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Author needs to do some homework

Revisado: 01-18-25

Manned fighter planes doing Mach 9 at 50ft above the ocean in a storm? The Oregon Files have always been a bit fantastic, which is part of the fun. However they have become outrageously implausible under the new authorship. It is not fun when random plot devices drop out of the sky and break plausibility with no preparation or backstory. (That's just one example.)

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Terrible cliffhanging ending

Revisado: 08-18-24

The story and idea was terrific, but this ends as a cliffhanger in the middle of the story. I feel like I only purchased half a book. The last book series that did this went 6 books and ended in a lame. abbreviated ending that left a ton of unanswered questions. That ruined that whole series, so I can't get invested in another series that might just stop in the middle.

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Leaves you hanging

Revisado: 08-31-23

Throughout the Breakthrough series there are tons of questions left posed but unanswered. I had hoped that the final book would answer those mysteries and story lines, but it doesn't get close and left the entire series feeling abruptly cutoff and unfinished.

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fun story. good suspense

Revisado: 01-20-23

I enjoyed the story, it did a good job of maintaining the suspense about what was really going on far into the book and created characters that you like and care about. Some of the technical details required suspending disbelief, but a lot less than many modern thrillers. Overall, a solid read and a fun book. Thanks.

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okay, but not best of Oregon series.

Revisado: 01-11-23

good narrator. decent plot, but the one man heroics was beyond silly at times, even for the Oregon that sometimes stretches credulity, but usually just enough but still enjoyable. this book stretches it a bit too far at times.

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Pretty dry, didn't finish.

Revisado: 09-07-21

Narration was good, but book kept jumping forward and backwards in time and between parallel occurances. It seemed like an arbitrary attempt to build tension and excitement, but really just got old and felt like the story was being unnecessarily lengthened.

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Does not uphold the Clancy Legacy

Revisado: 06-18-19

Small spoiler: chapter 66 Jack is low on ammo... Only 2 shots left. Then a few pages later fires 3 shots. This is just one example of the "write whatever saves the hero" string of coincidences that allows Jack to survive certain death while making stupid decisions to be saved by improbable pistols shots whenever convenient for the plot. The book feels like a run on series of such unbelievable scenes.

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Weak. I hope the other post Clancy are better

Revisado: 03-21-19

Far from the best. A campus novel with (essentially) a solo character throughout, ... not what I have come to expect from the ryan universe. The epilogue was weak and not in keeping with the normal character relationships.

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Could have been good

Revisado: 06-30-17

The performance consistently sounded like it was trying to instill awe and wonder where it didn't apply. Worse, the narrator skipped reading or describing the several tables that are relevant to understand the context in the words. The actual book might be good. I liked the author's thoughtful ability to highlight specific aspects of the problem separately.

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Disappointed, too far fetched

Revisado: 07-28-05

This book starts out interesting, and then begins to drag. Once that happens it's easy to notice how many things about Brown's version of warfare seem just a little too far beyond imagination to enjoy. I'm not talking about the plot - that is far fetched, but interesting. I'm talking about the military technology. Some examples are below if you want spoilers.

Also, much tedious information is provided that doesn't add to the story, and is sometimes even repeated. The reader of the book had a great range of characters, and enthusiasm, but this book was hard to finish.

Technology blunders:
- A satellite radio transceiver placed in a person's body (specifically abdomen) that allows a person to communicate world wide. (Think about the power required to get an omni-directional signal up to a satellite coming from your abdomen!)
- Instant range gate information from ESM intercept bearings.
- Nobody seems to notice powerful jamming, except the unit being jammed, so surprise is not lost. ESM receivers for hundreds of miles would light up like Christmas trees. For example a fighter's comms & radar are powerfully jammed, but the wingman and AWACS a few hundred miles away don't seem to be alerted. Hard to accept in a scramble scenario.
- ESM information should be available at past double the effective range of a transmitter, but seem to pop up at ranges like 10 miles.

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