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reviewed Operation Baracuda by Tom Clancy (Tom Clancy's splinter cell)

Tom Clancy: Operation Baracuda (2005, Berkley Books)

He is quiet, invisible, deadly--and the newest weapon on the front lines of a technologically …

Mission Fish

All over the place. Fun and exciting at times, achingly dull and cliched at others. Totally unbelievable, many chase scenes, shallow romance subplot, male gaze-y descriptions of every female character, much gadgets, kind of a lot of product placement, and what feels like a denouement that was hacked into a press piece for some stealth watercraft with an eye-rolling acronym.

I won't lie and say I didn't enjoy it, but there wasn't exactly a lot of soy on the bean on this one. It's a Hollywood blockbuster that goes down easy if you don't think too hard.