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Debt of Honour

Tom Clancy

3.8 AVERAGE


After the last Clancy book, I really wasn't interested in continuing with the Jack Ryan series, but I decided to read this one and I'm glad I did. By far the best one of the bunch. started slowly but ended with a bang.
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Con esta historia Tom Clancy empezó a meterse en la dinámica de hacer historias que no se cerraran al final del libro. El libro acaba con un cliffhanger del tamaño del Capitolio de Washington, y es rápidamente continuado en otro tocho inmensísimo, Órdenes ejecutivas. En esta novela, los japoneses son los malos malísimos que intentan simultáneamente destruir la economía americana con un virus informático que mete movimientos random de compraventa en las bolsas, y aprovechar el desconcierto para tomar las Marianas (!) y destruir dos submarinos nucleares norteamericanos (!!). ¿Cómo puede un país que ha sido laminado por las bombas nucleares tener la audacia de hacerle otra vez lo mismo al mismo país que no dudó en convertirlos en un cementerio nuclear hace no tanto? Pues porque, llora Clancy, los tratados antinucleares con la URSS nos han dejado sin capacidad de hundir Japón en el océano que lo circunda, fíjate qué pobreticos somos.
Los japoneses son malos malísimos, unidimensionales, y están todo el día a remojo en sus baños públicos. Jack Ryan es ahora asesor de Seguridad del presidente pero hacia el final de la novela lo ascienden. Dos veces. Una de ellas inesperadamente.
El libro vale para lo que vale. No buscamos profundidad en los caracteres, buscamos que las luchas de poder sean creíbles, que los movimientos de tropas y equipos tengan sentido, y que la big picture se entretenida. Y creo que esta novela lo tiene, si excluimos el leve racismo que destila el amigo Clancy.

My first Tom Clancy book and I was hooked! From the opening scene to the end of the book, this book demonstrates Clancy's talent for a well-researched and credible thriller. I highly recommend.
adventurous challenging tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Yet again another wonderful book in the Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy. One of the best descriptions of a 3 pronged war I've ever read. Can't give this book any higher praises. It's going to be fun to see what Jack Ryan and his friends and family get up to in the next books.

Debt of Honour is quite a long book. Exactly 700 pages long. But I went through it and I believe this is a sweeping political saga between the cause and the caused, and the effect and the effects between countries (Japan and USA). The ending - mindblowing!

This excellent book is continued by Executive Orders, which I shall read soon.

And a point of interest : Debt of Honor is the 'debt' that an individual pays in return for the good/kindness another have given. Perhaps your with your life, your money, or your ideals.

I absolutely love this book.
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tungstenmouse's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

The prose is awful and underdeveloped.

This is probably my favorite of the Jack Ryan series