I never watched the movie so I have no idea if the movie is any good. And this is the first Tom Clancy book I have ever read. Obviously, he's very popular, making the NY Times Bestseller list for this book and many others.But this book and his style isn't for me. You know you're in trouble when you've read 200 pages (of the 900) and you're still not sure who is who. There must have been over 50 characters in the book. I guess it would have helped to have read one of his earlier books first, but I had no idea what was really going on for the first 300 pages.
And then this book was very technical. You could learn a lot about politics, the Presidency, nuclear physics and the department of defense in great detail just by reading this book. It took far more concentration then I wanted to give a fiction fun read.
But one thing was very interesting, the main character of the book, Jack Ryan talked at length about the ability to critically evaluate something. To be able to present a view impartially and acknowledge all of the weaknesses and faults of that view. Not to assume anything but to persistently attack it from all angles in order to truly evaluate its strength. Not only was this a wise skill to develop for the CIA but also to apply to church ministry, who knew the church and the CIA had so much in common?
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