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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Loved it!
I've read many Tom Clancy novels, but somehow never this one. Fast-paced, kept me interested, and you're going to want to read the last 100 or so pages in one sitting. I've seen the movie in bits and pieces on TV, but now that the book is fresh in my mind, I would love to go back and see the movie in its entirety. Definitely recommend.
I've read many Tom Clancy novels, but somehow never this one. Fast-paced, kept me interested, and you're going to want to read the last 100 or so pages in one sitting. I've seen the movie in bits and pieces on TV, but now that the book is fresh in my mind, I would love to go back and see the movie in its entirety. Definitely recommend.
informative
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
informative
tense
slow-paced
Decided to try reading this book after watching the movie. I didn’t think the book was that bad, but my only complaint is that unless you are interested in technical details about submarines and such, it can be a difficult read. I often found it hard to understand what was going on.
This was fun to read now, with the period references and a good storyline.
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It is hard to believe that this is a debut title. Full of great detail that makes you feel like you could be right there along the major players. As well as truly encapsulating what I imagine the late cold war truly felt like.
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What you’d expect, If you’ve seen the movie. Very commercial, both in terms of the prose work, character work, and dialogue, as well as the outright propaganda I figured was injected at Hollywood. The Russians, aside from one or two, are basically bumbling fools shackled to a system constantly referenced as terrible without the lens being turned to the west. No wonder it was made into a movie, really.
Plot wise, it’s pretty simple and fairly fun. It’s also really packed full of detail that felt well researched and believable to me. The intricacies and verisimilitude of the military and the various machines in use feel well realized. That feels like the secret sauce. A lot of what is opaque but interesting is gone into, sometimes shoving unbelievable dialogue into the characters to do so. The classic characters telling each other things they already know, things like that.
But it is very consumable. Big as it is, and it’s quite chunky, it goes by very quickly, which is what I’m looking for these days. I’m not actually sure why I started with Red October, having seen the Jack Ryan movies; this is the third in the series, apparently. I think I thought this was the first. Whoops.
Plot wise, it’s pretty simple and fairly fun. It’s also really packed full of detail that felt well researched and believable to me. The intricacies and verisimilitude of the military and the various machines in use feel well realized. That feels like the secret sauce. A lot of what is opaque but interesting is gone into, sometimes shoving unbelievable dialogue into the characters to do so. The classic characters telling each other things they already know, things like that.
But it is very consumable. Big as it is, and it’s quite chunky, it goes by very quickly, which is what I’m looking for these days. I’m not actually sure why I started with Red October, having seen the Jack Ryan movies; this is the third in the series, apparently. I think I thought this was the first. Whoops.