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Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
This is my first Tom Clancy book. I'm also new to the technothriller genre. The sprawling scale and meticulous attention to technical detail kept me engaged, but I did not expect that it would come at the expense of all character development. This made it difficult to feel strongly about any of the characters involved. The characterizations of the Russian storyline was laughably comical, with dialog barely better than "to evil!". His Russian leaders repeatedly talk about how they have no disregard for their soldiers' lives but only spare them from dangerous missions for fear of losing the equipment. It's beyond parody.
While I understand this book is a military focused work and a product of its 1980s era, it was jarring that the only notable female character featured is a helpless maiden whose entire personality is being acted on: in that she is a) raped and b) rescued. There is also a brief cameo by a female fighter pilot with the callsign "Buns"...
I found the premise of the war to be bizarre as it is focused on capturing Middle Eastern oil fields but this is never mentioned outside of the very beginning and very end. It's almost like he forgot the storyline and needed to sandwich it onto the ends of the main story. Finally, the ending was a bit disappointing and abrupt.
While I understand this book is a military focused work and a product of its 1980s era, it was jarring that the only notable female character featured is a helpless maiden whose entire personality is being acted on: in that she is a) raped and b) rescued. There is also a brief cameo by a female fighter pilot with the callsign "Buns"...
I found the premise of the war to be bizarre as it is focused on capturing Middle Eastern oil fields but this is never mentioned outside of the very beginning and very end. It's almost like he forgot the storyline and needed to sandwich it onto the ends of the main story. Finally, the ending was a bit disappointing and abrupt.