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Title: Without Remorse by David Dukes, Tom Clancy ISBN: 0-375-40699-9 Publisher: Bantam Books-Audio Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (242 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Clancy Book
Comment: I'll try to keep this to a minimum so you won't be here reading my review all day.
In my opinion, this is Clancy at his best! For those of you familiar with John Clark, this book tells the story of how a man named John Kelly would become John Clark. It is a story of his dark past leading up to and the beginning of his time in the CIA. 750 pages make it a long book but each and every page is well worth the time spent reading it.
Even if you're not a big Tom Clancy fan, you should read this book. You'll appreciate the excellent story line and the unfolding character development as you progress through the book. This story is a little easier to follow than some of Clancy's other stories in that he doesn't seem to jump around in this story as he does in some of his others. I'll admit that I'm a huge Tom Clancy fan so I might be a bit biased in my review but I suggest reading it for yourself and I think most of you will agree with me on this one. Great story Mr. Clancy!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: My First Tom Clancy Novel
Comment: "Without Remorse" gives us a look at the origins of the ruthlessly efficient CIA operative, John Clark, formerly known as John Kelly. This novel is a solid page turner, full of action and intrigue, as well as a healthy dash of allegory.
I had never read any of Clancy's work before, and was pleasantly surprised by his writing. His prose is simple without being dull, and he does a wonderful job establishing a solid sense of place with his narration. From the steaming jungles of 'Nam to the broken ghettos of Baltimore, you always feel as if you're right there with the protagonist. Dialog is realistic and flows smoothly, with no info-dumping. It's no wonder that so many of Mr. Clancy's novels have been made into films. They practicly read like a good screenplay.
Clancy's real talent, however, shows best in his characters. Even the characters that seem to be straight from central casting, (Dr's Rosen, the Drug Dealers, Prostitutes, the Admirals), have a marvelous sense of reality to them. They are fully rounded human beings, with a normal range of emotions, opinions, and problems.
Strangley enough, it is in this seemingly strong area that the books primary flaw shows up. The only character who does not seem well rounded and realistic is the protagonist himself, John Kelly/Clark.
The Kelly/Clark character seems to have "modes", for lack of a better term. When on this boat, Kelly is a regular salty sea dog, popeye without the spinach, bantering with the Coast Gaurd and piloting his vessel through storms. One expects Captain Ahab or Bluto to make an appearance.
In combat situations, he becomes the super soldier killing machine, able to shoot the wings off of a gnat at thirty paces. In the rain. At night. While running. With an enemy officer over his shoulder. After being awake for three days. With a silenced sub-machine gun. One handed. In other words, Mack Bolan.
John Kelly's third incarnation surfaces whenever he has any kind of personal interaction with another character, but ONLY if one the previous situations does not apply. If he's speaking to a freind on his boat, he's Pop-eye. If speaking to a friend in a combat situation, he's Mack Bolan. If he's on dry land, and no one is trying to kill him, he is magicly transformed into a foot shuffling, aw-shucks'ing rube from 1952. He is nervous, unsure of himself, and calls everyone maam or sir, and commits social blunders that seem absurdly out of context with the other two "incarnations."
My only other gripe is Clancy's portrayal of veterans and non-vets. If, at any point, you're wondering if a character is a good-guy, or a bad-guy, find out if he was or is in the military. If the answer is yes, he is a good-guy, hnest, hard working, and reliable. If the answer is not, he's a bad-guy, and will probably be shot soon. I'm a vet myself, and I can attest that there are plenty of jerks in uniform, and a lot of great folks who've never worn one. Don't blame the time period either. There were a lot of American men who were too young for WW2 and too old for Korea, or too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. My grandfather was among that first group.
These small complaints aside, and have to give this book four stars. It was just a heck of a lot of fun to read, and couldn't put it down.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Tom Clancy's Best
Comment: This is one of Tom Clancy's best novels. It isn't as complicated as some of his books can be.
This novel tells the story of John Kelly and how he is transformed into John Clark, a familiar character in many of Clancy's novels.
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