The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

3.9 AVERAGE

lwalker77's review against another edition

4.0
2nd read

I read this book back in the mid 90s and it’s just as good the second time around. It’s easy to see why this is a classic! The audiobook was very well done!

limic's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous tense slow-paced

ktkaiser's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

ryan_cooke's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous informative tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mastersal's review against another edition

4.0
I read this many a years ago after being inspired to read this after watching the movie. I loved the movie - not the book so much. I did enjoy the cat and mouse game which was more drawn out in the book but I was lost in all the technical terms. Still worth the read - maybe before you see the movie though.

paul_gallagher's review against another edition

3.0
5 stars for the story of course, but the audio recording (available from NLB) is not the best. After loading on my iPod, there was a definite warble, and I didn't particularly like the narrator's voice characterisations

worles_8's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

greeab02's review

3.0
Too much about submarines, too little about fun spy things
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btlitell's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
This remains one of my favorite Jack Ryan books that I have read so far.

xavi_3r's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 74%
Burned out on Clancy, interesting read though