Title: The Hunt for Red October
Series: Jack Ryan
Author: Tom Clancy
Narrator: J. Charles
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Duration: 15 hours, 25 minutes
Copyright: 2004
Genres: intrigue, suspense, nautical
Filed in: Audiobook reviews
Review copy provided by Kearney Public Library.
PUBLISHER’S SUMMARY: A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The CIA's brilliant young analyst, Jack Ryan, thinks he knows the reason for the sudden Red Fleet operation: the Soviets' most valuable ship, the Red October, is attempting to defect to the United States.
The new ballistic-missile submarine's defection is high treason on an unprecedented scale, and nearly the entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet has been ordered to find and destroy her at all costs. If the U.S. fleet can locate her first and get her safely to port, it will be the intelligence coup of all time.
The nerve-wracking hunt goes on for 18 days as the Red October tries to elude her hunters across 4,000 miles of ocean. The rousing climax is one of the most thrilling underwater scenes ever written.
MY THOUGHTS: Tom Clancy has created an exciting and suspenseful tale in “The Hunt for Red October.” I like the character of Jack Ryan, an ordinary man who finds himself thrust into extra-ordinary situations. I was surprised, however, at how much of the story Jack Ryan was not involved in. I thought he would be at the center of the action all the time, but he was not. This is only the first of Tom clancy’s Jack Ryan audiobooks, so maybe Jack plays a larger role in the subsequent novels.
NARRATOR: I didn’t really care for J Charles very much. He did various voices for the different characters, including ones with Russian, British, and Australian accents, but most of them sounded a bit melodramatic and not entirely convincing. Overall, I think J Charles reading of "The Hunt for Red October" had flair, but not much emotion.
FINAL WORD: “The Hunt for Red October” was a good story with good characters, but ultimately the narration ruined it for me. I think J. Charles might be more suited for animated movies or cartoons rather than audiobooks.
FILM ADAPTATION: “The Hunt for Red October” was adapted to film in 1990. A lot of big names were featured in the film including Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Tim Curry and James Earl Jones. The critics were rather harsh on director John McTiernan, but the film grossed $200 million worldwide making it one of the most successful films of 1990.
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