Reviews - The Hunt for Red October

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Having read (and enjoyed) Rainbow Six, I was disappointed that I was unable to make it through this book without getting distracted/disinterested multiple times.

Lots of technical jargon that I didn't understand and didn't find interesting enough to research. Unlike other tech-heavy books (The Martian comes to mind) I wasn't able to gloss over the lingo and enjoy the narrative.

Full disclosure: only finished roughly 50%, but not for lack of trying.

benjamez's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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: Complicated

agentnk_'s review against another edition

5.0

a spy novel based on cold war.

Clancy certainly knew how to write an exciting Cold War political intrigue book.

snabb1's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

moofus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kgentry4's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

I'm about 40 years late to this party, and frankly, I could've waited another 40.

While I still stand by the fact that the premise/ idea of this book is very interesting, I was completely overwhelmed with the technical jargon, and I had a very hard time keeping track of everything. It got to a point where I just had to give myself to pick the book up daily, which is never good. I know many love it, I'm just not one of them.