He is hurt, but gets over it and testifies against the terrorist he shot. The terrorist, who didn't say anything durind the time there, escapes from armed guards by buddies.
He wants to get back at Ryan and decides to hurt his family, too. He almost kills Ryan's wife and kid. Ryan has the royal prince and princess over and the terroists come and break through security and almost get the whole family.
The review of this Book prepared by Emily. They try to kill him twice, almost killing his wife, Cathy, and daughter, Sally, the first time. They manage to eliminate a whole detachment of security personnel during the second attempt to kill Ryan and capture the Prince of Wales, who he is having dinner with. The review of this Book prepared by Matt Line. The exciting accounts of a retired naval officer who resccues the members of the royal family, and how the underground decides to handle the american hero.
The review of this Book prepared by James. Although not the first published,but the first chronologically of Tom Clancy's series of Jack Ryan novels. The story begins with Ryan and his wife and daughter in London on a working vacation. He thwarts the attempt,suffering grave injury,and recovers to testify in the trial of one of the terrorists,who escapes while being transported to prison.
The remainder of the story follows the escaped terrorist's plot for revenge on Ryan,ending with a full scale assault on Ryan's home by terrorists while Ryan is entertaining the Prince Of Wales and his wife! All of Ryan's family are targeted by the terrorists and injured to varying degrees prior to the finale. High adventure throughout with righteous violence and cold anger as well as heroism prevailing. Tightly written. The review of this Book prepared by John Juergens. Patriot Games the "first" Ryan book explodes from the beginning pages.
The antagonist portrayals in both stories depict the silent and deep hidden evil that lurk in all societies. If one seeks the evils, they will find it. Overcoming Adversity Everyone faces adversity throughout their lives, but it is necessary to be able to overcome this adversity in order to be successful.
Some people do not know how to deal with adversity when faced with it, which can sometimes be the downfall of that person, but people can use adversity and learn from it to become better person. In the novel, Patriot Games, the author Tom Clancy introduces the reader to a diverse set of characters. Sean Miller, a ULA terrorist captured by Ryan but not killed, is convicted of a federal crime and sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the royal driver. Later on, he is freed by ULA members while being taken to be incarcerated by ferry to prison.
The assassin sent to kill Ryan is intercepted before he manages to complete his task, but his expectant wife, Cathy, and daughter, Sally, are injured when Miller causes their car to crash on a freeway.
The antagonist is Jack Ryan. This shows the reader that he is a mysterious man with intention to do good but sometimes his actions go south. Men involved in combat scenarios are plagued with life or death …show more content… He made the gradual transition from an ex-agent to a full fledged anti terrorist member that works to defend his country.
He learns that even though many obstacles will be put in your path, the best thing to do is let them pass without intervention or things will spiral downhill. Over the course of Patriot Games, Jack Ryan learns through his experiences that it is impossible to protect himself from every entity that aims to maim him. He learns this through his work at the CIA building and the undercover agents working against him, the terrorists of the ULA, and the use of his precious family as a bargaining chip in.
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I was wondering the same thing I was "thinking" that in the last chapter they found a guy in the escape boat and it said: "Breckenridge arrived immediately behind him and looked at the body the terrorists had left behind. See all 4 questions about Patriot Games…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Patriot Games Jack Ryan, 1. I'll do the same review for all Clancy's novels because they're all pretty much the same.
Very long, very detailed, and after a while, very repetitive. If you stop after just a few of his books you'd probably give them 4 or 5 stars, but beyond that they start to grate. Especially where Jack Ryan is involved. I mean, Clancy spends hundreds of pages getting his details just right, the settings perfect etc. I finally threw my hands up and surr I'll do the same review for all Clancy's novels because they're all pretty much the same.
I finally threw my hands up and surrendered when Ryan becomes President. I can't remember what piece of crap that was in. I've given three stars as a compromise between my reactions when reading my first Clancy brilliant and last Clancy doorstop.
View all 8 comments. Jun 13, Louis Scuderi rated it did not like it. Somehow, people like this book. Other people complain about the slow plot, or the level of detail, or the lack of action. I was perfectly fine with all of this, and in fact, I quite liked the idea that injuries were taken seriously and meant that people were out of action for a long time.
The thing that makes this book truly bad is the lack of development of any of the characters, particularly Jack Ryan. He is possibly the worst Mary-Sue character I've read in such a widely published book. He is Somehow, people like this book. He is perfect in every way: he is incredibly smart, women find him attractive but he's humble and doesn't think he's handsome , everybody loves him but he feels uncomfortable around too many people and prefers just a few close friends.
He is a tough ex-marine with great combat sense, reflexes, and a sense of honor to match, but he is also a history professor and a legitimate academic. All his students universally love him, even though he's a really hard teacher. He is super rich and has a beautiful house in a secluded location. He loves his perfect family. The Queen of England is his biggest fan.
He manages to win the friendship of Prince Charles by telling him off. I could go on with so many more examples. None of his problems are internal, derive from personal flaws, or are even all that troubling.
He's like that guy at a job interview who, when asked what his biggest weakness is, says something like "I guess I'm just too hard a worker," or something equally uninformative and boring. Everything he is challenged with in this story is external, and though clearly dangerous, it is only superficially so. One particularly bad section of the novel centers on Jack's plane flight home from England. Clancy waxes lyrical about the tragic events of Ryan's past having made him afraid of airplanes and flying.
