Jason Lee reviewed Net force by Tom Clancy
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2 stars
This book was OK. It might have been better if I had read #1 or #2 first, but it stood on its own fairly. I'm a sucker for a good military action novel, and in that regard, this was pretty satisfying. I have two complaints, though.
The first complaint is all the virtual reality stuff. I'm a computer guy, so I know first hand that my job would make one really boring novel. Clearly, the authors had to do SOMETHING to make those parts worth reading. That said, portraying the effort to hunt down a "cyber-terrorist" as a man hacking through a jungle with a machete in search of a tiger was pretty sad. Not to be topped, though, the end level boss, if you will, was rendered as a giant, man-eating dinosaur which they killed with a rocket launcher. Gag me. :)
The other complaint is the all the …
This book was OK. It might have been better if I had read #1 or #2 first, but it stood on its own fairly. I'm a sucker for a good military action novel, and in that regard, this was pretty satisfying. I have two complaints, though.
The first complaint is all the virtual reality stuff. I'm a computer guy, so I know first hand that my job would make one really boring novel. Clearly, the authors had to do SOMETHING to make those parts worth reading. That said, portraying the effort to hunt down a "cyber-terrorist" as a man hacking through a jungle with a machete in search of a tiger was pretty sad. Not to be topped, though, the end level boss, if you will, was rendered as a giant, man-eating dinosaur which they killed with a rocket launcher. Gag me. :)
The other complaint is the all the relationship stuff. I don't mind the rom com or drama. I watch a lot of those with my wife, but it just seemed way out of place in this book, especially the scenes dealing with the teenager and his conflict over two girls, up to and including some rather awkward descriptions of...awkward predicaments for a high school boy. The intra-office fling clashing with the flirty British hottie was also off putting. I read military novels for the guns and explosions. :)
