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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"The Hunt for Red October" is one of those books that hooked me, and kept me reading for hours. Tom Clancy managed to grab me with a plot full of suspense and tension. I've read a lot of research went on this book, but knowing nothing about submarines, cannot vouch for it. I did find the extensive descriptions on the different mechanisms and back stories of minor characters bordering on excruciating - the book could have been quite a few pages shorter without really leaving anything out. I was also bothered a bit by the artificial mystery around a certain letter that everyone and their dog had read, and that is only presented to the readers very late into the book. Asides from these minor details, I quite enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of Tom Clancy's work.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
informative
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
slow-paced
This books should've been 200 pages long, tops! I assume Tom Clancy got a solid editor for his later work because despite an interesting plot, this thing draaaaagged.
An excellent addition to the spy genre
I highly enjoyed this. This is my favorite of the Jack Ryan movies and I enjoyed the book as well. Only criticism is that Tom Clancy gets bogged down in the technical too often
I highly enjoyed this. This is my favorite of the Jack Ryan movies and I enjoyed the book as well. Only criticism is that Tom Clancy gets bogged down in the technical too often
The American Exceptionalism is hard to stomach, which I had expected, and I was left with a sense of just how stupid the cold war was. I enjoyed the nerdy technical details, but I was surprised that the "suspense" was not really very compelling - I kept putting this down to read other books. Regarding the audiobook: this is the story Scott Brick was born to tell!
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No