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Summary: Little suspense - deeply disappointing conclusion.
Review: None of the deaths in this book come as a surprise - bad guys lose, good guys more or less win - thought the method of the killings shows a lot of thought and imagination. Even the end, which is unsatisfying and unbelieveable, was not a surprise - I began to dread it half-way through - it seemed the only way out for Starling and Hannibal. But it doesn't wash, and certainly doesn't satsify. When we read a book, we are looking for entertainment but also for something related to our lives and our world, however remotely, and Hannibal's conclusion is from some dimension so amoral that it fails to connect in any way.
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Summary: SO very disappointing!
Review: I was terribly disappointed in this book. I loved both Red Dragon and Silence, and this was such a let down. The entire plot was ridiculous, and the ending, well, that was beyond silly. In addition, I just didn't get into any of the characters - Starling was too much of a patsy, Lecter was boring, and Verger, although he did have the makings of a good character, was just too over the top. Either Harris felt pressured to write a sequel that he really didn't want to write, or he was just darn lucky on his first two attempts. I think that most Silence fans will be incredibly disappointed.
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Summary: Starts slow, progesses well, and ends with a BANG!
Review: I agree with other reviewers that this book does drag on a bit in the beginning (Italy), but once it gets going, it doesn't stop! It is an excellent book, putting aside the fact that it is far-fetched. I couldn't put it down. The ending will positively blow your mind! I can hardly wait for the movie.
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Summary: ONe of the worst books I've ever read
Review: This book was horrible...Horrible. The plot was exagerated and disgutsing, the characters were unbelievable. It was HUGE a letdown after reading Silence of the Lambs.
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Summary: No. 3 on my list of all-time worst books I've read
Review: It's not No. 1 on my all-time worst book list because I have read Anne Rivers Siddons' "Peachtree Road" and Alexadra Ripley's "Scarlet". I was extremely disappointed in this "Silence of the Lambs" sequel. The author has turned the fabulous Clarice Starling into a buffoon, and it goes downhill from there.
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Summary: DULL book with great ending!
Review: I disagree about Hannibal's ending, I loved it! the first two thirds of the book were so excruiatingly boring though, that I can't recomend it to anyone. Read Silence of The Lambs and Red Dragon instead!
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Summary: Great Start, Flat Ending
Review: This book starts off great. Harris does everything but the predicatble in this story. The story starts seven years after Starling's apprehension of Buffalo Bill, and you may be surprised to learn that her career in the FBI has been less than stellar. Everyone in the book is searching for Hannibal, the FBI, Starling, and a former victim of Lecture. The beginning of the book is beautifully written. Some of the description of the characters and the locations (especially Florence) are breath-taking. The ending of the story is entirely unbelievable and disappointing. I would have a better time believing in the tooth fairy.
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Summary: good but not that good
Review: I did not buy the reason why he was this why or the ending. dissappointing.
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Summary: Excellent Thriller
Review: Hannibal is the first book in the trilogy that I read. It is by far my favorite. I love the Italian bits! I could not put the book down. I love the ending but then I love to cook and always wanted to visit South America. I then read the other two in sequence and though I enjoyed both, especially Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal is still tops!
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Summary: Morally reprehensible/an ending that sickened me
Review: Although "Hannibal" draws you in with a sophisticated tone and a revisiting of characters held very dear to fans, it is, by far, one of the most nihilistic stories I have ever read. This novel has the moral center of a frog. Harris' message in "Silence of the Lambs," seemed to me to be this: That a healthy respect and understanding of evil is not only better than exploiting it, than containing it, but it is even better than fearing it. And that, in the end, despite our fear, it is worth getting near evil in order to stop it because, even if you don't stop it, by grappling with it, you may gain the self-realization necessary to stop it next time. But sadly, Harris has truly lost his way with "Hannibal," and has, in my mind, completely turned his first message on its head. In "Hannibal," Mr. Harris seems to be saying that killing people is not only not more evil than selling out someone's career, or selling out a murderer, it is also not even more evil than proportional revenge (which, anyone in law will tell you, is justice). I could have handled the almost cartoonish caricatures of good, agent Clarice Starling, and evil, murderer Hannibal Lecter, if a more appropriate ending had been forthcoming. I found this story entirely disgusting. And, in case anyone thinks I'm a bitter old nun or something, I'm a man the Starling character's age.
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