Many pages are devoted to this description, but we learn nothing fundamental about Jack, only some details about his history. This scene unfortunately draws a direct comparison with a particular James Bond novel Live and Let Die, I believe when Bond is flying from the United States to Jamaica and his plane is caught in a bad thunderstorm. With only a few short paragraphs of inner monologue, we see Bond, who we just saw handle himself calmly and cooly in multiple situations of extreme peril, become terrified of death in an airplane crash.
He becomes almost insensible until the danger passes, and we learn that what Bond is truly afraid of is his own powerlessness in this situation. It speaks volumes about the character. Jack Ryan has no such moment, nor anything close. He is entirely content, unperturbed, and unmotivated. Jack Ryan is the very image of self-satisfied rich white American culture from the mids, and while that itself does not necessarily make him a bad character, the superficial way in which it is handled does.
I will sum-up by saying that this book essentially reads like a bad British Monarchy fanfiction with an incredibly transparent main character. View all 3 comments. Whilst on holiday in London, Jack inadvertently prevents an assassination attempt on members of the royal family by a faction group of the IRA. The fact that it was the Prince and Princess of Wales alongside their son who I decided was William instantly rooted the story to the early part of the decade.
Dec 16, Jayna rated it liked it. Dude books. This book didn't have any of those other things. It had intrigue, machismo, swearing, guns, and violence. Pretty much pg level, nothing too too much. But it also had bravery, mystery, and for reals: the main guy likes his wife and kid. And he doesn't cheat on her.
Two thumbs up. So, in all, a bit more insight than the movie version, but pretty much the gist of it. And now my palette has been cleansed. On to girl books once more. Apr 02, L. Mountford rated it it was ok. I heard that Tom Clancy hated the movie this book inspired. Having read it, i can understand why. Nobody likes it when someone takes your idea and makes it enjoyable. This is another one of Tom Clancy's political statements disguised as a novel, with the IRA representing communism.
The Pacing is dull, the story unbelievable and at times hilarious. I suppose though my biggest problem is with Clancy's notion that Ryan is somehow able or even capable of doing half of what he undergos, just because I heard that Tom Clancy hated the movie this book inspired.
I suppose though my biggest problem is with Clancy's notion that Ryan is somehow able or even capable of doing half of what he undergos, just because he's a former marine with a career of 3 months and who'd never seen combat. Especially as in HFRO, he can barely keep his cool when being shot at by a cook. In reality, Ryan would have been struck dumb by it all like everyone else, and even if he hadn't, if he had gone head to head with an IRA gunman, they would have eaten him for breakfast.
I know that to Clancy's mind the rest of the world is small and inferior compared to anyone born in the states but the IRA are tough bastards, not the sort a history teacher would knock out with one tackle. Also, why does Clancy always refer to the royal family with their titles? View 2 comments. Aug 20, Stephen rated it really liked it Shelves: to-re-read , spy-stuff. Third Jack Ryan book published but first in terms of internal chronology as the events take place before those in The Hunt for Red October.
While I enjoyed some of the later Ryan novels more especially those in which John Clark and his crew played a major part , this is still a quality thriller and certainly worth a read. A pretty good Clancy novel is still much better than a lot of the junk that is out there. View 1 comment. Damn but this was good, a perfect balance of action, intrigue, and investigation.
Listed as the first Jack Ryan adventure, the old girl holds up well. Irish bashing aside, a solid thriller. Can't deny I had a good time with the sun, not in the sun. Too much fun. Not that you need to know any of that. Details are all mine. This was a reread of a book I read when it first came out, and several times since then.
It starts with a bang as Jack, on a working vacation in London with his family, witnesses a kidnapping attempt on the royal family. His instinctive reaction stopped the attack and put him in the bullseye of revenge. One of the things I enjoy most every time I read this book is the deft mixture of action, darkness, and humor. The opening attack sucks me into the story immediately, on the edge of my seat as Jac This was a reread of a book I read when it first came out, and several times since then.
The opening attack sucks me into the story immediately, on the edge of my seat as Jack rushes into action. Clancy's descriptions are vivid enough that I can picture the events as they happen. The confusion at the scene felt realistic, and I could feel Jack's worry that he'd end up "stuck like a pig" when the good guys showed up.
I always laugh at the scenes in the hospital as Jack deals with the doctors including his wife and other medical personnel. The scenes with various law enforcement personnel show Jack what he inadvertently got involved in and reveal his razor-sharp mind as he processes what he learns.
The scenes with multiple members of the royal family are good, but my favorite is when he helps the prince work through his feelings about what happened. Though not particularly realistic, it is still a great scene. As the book continues we get the viewpoints of both the bad guys and the good guys.
Jack and his family return home, secure in the knowledge that the bad guy is in jail and terrorists have never attacked on American soil. But the tension ramps up as the bad guy escapes and assorted good guys get a bad feeling about what might happen. Jack is lured into the CIA's sphere as he tries to get a handle on the group behind the attack.
Their fears are realized when Jack's wife and daughter are nearly killed in an attack, and only luck prevents Jack from being attacked too. I ached for Jack as he dealt with his feelings of guilt and fear by getting more involved in the case. Jack goes through a lot of self-examination as he tries to reconcile his need for justice with the anger and desire for revenge that he also feels.
The tension continues to build as the book follows the terrorists as they make plans for their next attack. The attention to detail was intriguing and as were the insights into the various players' motivations. At the same time we see the good guys as they try to assemble the pieces of the puzzle in time to stop whatever is planned.
The final confrontation was a nail-biter.
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