Rating: 
Summary: the first
Review: Thomas Harris is a master with this kind of psychological drama/crime type books. seriously, i first read silence of the lambs in my senior year of high school, soon after i picked up hannibal, and later found the first in the hannibal lecter series: Red Dragon. This book is wonderful and full of interesting details that the movie it was adapted to, manhunter never even alludes to. The inner struggle of Dollarhyde and the reasons for the things he does. if you were lonely wouldn't you want to be loved and appreciated to?
Rating:
Summary: 'red dragon'
Review: this is an eXcellent read! i highly recommend it if you love silence of the lambs and hannibal. harris' writing is so visual, it makes you feel like you are right there ;)
Rating: 
Summary: Intro To Lector
Review: From the imagination of the author of 'Black Sunday' comes the introduction to the most talked about monster invented.That monster 'Hanibal Lector'.Hanibal the canibal is introduced here by Thomas Harris in the first installment of three.Red Dragon! Inside reaveals some tortured police infomation and the criminal secret of Hanibal lector who reeks havok on the world. Be warned for some pretty strong swearing. The book is'nt too long and will shock you to the bone as you explore the sick twisted mind of red dragon
Rating:
Summary: My first Harris book.
Review: This is the first book that I have read by Thomas Harris. Actually, this is the first book of this genre I've read. I've mainly stuck to reading sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. The murder/suspense novel was a welcome change to my usual fare.Red Dragon kept me interested from the onset. You only have to read about 10 pages before you are introduced into the details of the one of the murder scenes. The reader quickly finds out just how twisted the "Red Dragon" is. From there on the story keeps you on edge and anticipating the next event. Harris develops the story smoothly. The characters are tangible and feel real. There is nothing that seems far-fetched. Everything you read could easily happen in today's world. Now this could be a turn off some people, as many read to get away from the real world. However, like I said above, it was a welcome change for me. Jack Crawford is a FBI agent that is investigating a serial killer. He has enlisted the help of Bill Graham. Bill is a retired police officer who was instrumental in profiling and capturing the famed Hannibal Lecter. Together they try to track down the killer known as the Red Dragon. The Red Dragon stalks and kills whole families by the light of the full moon. Harris does an expert job of putting the reader inside the characters. With the Red Dragon, Harris skillfully gives pieces of his history. Though the Red Dragon is a killer, you can almost feel sorry for him at some points. Due to events as a child, the Red Dragon seems driven to do the things he does. As you find out more about him, the reader finds how deranged the Dragon is. The reader sees how Graham has to come to terms with his past. He has to enlist the help of Lecter to help him catch the Dragon. Finding the Red Dragon becomes an obsessive priority for him and it begins to affect his family. A psychological game develops between Graham and the Red Dragon. When it's all over, his life will probably never be the same again. After reading this book I greatly look forward to reading Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. I would recommend this book for anyone who likes a gripping story. There are enough twists to keep the reader interested and guessing from page to page.
Rating:
Summary: It Scared Me
Review: This book is the most chilling of the Lechter trilogy (if one is to call them that) because the killer is placed side by side with a totally helpless potential victim--his blind, but independent and gorgeous girlfriend. The best part is the Tooth Fairy's tragic childhood and his shocking connection to William Blake and George Washington, but I won't ruin it for those who haven't read it by revealing. Suffice it to say that Harris is at his best when he delves into the "mind" of his psychos.
Rating:
Summary: Red Dragon---A tricky story.
Review: The killer, Dolarhyde, has a story behind him that leaves little to the imagination....however I wish the author, Thomas Harris, would have gone into more detail to explain this killer's sociopathic tendencies.....I was a little confused by some of his actions, considering his background story. I have seen some of William Blake's work, I have even seen a copy of the RED DRAGON painting...it's startling. The book itself is beautifully well done, the author took special care to note even the smallest tendencies of his characters......except for Lecter, of course...But that was all to be explained in Hannibal, which is also a wonderful, and also strange book.
