The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy

3.9 AVERAGE

bibliomaniac2021's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark informative reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

crzyarrow's review

3.0
Good plot but too much military jargon and planning for my taste. Would have made the book much shorter and a bit quicker paced. The movie was pretty darn faithful to the book though, so if you enjoyed that and don’t mind a lot of details it’s a good read.
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paronius's review against another edition

2.75
adventurous 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: No

minn3h's review against another edition

3.0
The realism is astounding, but the suspense and characters don't quite live up to the reputation.
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beingshort's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
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oofie's review against another edition

3.0
Similar to the movie. Very well researched. Liked it.
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mahmabaer's review against another edition

4.0
My first Jack Ryan and Tom Clancy book! I listened to the audiobook while I got some chores done. I have seen the film, and it followed pretty close to the original novel, which was solid. I may have to dig into some more of these novels.

barts_books's review against another edition

4.0
Despite being a tad overlong and containing a bit too much unnecessary detail, this is still a solid Cold War thriller. It not only launched the career of Tom Clancy, who went on to sell millions, but was also responsible for one heck of a great popcorn thriller with the early 90s film of the same name.
Guess I've always had a soft spot for Connery's dodgy Russian accent.

sadiemay7's review against another edition

4.0
Sometimes there's a reason why they're bestsellers.

carlylottsofbookz's review against another edition

4.0
What can I say, I am a Jack Ryan fan.

This was a great book, but the movie was (as usual) terrible in comparison. Clancy's books are wayyyy too long to turn into movies, I think.