Jack Ryan Jr. Novel The Teeth of the Tiger, Book 1, (Paperback)

from csayban

Tom Clancy created a tough act to follow with his Jack Ryan series. The end of the cold war and 9/11 reshuffled the deck of threats to the United States and The Teeth of the Tiger attempted to do the same for Clancy. As spy thrillers go, The Teeth of the Tiger is good. It actually has better paci...

from rondoctor

Slow starter, but the pace and writing style improve as you move through the book. Lots of "tutorial" on spycraft through the first half of the book gets tedious. And the dialogue seems childish and simplistic. Nevertheless this is an interesting read.

from delta61

They have adult westerns, so maybe this is supposed to be an adult spy story. The book could also be called, "the Making of an Assassin", or in this case two of them. On the one hand, the brothers readily take to it and on the other hand they whine about the right or wrong of it. The dialog seems...

from csweder

I have very mixed feelings about this book. I am an unabashedly avid fan of the Jack Ryan novels--and have followed them very closely. ...but with that said, I think there may be a time when characters/world need to be left alone. Jack Ryan-esque novels may be at that place. This book tried to ca...

from Dadbrazelton

Terrible book. All you can think about while reading it is how out of date all of his references are. He has modern 25 year olds making references to Grace Kelly. The book is filled with 'witticisms' that would only be understood by people 65 or older. If the story had been based on world war II ...