Reviews

Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy

agentnk_'s review

4.0

This was an enjoyable book, blending together the fictional world of Jack Ryan and the CIA with the actual events surrounding the Pope in 1981.
not my favorite jack ryan book, but still very good. I enjoyed seeing more spy craft from the viewpoint of the Moscow agents making contact with and extracting the rabbit.

drprd's review

2.0

Slow and unsurprising. Too much introspection from the characters. Jack Ryan is barely in the first half.

esalesky's review

3.0

3.5

ajitgeorge's review

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

duparker's review

1.0

Blech. I am not sure why, other than hope that it would improve, I kept reading this drivel. It was so plain and uninspired. I hoped fort the clancy of Red October, not the later day page churner.

tigerknitting's review

3.0

Not really happy with his treatment of his female characters.

andyeaton9's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

jimmacsyr's review

3.0

Fun and quick read (or listen). Brings back lots of history from when the soviet union was around. Not as suspenseful as some of his other books, but still enjoyable.

jessicaswhirled's review against another edition

1.25

I don’t know why I hoped for more. Just unnecessary paragraphs of the authors personal belief in American superiority, with a health dose of sexism. 

rtpodzemny's review

1.0

All in all, I think if you had an honest editor who would trim this thing down from 640 pages to about 100, you'd have a fairly decent spy novella. Assuming that the editor was also staging an intervention for Clancy's casual racism, sexism, and crippling Reaganophilia. As it stands, the title should probably be "Young Jack Ryan Very Slowly Fails to Stop the Pope Getting Shot in the Gizzard: Ladies Be Shopping."