Patriot Games

Tom Clancy s Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguished the author s two previous bestsellers, Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising Patriot Games puts us on the cutting edge of another type of war the international battle of terrorism It is fall Years before the defection of a Soviet submarine will send him hurtling into confrontation with the Soviets, historian, ex Marine and CIA analyst Jack Ryan is vacationing in London with his wife and young daughter, when a terrorist attack takes place before his eyes Instinctively, he dives forward to break it up, and is shot It is not until he wakes up in the hospital that he learns whose lives he has saved the Prince and Princess of Wales and their new young son and which enemies he has made the Ulster Liberation Army, an ultra left wing splinter of the IRA.By his impulsive act, he has gained both the gratitude of a nation and then enmity of hits most dangerous men men who do not sit on their hate And in the weeks and months to come, it is Jack Ryan, and his family, who will become the targets of that hate. Best Read [ Patriot Games ] By [ Tom Clancy ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I ll do the same review for all Clancy s novels because they re all pretty much the same Very long, very detailed, and after a while, very repetitive If you stop after just a few of his books you d probably give them 4 or 5 stars, but beyond that they start to grate Especially where Jack Ryan is involved I mean, Clancy spends hundreds of pages getting his details just right, the settings perfect etc., then he has Ryan dodgingbullets than James Bond I finally threw my hands up and I ll do the sam...Somehow, people like this book Other people complain about the slow plot, or the level of detail, or the lack of action I was perfectly fine with all of this, and in fact, I quite liked the idea that injuries were taken seriously and meant that people were out of action for a long time The thing that makes this book truly bad is the lack of development of any of the characters, particularly Jack Ryan He is possibly the worst Mary Sue character I ve read in such a widely published book He is Somehow, people like this book Other people complain about the slow plot, or the level of detail, or the lack of action I was perfectly fine with all of this, and in fact, I quite liked the idea that injuries were taken seriously and meant that people were out of action for a long time The thing that makes this book truly bad is the lack of development of any of the characters, particularly Jack Ryan He is possibly the worst Mary Sue character I ve read in such a widely published book He is perfect in every way he is incredibly smart, women find him attractive but he s humble and doesn t think he s handsome , everybody loves him but he feels uncomfortable around too many people and prefers just a few close friends He is a tough ex marine with great combat sense, reflexes, and a sense of honor to match, but he is also a history professor and a legitimate academic All his students universally love him, even though he s a really hard teacher He is super rich and has a beautiful house in a se...Dude books I call them palette cleansers because sometimes I just get tired of reading about FEELINGS and EMOTIONS and THOUGHTS This book didn t have any of those other things It had intrigue, machismo, swearing, guns, and violence Pretty much pg 13 level, nothing too too much.But it also had bravery, mystery, and for reals the main guy likes his wife and kid And he doesn t cheat on her Two thumbs up.So, in all, a bitinsight than the movie version, but pretty much the gist of it Dude books I call them palette cleansers because sometimes I just get tired of reading about FEELINGS and EMOTIONS and THOUGHTS This book didn t have any of those other things It had intrigue, machismo, swearing, guns, and violence Pretty much pg 13 level, nothing too too much.But it also had bravery, mystery, and for reals the main guy likes his wife and kid And he doesn t cheat on her Two thumbs up.So, in all, a bitinsight than the movie version, but pretty much the gist of it And now my palette has bee...Executive Summary After enjoying The Hunt for Red October, I had high hopes for this book, and found myself a bit disappointed.Audio book I ve listened to one or two books read by Scott Brick He s a decent reader, but nothing special He does a passable English and Irish accent here, but not in anyway to make the characters of similar accents distinguishable from one another He does a better ...I heard that Tom Clancy hated the movie this book inspired Having read it, i can understand why Nobody likes it when someone takes your idea and makes it enjoyable This is another one of Tom Clancy s political statements disguised as a novel, with the IRA representing communism The Pacing is dull, the story unbelievable and at times hilarious I suppose though my biggest problem is with Clancy s notion that Ryan is somehow able or even capable of doing half of what he undergos, just because I heard that Tom Clancy hated the movie thi...A prequel to The Hunt for Red October that came a few years before, this takes us back and makes the common mistake of presenting a younger version of a protagonist that really does not seem consistent with the one we met in a later story As if that wasn t enough, the real life prince of Wales figures and that whole storyline sinks the entire story To top it off, Clancy seems to have struggled with his obviously pre defined volume this time around very long parts of this book could easily A prequel to The Hunt for Red October that came a few years before, this takes us back and makes the common mistake of presen...3.5 to 4.0 stars Third Jack Ryan book published but first in terms of internal chronology as the events take place before those in The Hunt for Red October While I enjoyed some of the later Ryan novelsespecially those in which John Clark and his crew played a major part , th...After losing my Dad recently, I watched the entire Jack Ryan series onall the way through over about 36 hours Sleepless nights and such But it was so good that I ended up watching it again with my husband Then I went out and grabbed this book FYI, the show is not based on any particular book according to the show creators, so I don t feel like I spoiled anything by watching first I love Jack Ryan I love how he loves his wife and daughter He has this feral like need to protect After losing my Dad recently, I watched the entire Jack Ryan series onall the way through over about 36 hours Sleepless nights and such But it was so good that I ended up watching it again with my husband Then I went out and grabbed this book FYI, the show is not based on any particular book according to the show creators, so I don t feel like I spoiled anything by watching first I love Jack Ryan I love how he loves his wife and daughter He has this feral like need to protect them, and he isn t interested or tempted by other women I hope it stays like that throughout the series Jack Ryan is an ex marine who ends up working for the CIA in a very roundabout way I love the beginning of the book, how Jack is vacationing in Lo...When I read an old bestseller like this, I always ask myself if I would have recognized its potential In this case no way, rejectorama I couldn t bring myself to readthan a third of it which, by the way, amounted to 250 pages.What happened in those pages There s a great opener where Jack Ryan is almost hit by a bus and barely exhales before he is swept into a kidnapping attempt on the British royal family That contrast between the near disaster, his relief and reorientation, and then When I read an old bestseller like this, I always ask myself if I would have recognized its potential In this case no way, rejectorama I couldn t bring myself to ...The movie follows the book closely, but with fardetail, which is expected in books I read this after watching The Hunt for Red October and reading that book, too.Jack Ryan is a CIA analyst who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and unexpectedly thwarts a kidnapping attempt of the British Royal family while on seminar in England He becomes a hero to the British people and an enemy of the IRA Irish Republ...

• English
• 03 April 2019
Tom Clancy
• Paperback
• 503 pages
• 0425134350
• Tom Clancy
• Patriot Games