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Book Review By Jacob Hurt
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy

A terrorist attack leaves the Soviet economy in shambles...and now the only way to save the Union is to do the unthinkable...A chilling account of what World War III could be like...


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
War Thriller Yes
Armed Forces: - Army - Navy - Air Force
Specific to - near future war
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 30 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - Russians

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Germany - Russia
Island? Yes
Island: - Atlantic Ocean Island
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - rape (yeech!)
A lot of techno jargon? Yes
Kind of jargon? - military technology
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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