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vote goes to Chris Ryan

Advantages: good firm storyline
Disadvantages: chock full of military vocab, often hard to follow

I have read many of his books before and found that this book had the same storyline as many of his others. I also found that this book was hard to concentrate on for long periods of times as i read it on oliday. Now before i read this i read a similar style of book by chris Ryan and found it gripping but when it came to this i just wanted to put it down after one page. Some of the events were hard to follow and i found myself re reading large chunks ...
...found there was a large amount of military terms used without a defination of them meaning ifound out what they meant after i had read on a little (list of words in front of chris ryan novels). However saying this if you are a keen fan on military books or just gore in general this should not be a problem. Same if this is your first time reading one of his books.Although i found this book a bit of a struggle i have ot admit i was gripped until i ...

lobster_mobster 13.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Recoil - Andy McNab

One of the best written fictions

Advantages: a strong portrayal of a woman that you can identify
Disadvantages: Life seems very unfair to Jennifer, afterall she does need her share of happiness

...Comes, Master of the Game, Rage of Angels, Bloodline, A Stranger in the Mirror, and The Other Side of Midnight...an impressive collection!! Almost all his thrillers have been number-one international bestsellers and many of them have been made into major feature films and television series.... His first book, The Naked Face, was acclaimed by the New York Times as "the best first mystery of the year"...He is one of the most popular novelists of all ...
...THE NOVEL Coming to RAGE OF ANGELS , it is the story of one woman Jennifer Parker, smart and talented young attorney (fresh out of law school) with only the best of intentions as she begins her career as an attorney in the NYC District Attorney's office. And her struggle to survive in the bif bad city of New york despite all odds..Jennifer Parker is a strong woman and she is determined to succeed. Two men come into Jennifer Parker's Life..Adam who ...

kiran8 26.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon

Rainbow Six

Advantages: Thrilling / Gripping read
Disadvantages: Could offend?

A great read that sucks you in. I couldn't put the book down and although it can be tiresome as its a whole lot of reading, the characters keep you gripped to the point that you can actually imagine being there! (well from a male point of view anyway)! As pointed out before it has become more relevant after 9/11 and could possibly offend some people but this was the first 'proper' book that I ever read and have since read it twice more its just ...

MikeyG18 06.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy

The 'tooth fairy' will never be the same again

Advantages: Get up close and personal with a serial killer
Disadvantages: Getting up close and personal with a serial killer

PREAMBLE To say that Red Dragon was the first of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter books would be grossly misleading. Though the good doctor figures in the story he is not a prominent player. I'm afraid that the movies and Hollywood are responsible for more recent distortions and exaggerations of Harris' original novel. In the more recent film version of Red Dragon there was a blatant attempt to capitalize on the selling power of Anthony Hopkin's charismatic ...
...in his book. In reality Red Dragon is not the prequel or sequel to Silence of the Lambs, it is a novel that stands alone. A novel that needs to be appraised for what it is, without the erroneous and misleading screenplay effects of two movies. Normally I would avoid direct comparisons between movie and book versions of the same story, but in this instance a line needs to be drawn between novel and screenplay. Though many plot elements are similar, ...

britum2000 19.01.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Red Dragon - Thomas Harris

Execllent Book

Advantages: Excellent Book, Great Story, Easy to Read
Disadvantages: None

AUTHOR: The Author for this book is Tom Clancy. This book does not relate to any other title from Tom Clancy and does not carry on the Jack Ryan story. This is an important issue to note, it is not part of the Jack Ryan Story and is not related to any of his other books. So important I wrote it twice! First Published: 1986 BACKGROUND: This story relates to a possible fictional WWIII attack between the Western World and the Soviet States. THIS ...
...the Kremlin that they have a severe oil shortage due to an attack from Muslim terrorists. The only solution that they can see is an attack on the western world to gain control of the oil fields at the Persian Golf. This is all because of the lack of understanding within the Soviet Kremlin about American perception and what they would do, should they know that they have an oil shortage. The story is well written following along the usual number of ...

jpegington 07.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Red Storm Rising - Tom Clancy