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3.9 AVERAGE

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

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adventurous informative 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

The story is interesting, although ambitious. All of the American characters (apart from Jack Ryan) are identical. Brave man! Allowed to flourish under American freedom structure! This is contrasted with All Russians Who Follow the Regime But Just Want To Make It To Retirement. In that regard, there are only 5 basic characters. In actuality there are around 30-40 perspectives. With such similar personalities, it can be hard to remember where all of the minor characters are. Quite a few sequences of events are ultimately insignificant. The "other" cook? The Russians shooting at those planes or something? Various "hey let's do this as a distraction so they don't find us!" scenes get repetitive.
mysterious 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
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
informative mysterious tense slow-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

This a great story! Loved the techie touches. I wanted to read it in memory of Mr. Clancey, and because i love the movie.

"In theory the National Security Agency came under the titular control of the director of Central Intelligence. In fact it was a law unto itself." p.69
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
informative 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
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No