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A review by romankurys
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
4.0
Wow. A pure rush of a book!
I would have easily given it a full 5 stars if not for an excessive amount of technical information. I had to looks up lots of military tech code names to be able to understand the details in full.
On the other side of that, it made for an extremely realistic read. Being able to visualize specific planes/submarines/tanks/infantry moving against their soviet counterparts on a real geographical terrain was a stunning exercise in realism.
I could almost believe this had really happened...except when I lift my head from these chapters I know that WW3 didn't happen in the 60's...
I am definitely going to read some more of Clancy work. It seems that he co-wrote this with one of his friends as well, and I couldn't help by think to myself how much fun they must have had writing this together.
Made me want to write something. Maybe this NaNoWriMo I'll actually put in a real effort.
Anyways, if you enjoy realism + military fiction + war story, then absolutely go and read this book.
Roman "Ragnar"
I would have easily given it a full 5 stars if not for an excessive amount of technical information. I had to looks up lots of military tech code names to be able to understand the details in full.
On the other side of that, it made for an extremely realistic read. Being able to visualize specific planes/submarines/tanks/infantry moving against their soviet counterparts on a real geographical terrain was a stunning exercise in realism.
I could almost believe this had really happened...except when I lift my head from these chapters I know that WW3 didn't happen in the 60's...
I am definitely going to read some more of Clancy work. It seems that he co-wrote this with one of his friends as well, and I couldn't help by think to myself how much fun they must have had writing this together.
Made me want to write something. Maybe this NaNoWriMo I'll actually put in a real effort.
Anyways, if you enjoy realism + military fiction + war story, then absolutely go and read this book.
Roman "Ragnar"