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A review by samanthawattam
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
adventurous
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Synopsis: Sudden activity in the North Atlantic and the suspicion that a Russian submarine has gone missing attracts the attention of the US naval forces, the President of the United States wants his best men on the job and that includes Jack Ryan, an analyst who suspects that there is a lot more to this than meets the eye and before long a dangerous cat and mouse game is afoot and the stakes are high.
Review: A difficult book to review in some ways as you can’t talk too much about the plot as nearly everything would be a spoiler suffice to say it is a tense cat and mouse chase through the North Atlantic between the US (with assistance from the UK) and Russia. When I borrowed this from the library I got the comment this is an old book, but does it matter when a story is a page turner it doesn’t matter its age it is still a bloody good book. Highly recommend.