that I read!

The plot is intricate and multi-leveled, and the characters are well-developed. It's both technical and nerdy, and just a fun book to read.

theadorek9's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5