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Title: Soar: A Black OPS Novel by John Weisman ISBN: 0-06-052409-X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Lot of hype
Comment: "S.O.A.R." is poorly written, with little to hook a reader from the start. It is obvious Weisman has a tremendous publicist given the extensive list of notables who made positive comment. I would not recommend anyone wasting their time to read this when there are other exciting novels on SpecOps available.
Rating: 5
Summary: Misnamed, but a really good read.
Comment: Having quickly tired of the Rogue Warrior series that John Weisman co-authored with Dick Marcinko, I was not too sure about reading his solo effort. I am certainly glad that I did. This is a real tale of adventure and action, and except for the obligatory (it seems) device of having a woman interjected into the mission, it reflects the sense of duty of special operations warriors. The spec op troops this time are Delta operators who are beginning to get the publicity that the SEAL community started drawing about 10 years ago when Marcinko told his story on "60 Minutes." Since Eric Haney's book on Delta and the popularity of "Blackhawk Down," Delta's being pulled out of the shadows. So far, the speculation about them and what they do has not been too outrageous, but I'm sure that's just around the corner.
Weisman's book is long on accuracy in many areas, not the least of which are tactics and weaponry. And I can personally vouch for the fact that in any critical operation, if anything is going to give you major heartburn, it will be comm problems. And comms are a problem for the Delta operators in this book... just like real life. There will be some complaints about characterizations (shallow but who needs a character's family history in a war story), stereotypes (they're stereotypes because they're true), and miltary derring do (face it: military people ARE brave and dedicated, especially those who make a career in special operations and doing the hard things their government requires).
No, this is a good book. Hopefully there will be others of like quality. However, why Weisman chose to name the book SOAR (an acronym for the Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the "Nightstalkers") escapes me. And a note to the publisher: find a better jacket for the next one.
Hoo-yah! John. And keep them coming!
Rating: 1
Summary: Written for Kids
Comment: Soar is written at a high school level for guys who love war yarns and the latest high-tech gizmos. His characters are all entirely predictable--the good guys all are noble and brave and sure. Staff officers are limp-wristed effetes with no understanding of the needs of those in the field (an odd notion, since the vast majority of officers routinely rotate between the field and the office).
If you can ignore the insipid characterization, then the reader may enjoy this story which set in exotic locals that may become more familiar to Americans as world events unfold.
But it's definitely not a book for serious readers.
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