Dead or Alive” was boring. There wasn’t that hanging-on-the-edge-of-my-seat suspense that Clancy writes so well. I thought the writing was choppy, the story was bland and the characters were flat–except for the women, who always seem to have large chests. I trudged through 900 pages hoping it would ...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/191770718">more...</a> (Posted on 7/29/11)

After several years of waiting for a new Clancy book I was delighted to see this release late last year and saved it to be my vacation read. Unfortunately this didn't read like his standard affair, the smashing together of real world events like 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Putin, Iran's nuclear program...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/190136063">more...</a> (Posted on 7/26/11)

This is a tough book to rate. It was a strange book to read, too. At times, it read like really, really good fanfic. It's been a while since Clancy came out with a Ryan/Clark/Chavez book and maybe that's the reason. <br/><br/>Anyway, I'll keep this spoiler free and just say that the book had a reall...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/182416310">more...</a> (Posted on 7/6/11)

A major upgrade over the disastrous <em>Teeth of the Tiger</em>, Clancy's new (co-written) book pulls together his most popular characters for a sprawling but still exciting thriller, this time with a proper ending but enough hints that Jack Ryan Sr. will be a part of further books in the series to keep the ...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/154532098">more...</a> (Posted on 3/15/11)

I have to say that, back in the day, I used to look forward to each new Tom Clancy book with great anticipation. I would buy the new one in hardcover, usually right after it came out, and would plow through it quickly, and then would often reread it. I was a fan. I also had the very rare opportu...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/153275786">more...</a> (Posted on 3/9/11)

Tom Clancy is a master when it comes to writing espionage and political intrigue. I did think that he stumbled quite a bit as he jumped his characters into the modern error (and the next generation) with his previous book (<em>The Teeth of the Tiger</em>). The writing was good, but the storytelling just f...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/145658629">more...</a> (Posted on 2/3/11)

Those of us who read Tom Clancy had to wait almost a decade for this book, and it is co-written.
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<br/>&quot;Dead or Alive&quot; brings back the men of Rainbow Six, Jack Ryan, and Mary Pat Foley. It seems that Ding and John Clark are being mustered out of the service but find themselves employ...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/143864911">more...</a> (Posted on 1/26/11)

Worst Tom Clancy book ever.<br/>This book is the latest in the Jack Ryan series. Ryan is contemplating a return to the White House and doesn't know that Jack Jr. has enlisted in the shadow organization (the Campus) that Ryan set up before he left the White House. Clark and Chavez are summarily dum...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/139897823">more...</a> (Posted on 1/21/11)

After a decade away from the characters of the Campus, Clancy seems to have lost his way back. Even with the assistance of (in really small print) a co-author -- Grant Blackwood who has also worked as a co-author with Clive Cussler, with much larger font credit -- &quot;Dead or Alive&quot; becomes ...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/140949007">more...</a> (Posted on 1/15/11)

BOOK REVIEW
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<br/>“Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy
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<br/>Reviewed by Bill Breakstone, January 12, 2011
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<br/>Tom Clancy’s latest novel, “Dead or Alive,” is a 950-page monster, his 14th in a series that began with his classic “Hunt for Red October,” published way back in 1984. I’ve read...
<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/140509683">more...</a> (Posted on 1/13/11)