Editing Red Rabbit (section)

== Reception ==

The novel received mixed reviews. OAs Marc Cerasini stated in his essay on the novel: "After the history-making events of September 11, 2001, a nostalgic trip back to the [[Cold War]] might not have been the novel Tom Clancy's fans were anticipating." In a mixed review, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' derided the lack of suspense, which is "a disappointment when other writers (Forsyth in ''Day of the Jackal'', for one) have shown that there can be enough tension in a fated-to-fail assassination plot to give a stroke to a yoga master". The book was also notable for its disregard for real history, as [[CNN]] reminded that the events in ''[[Patriot Games]]'' occur after the [[wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana]], which in turn occurs after the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meagher |first1=L.D. |title=Review: Clancy's 'Red Rabbit' rotten |url=http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/09/24/review.clancy/ |website=CNN |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref>

Conversely, the book was praised for its "believable and encyclopedic" plot; ''Publishers Weekly'' remarked: "It's utterly fascinating to read Clancy's playing out of that likely scenario—is there a writer in the world who brings so much verisimilitude to scenes both high (Politburo meetings) and low (details of spy craft and everyday Soviet life)?"<ref>{{cite web |title=Fiction Book Review: RED RABBIT by Tom Clancy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-14870-5 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised the book, stating: "Clancy moves skillfully among a large cast of characters in Washington, London and Moscow, and develops many of them effectively. [His] writing has improved since the clunky prose and robotic dialogue of his early novels."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Patrick |title=Ryan to the Rescue |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/2002/08/18/ryan-to-the-rescue/1bbccce2-6f9a-4daf-be95-c8db0599d824/?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref>