Executive Orders - Tom Clancy

Executive Orders - Tom Clancy: Not What I Ordered (1152 words)
by IainWear - written on 06.03.07 (Very useful, 245 readings)
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It’s not often I choose a book purely for reasons of size, but knowing I would be away for a week over Christmas and not wanting to pack too much, being already laden down with Christmas presents, that’s precisely what I did. I figured that I might have a bit of time to read and knowing that I do read quite quickly, I figured that at more than 1200 pages, Tom Clancy’s “Executive Orders” might be enough to keep me going. Little did I know that I’d still be reading it when February arrived. I figured I’d be in pretty safe hands with Tom Clancy. Although I’d never read any of his books before, I was aware of his recurring character Jack Ryan from some of the ...

First order of business (569 words)
by mpeh - written on 06.06.01 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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This is the first Tom Clancy novel I've read. My dad read them in order and I've seen the three films based on the books, Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger and so knew the basic background to John Patrick Ryan, the lead character, before I picked up this volume. Although I felt that this was a help as I read the first few chapters in hindsight I'm not sure it would matter if you didn't have the background. The book starts with the events that finished the previous novel (which I haven't read and don't know the name of). Basically, for whatever reason (no plot spoilers in this review if I can help it) the US ...

Executive Orders - Tom Clancy: Politics and Clancy don't mix. (314 words)
by ba_m_bi - written on 20.05.01 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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This book is absolutely the last book I will ever read by Tom Clancy about Jack Ryan.I must point out that in the beginning I enjoyed reading Ryan's Cold War endeavours but now that he has become the goddamn President of the US the disbelief which I am all too ready to shelve has finally revolted against my authoritarian rule and is making itself heard. In the last book Jack Ryan had been on his way to Capitol Hill when the entire Congress and the President were wiped out by a Japenese kamikaze,shades of Pearl Harbour anyone?Anyway Jack is now President,even though he doesn't want to be-HA HA,and all the people who haven't encountered him are sure he is a ...