Mom read exactly one of his books...in addition to what you said, she also said he has no clue how to write even remotely realistic wimmin.
But I should at least give him a try one of these days. Man, my "should read soon" list is getting long...
That's a given considering his primary audience. ;)
I read the first four or so Clancy books. I think the main issue with reading them now is that they are fairly dated in their world politics. We have them if you want to borrow them. There's only one main character (Jack Ryan's wife) that I even recall, and I liked her. Any idea what kind of wimmin issue your mom didn't like?