Rating:
Summary: A definite winner
Review: Red Dragon is another great suspense crime story following the hunt for a serial killer who murders entire families. Will Graham, a former serial killer investigator, gets pressed into service against his wishes due to his uncanny sense for what a serial killer thinks. The reader follows Graham through his investigation as he races to find the killer before another family is murdered. Throughout the investigation, Graham has to deal with his own personal psyche and try to maintain a grip on his emotional state. Part of his investigation also brings Graham face to face with Hannibal Lector, a serial killer that Graham personally tracked down and who has a grudge against Graham. This meeting is the first time readers will meet Hannibal Lector in a Harris novel. Red Dragon will keep you on your toes and also make you feel for Graham, who's personal problems are always keeping him under pressure. Incredibly enough, you also begin to feel for and understand the killer as the story progresses. Harris is excellent at developing his characters throughout his novels and holding the reader's interest. Red Dragon is no exception.
Rating:
Summary: Red Dragon
Review: How can one describe a masterpiece? Thomas Harris' Red Dragon is the best novel in the Hannibal series. Its all about characters and story line. The crisp story line and character depth are slick. For roughly 50 pages we are told how the "tooth fairy" grew up by going back and time and reading it as it unfolds. This writing strategy provides sympathy towards the villian. However, his actions turn feelings of sympathy to feelings of hatred for the beast. Fantastic grade A writing style and story! Also, dont judge the book by the poor movie called Manhunter.
Rating:
Summary: One of my absolute favorite books!
Review: Thomas Harris can truly wtite a good book. The Red Dragon is like taking it's successor Silence of the Lambs and putting more detail into it. I'm not going to spoil anything here because we all saw the movie Silence of the Lambs. Buffalo Bill was a morbid and darkly intriguing serial killer. That's all fine, but they didn't really describe him too much. In the Red Dragon, the killer, Francis Dolarhyde, was described thoroughly. His childhood was mapped out into a demonstration of cause and effect in it's most disturbing form. It's odd how at some times while reading the book, I admit I rooted for the Red Dragon. In some wierd way, you actually felt for him and understood him enough to almost (ALMOST!) justify his actions, as wierd as that sounds. The highlights of the book were the life of the Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde: how he was both brilliant and sadistic, and how he coped with his evil deeds. Everybody starts out with this book just to get a closer glimpse at their beloved Dr. Lecter. I admit, he's pretty intruiging, but his appearance in The Red Dragon was, at best, limited. Lecter was asked for guidance a couple of times, but he didn't have as big a part in the more famous Silence of the Lambs. The five-hundred or so pages can be plowed through in no time. Even the inexperienced reader can grasp and enjoy every moment of the book and complete it in no time. One more thing: I think Mr. Harris is the two-time master of escape. In Silence of the Lambs we were all amazed and enthralled by Dr. Lecter's grotesque but elegant escpae. In the Red Dragon, the way that Dolarhyde escapes (I won't say how, when, or why...don't worry!) is just as cool. This novel is the thriller that set the stage for all the 80's and 90's thriller junk that went off the shelves as fast as possible and made no talent typists into millionaires over night. That is exactly what The Red Drgaon is not. This book is both interesting in the complex investigation and the morbid but intriuging life of a serial killer.
Rating: 
Summary: A decent thriller, but little else
Review: After all the hoopla about this novel, I was sure that I was in for a real treat, something stylistically superior, psychologically penetrative, extremely scary. Zero out of three, frankly. The writing is fine, quite sparse as most modern detective fiction tends to be. The scare quotient is pretty low, really--maniacs, sure, whatever. The psychology, well, the less said, the better. It's the same with the characterization, too--I get the feeling that I was supposed to both pity and loathe Dolarhyde, root for Graham, and be fascinated by Lecter. Unfortunately, Dolarhyde is such a cartoony villain that he can't be all that terrifying, Graham is boring and unsympathetic, and Lecter, for all that he's regarded as fantastically deep by the other characters (and the book-reading public at large, it seems), is as wooden and one-dimensional as they come. Don't get me wrong--I did not dislike the novel. It's a decent book, and if you're a fan of the thriller sub-genre, then you'll probably really enjoy this. However, it pales in comparison to something like Lawrence Block's _A Ticket to the Boneyard_, which is more realistic and more frightening by magnitudes. If you're not particularly into thrillers, pass this one up.
| 
