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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
First book since the 'a song of ice and fire' series to genuinely interest me. I read it twice as fast as my usual pace, and that's all that needs to be mentioned
The extent of the technical detail which The Hunt For Red October is famous for actually detracted from my reading experience, rather than enhancing it. I would gladly have exchanged a few specifications and names of bombs/aircraft/ships for some more characterisation of the protagonists. I could also have done with a dramatis personae to help me keep track of the enormous cast!
It's clearly a book written during the Cold War, about the Cold War, given the clear black-and-white view of Soviets vs Americans.
Nevertheless, once the story gets going (about 300 pages in!) it certainly becomes a thrilling read. The film cuts to the chase quicker, but does lose a little -- not least in plausibility!No direct transfer from helicopter to submarine happens in the book.
It's clearly a book written during the Cold War, about the Cold War, given the clear black-and-white view of Soviets vs Americans.
Nevertheless, once the story gets going (about 300 pages in!) it certainly becomes a thrilling read. The film cuts to the chase quicker, but does lose a little -- not least in plausibility!
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I didn't read this series because I'm watching the recent Prime adaptation. In fact, I haven't seen any full episode; just snippets of it. I started on this series after years of badgering by hubby who rarely reads but loved this series.
As much as I like Jack Ryan as a character and the last book, this one was rather hard for me to read because I found it to be too technical with the submarine etc. Other than that, I did find the intrigue side of things very engaging and suspenseful. I'd be continuing with the series but hoping that the next one won't be too technical.
As much as I like Jack Ryan as a character and the last book, this one was rather hard for me to read because I found it to be too technical with the submarine etc. Other than that, I did find the intrigue side of things very engaging and suspenseful. I'd be continuing with the series but hoping that the next one won't be too technical.
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Synopsis: Sudden activity in the North Atlantic and the suspicion that a Russian submarine has gone missing attracts the attention of the US naval forces, the President of the United States wants his best men on the job and that includes Jack Ryan, an analyst who suspects that there is a lot more to this than meets the eye and before long a dangerous cat and mouse game is afoot and the stakes are high.
Review: A difficult book to review in some ways as you can’t talk too much about the plot as nearly everything would be a spoiler suffice to say it is a tense cat and mouse chase through the North Atlantic between the US (with assistance from the UK) and Russia. When I borrowed this from the library I got the comment this is an old book, but does it matter when a story is a page turner it doesn’t matter its age it is still a bloody good book. Highly recommend.
A book with the name of a month in the title:
Glad to read a Tom Clancy novel; always glad to read a book before seeing the movie. The book would probably be awesome if I liked military operation thrillers. I’ll probably enjoy the movie more.
Glad to read a Tom Clancy novel; always glad to read a book before seeing the movie. The book would probably be awesome if I liked military operation thrillers. I’ll probably enjoy the movie more.
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
I found this book criminally boring. Jack Ryan doesn't make it to the Red October for three quarters of the book. The author would also do this thing where he would write something like "he explained the plan" and then the other characters would react to it, but a reader would have no idea what was going on. This must have been for surprise or suspense purposes, but I hated it and needed something to keep me reading. I should have left this as a DNF but I finished it for some reason. Yeah, the pacing was terrible and everything else was bland. Just go watch the movie.