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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Burned out on Clancy, interesting read though
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-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
Great story. Clancy does this kind of thing really well. Seen the film too. The book gives far more detail of the motivations and subplots than the film ever could. Read it!
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Characters lack realism. The 'good' guys are all the archetype of good. The 'bad' guys are all either dumb or evil, with very little in between.
Also, the amount of patriotic dialogs in the book seem less about the viewpoints of the characters themselves and more about an attempt by the author to induce patriotism in the reader.
The plot is exciting and fast paced, especially towards the end of the book. The technical details are very well researched and provide an extra layer to the book for those who decide to delve into them. Clancy is also really good at developing a large cast of seemingly unrelated characters and slowly coalescing the different storylines into one penultimate event.
Overall, a very good story, but one that could have used a little more gray-area in the morality of the characters, and one that felt a little preachy at times.
Also, the amount of patriotic dialogs in the book seem less about the viewpoints of the characters themselves and more about an attempt by the author to induce patriotism in the reader.
The plot is exciting and fast paced, especially towards the end of the book. The technical details are very well researched and provide an extra layer to the book for those who decide to delve into them. Clancy is also really good at developing a large cast of seemingly unrelated characters and slowly coalescing the different storylines into one penultimate event.
Overall, a very good story, but one that could have used a little more gray-area in the morality of the characters, and one that felt a little preachy at times.
Having completed the book, I can see why this is listed as among the best that Clancy wrote in the Jack Ryan universe, and why it’s listed as one of the American novels to read. Not gonna lie, it took a bit to really get its pace - since the story plays out across the Atlantic and you bounce between multiple POVs across seventeen days for the submarine hunt between three navies, but once you get about 100 pages or so in, the book gets you hooked. Leave it to Clancy to make a book about submarine and sonar skills interesting for a plethora of readers. Onwards to the next adventure in the Ryanverse!
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated