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Cried when finishing this. A very sentimental journey... #gnutp.

Red Rabbit is a spy thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on August 5, 2002. The plot occurs a few months after the events of Patriot Games (1987), and incorporates the 1981 assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. Main character Jack Ryan, now an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, takes part in the extraction of a Soviet defector who knows of a KGB plot to kill the pontiff. The book debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Reread. TC is always good to relax, not much thinking involved, so I reread his work if I'm not in the mood for 'real books´. RR I had read last long ago, and it did age. Plotwise very weak; but Clancy's talent in building suspense is evidently there. Nevertheless: wouldn't recommend.

Very american, very unmotivational. It's a nice try to summarize existing motivational books, but the style of writing wasn't my cup of tea.

Whilst it was fun to return to a Follett for the end of the year, A Place called Freedom unfortunately left a mixed impression. The book starts great, introducing interesting characters and situations, as expected with Follett. The writing style makes it hard to put the book down. However, unfortunately many story lines feel rushed, and especially the last part felt like the editor told the author to delete a couple of thousand words. There was material enough in here to write a sequel... So, all in all 3/5 ain't bad.

Quite a nice premise, but after two chapters it becomes quite shallow. Whilst up to date to mid-2019 in events, it fails to discuss any geopolitical developments outside 19th-century empire-politics. The effects of climate change, economical developments, digitization etc which have been of utmost importance in the 201x’s are barely addressed.