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The Sum of All Fears
- Jack Ryan, Book 6
- Narrated by: John MacDonald
- Series: A Jack Ryan Novel (chronological order), A Jack Ryan Novel (publication order)
- Length: 33 hrs and 57 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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A major motion picture starring Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Alan Bates and Michael Byrne!
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- Chris Nenke
- 27-03-20
Give it a miss. Bolinda buggers it up again
One of the worst narrator's I've heard, sounds like a robot, almost no variance in his voice. obviously the recording wasn't checked as in the first chapter they reference the KBG, not the KGB.
last time I buy a book from the Bolinda group which is a shame as they seem to have the rights to a number of Clancy's books in Australia
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- kris
- 02-07-16
Lots of details for the "fans"
What did you love best about The Sum of All Fears?
I love the way Clancy always acknowledges his readers are intelligent enough to manage several "back" stories. He doesn't have to step you through the characters, they are so well written you don't need reminders or prompts. The Sum of All Fears is just such a story.. Clever, well proportioned and credible characters.
What other book might you compare The Sum of All Fears to and why?
Matthew Reilly gives the reader the same impression of deep research. and having done same wants to share every morsel with the reader. I feel I'm not just being entertained I am learning... Very satisfying experience
What does John MacDonald bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Nice to hear someone who can read without taking breathes and gasps midsentence (like Lou Diamond Philips) this destroys the story. I have sought out and listened to more McDonald and he is good.. Wish he could re-read all the ones Phillips has mutilated..
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Ryan saves the world (again) .....
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- Laurence
- 25-04-15
Almost as good as Patriot Games
As with a lot of Tom Clancy it takes a while to wind up and has some very slow portions but that's the price you pay for a well developed story. Well worth it. Best Narrator so far on the Jack Ryan series.
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- James
- 15-06-14
A book of nuclear proportions
Where does The Sum of All Fears rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It rates as one my favourite audiobooks, not because of the narrator, but because Tom Clancy was on of my favourite authors.
What did you like best about this story?
The fact that Tom Clancy was brave enough to let the bomb explode.
Which scene was your favorite?
The terrorists, drug cartel and Cutter getting their comeuppance.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
The sheer length of Tom Clancy's books prevents reading in one sitting.
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- Tessa
- 17-05-18
Pretty sure this is being read by a robot
I would give more information but the narration has put me off. I have managed 5 minutes and have lost the will to live.
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- Richard Davis
- 28-06-19
Poor sound quality
First to have to say, this is a fantastic book. Unfortunately it sounded like Stephen Hawkins was reading it. It’s the first time I’ve heard such poor quality from Audible. Hopefully I won’t again.
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- Lotus
- 16-01-15
Great story line
I read the original book when it first was published and am now working my way through the series as audiobooks to refresh what happened to who and where.
This book was yet another great story and it's interesting to read the plots now that technology has moved forward some what.
However it was a bit long winded in places and I struggled slightly with the scene changeover from one part of the story to the next as the narrator didn't pause long enough and sometimes it was quite confusing however I did enjoy it overall and would recommend it to others
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- Ross
- 03-04-21
Jack is older & a little stressed but still great!
Classic Jack Ryan. He's older, a little stressed and worn but on his a game as usual. Great story and detailed research by Clancy makes for a great listen. Working my way through the books and this is one of my favourites
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- Connor Macleod
- 22-03-21
Fantastic book and well read.
Yet another Clancy piece or perfection. The Ben Afleck movie doesn't do it any justice.
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- SE75
- 26-09-20
Thilling
really enjoyed this novel. couldn't switch it off. the story builds and nicely. Has normal loads of techy stuff.
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- Steph H
- 16-09-20
A Favourite
This is one of my favourite books from the Ryan universe, Jack gets sucked in to the life of CIA and loses focus on what's important. But he manages to pull it out of the bag and come back stronger than ever.
My only criticism of the audio of this book is that the narrators voice takes some getting used to and he isn't always distinct in his change of character voices. He also sounds a LOT like Stephen Hawkings robot voice which is rather off putting at first.
Still wish you would find a good American voice actor to redo the whole series with continuity of voices for each character. They also need to work on their pronunciation of words, submariner is just one example.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-05-20
very good book, minor audio issue
thoroughly enjoyed this book, and the narrator was very good. unfortunately there are quite a few places where audio clipping occurs and it sounds like an automaton/robot reading the book.
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- jack
- 03-02-20
Alexa has more range in her voice than John
Have listened to the previous works of Tom Clancy suburb righting and previous narrator was excellent John macDonald is unbelivbley monotone
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- Kieron
- 07-12-18
great
In awe at how well this series is going! Can't wait for the next! Bravo
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- Danander11
- 24-11-17
Terrible reading and production.
What can I say..? Poor voicing, poor timing, over-produced left this reading sounding at times like controlled burping or a 31 hour story read to you by the same mechanical voice as an automated weather advisory.
Too bad... this is a fairly good story.
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- David Martinussen
- 02-04-21
One of Clancy’s Best
I first read ‘The Sum of all Fears’ nearly 30 years ago. Still a wonderfully written story, and one of Clancy’s very best.
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- Jenna Waters
- 11-11-20
Emotional roller coaster
Never before had I read/listened to something that made me so angry on the behalf of the main character.
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- Beau
- 24-09-20
robotic tone
struggled at the start due to John's robotic time but it got better the further we got
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- joshua
- 03-12-19
Such a grind to listen to
TL;DR Narrator crap, story Great
This was such a tough book to listen to, the narrator so below average that I could not wait for it to be over... the story itself is the only saving grace.
There are a lot of weird pauses, repeats of sentences and strangeness in the EQ that it feels you're listening to a computer generated voice from the 90s. The narrator does some times vary his voice character to character but it's pretty rough.
I only persevered because I love the writing and the Jack Ryan series.
I won't be listening to this book again, so it's a definite return and spend it on something better.
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- Jon Dobson
- 28-08-17
So much better then movie
Another awesome Tom Clancy book. I left the Tom Clancy books that had been turned into movie to last thinking I had an idea of the stories. After Clear & Present danger and this I realise how wrong I was. Books are completely different to movies and are much better.