The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan) by Tom Clancy
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Book Reviews of The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan)
Book Review: Two Thumbs Up!
Summary: 5 Stars
The highly decorated Soviet sub commander Marco Ramius is in charge of the Red October, the new nuclear submarine with a propulsion system that allows it to be utterly silent to sonar. However, Ramius has had a growing discontent with the Communist party ever since his wife died due to medical mistakes and has planned to defect ever since.
Knowing how silent his submarine is, he sends a message to the Kremlin explaining his plans to defect, taunting them to send the entire fleet after him. The United States then hears from the USSR that Ramius intends to start a nuclear war with the submarine, prompting the United States to aid the the search. Jack Ryan, and CIA analyst, figures that Ramius plans to defect and although his ideas aren't believed, he is still sent to a small group of submarines to find out what Ramius' plans are. Now with both America and the USSR after the Red October, one of the most fantastic chases ever known is on.
This is a book hard to put down. At the beginning it might seem slow since there would be character developments that would take 10 pages or more and everything would seem to be scattered all over the place. It rewards the patient readers though because as you go along, the situation gets tenser and quicker and everything seems to come together at the end.
I would recommend this book to young adults and up who would like a thriller war story. It's isn't a great book for younger kids because of its complexity and it has bad language every so often.
Book Review: Sets THE standard for Sub books...
Summary: 5 Stars
I was never really interested in submarines, nor was I ever into thriller/type novels before picking up this incredible debut. To this day, I'm still not sure if I have ever read a more impressive 1st novel by anyone. I have since become almost obsessed with subs and can't seem to get enough of them. There are any number of 'good' submarine adventure thrillers out there, however 'Red October' is still the bar by which all others are measured, and for good reason. While other novels are written by experienced former submariners, what they make up for in personal knowledge, Tom Clancy far outweighs in sheer writing talent. Setting the stage, and making you feel as though you are a part of what is going on is one of Clancy's trademarks and he has a great start in this one. There is also something to be said about someone who actually INVENTS a totally unique writing style (techno-thriller). Again, the author by which ALL other techno-thrillers are judged, Tom Clancy has written easily one of his best works first, but that isn't to say his succeeding novels are not as good, in fact I still consider 'The Sum of All Fears' to be his best book. But you gotta hand it to someone with no previous professional writing experience who hits not only a homerun on his first time at bat, he's managed to hit it half-way 'round the globe! GREAT book, and most of all, fun to read.Book Review: Outstanding, Clancy's best!
Summary: 5 Stars
This could happen.These three words describe why I like Tom Clancy's work, at least up until the final chapters of 'Debt of Honor'. Clancy has a way of creating these great events and making them believable. So much so, that one may find himself (or herself) expecting an update on the evening news. This is certainly the case with Red October. Everything, from the technical descriptions of tactics and equipment to the plot, was thoroughly entertaining and came together to weave a tremendous tale of espionage.
The story of an ordinary man (Ryan), shoved into harm's way and CIA field operations--simply because he knows more about Marko Ramius than anyone else--is great. And Ramius's story--that of the disenchanted military commander--is also one worth reading. Character development is not one of Clancy's strengths, but the characters in this book have some emotional depth and are very believable; the best Clancy has ever written (with the possible exception of John Clark in 'Without Remorse').
One other thing that people may appreciate is that you don't have to plow through 900 pages to get through this book, Clancy gets to the point right away and the action and intrigue never let up. It is thoroughly entertaining, and far shorter than some of Clancy's later work. This is a great story, and should satisfy both casual readers and techno-geeks alike.
Book Review: The Hunt for Red October
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hunt for Red October written by Tom Clancey is by far one of the best submarine action-adventure techno-thrillers to come along in quite awhile. The action is so convincingly gripping you feel like you're there watching the story play out in front of you.The plot is some espionage coup and this is a Jack Ryan novel, Claney's main hero in the book. Red October is a new class of Soviet submarine and it's captain, Captain First Rank Marko Ramius and his command crew have a plan to hijack the submarine and defect to the United States. This book is at the height of the cold war in time frame and Clancy does an excellent job setting the ground work and stage of the book. Red October is the latest in technology th Soviets can muster an the United States wants to find out more about it.
There are action-packed submarine chases chock-full of high suspense as Clancy works the plot and sub-plots to a masterfull stroke making this book a real page turned. I finished this book in one evening as I was riveted to the story as the character development was solid to the storyline.
As we read on in the book, you feel the emotions and adrenalin rush, making this one of Clancy's best written books. Buy this book and you'll have a story that you can read and reread as the adventure will remain fresh and electrifying.
Book Review: The Hunt For Red October
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hunt for Red October By Tom ClancyTom Clancy has written many excellent books in his time, but I consider this as one of his best. I feel that it is a wonderful read. The story is mainly set around the submarine "Red October." The story is that a prototype Russian Nuclear submarine sets sail. But the captain and the crew decide that they want to defect to the side of the Americans. What follows is a gripping story of how Red October tries to get across the Atlantic to America. In which they are forced to battle many Russian submarines. But the Americans have already realised that Red October is going to defect and are racing to reach it before the Russians can.
I felt that this story was a brilliant read as Tom Clancy goes into a lot of detail about what the Submarine is like and I feel that he has taken a lot of time to research what the object that he is writing about is called in real life and in the proper military term. I feel he also has taken a long time to think about some of the characters he has had to introduce, such as the captain of Red October, he has had to think about his background in the military, and he has had to make this background sound realistic.
All in all I think that this book is a brilliant read and I strongly advise anyone to read it because it is superb.