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Summary: Shamelessly Bad
Review: It is hard to believe this book was written by the same man who wrote the masterful "Silence of the Lambs" Unlike its predecessor, "Hannibal" is shallow, poorly paced, and is full of phony-feeling characters. When Harris tries to shock, it feels gratuitous; when he tries to surprise, it feels contrived. The ending is so shockingly stupid that you want to bill Harris for thetime spent reading this piece of trash.
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Summary: "And they lived happily ever after."
Review: Although the Author describes himself as "Verbose",the success of his novels has proven that many readers enjoy this style of writing as evidenced by the popularity of other authors, such as Clancy,etc.As for this book, specifically, although I enjoyed it, I can't help but feel that an accurate review of Harris should read, "Author writes 3 parter-- 2 parts Horror Story, and 1 part Fairy Tale.
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Summary: "Look Ma, I'm now a screenwriter!"
Review: Let's see.....Harris shows brilliance as an unknown author and is rewarded with wealth for his efforts. He enjoys the good life for ten or so years and decides "I need more money and they'll pay me a lot for a Lambs sequel". "I'll sit down and come up with 15 or 20 really gross and weird things....throw in some pop psychology and weave into one killer of a movie." "To heck with any thought towards continuing as a literary genius, I'll join Patterson and Diehl in pawning off periodic crap to my loyal readers!"
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Summary: If I could rate this book as less than one star I would.
Review: No way could this book ever get an average of three stars. Don't do it Anthony Hopkins or Jodie. Unless you need the money as Thomas Harris obviously did. Thank God I discouraged as many people as I could from buyong it Loved SOTL but after this ?book? don't think I'll ever watch the movie again. So let"s see if this gets printed
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Summary: DISAPPOINTING !!
Review: major letdown...highly improbable and the ending is absolutelyasinine. Save your money - or if you must have it, buy mine fortwo-bits. A real pity, too - Harris's previous efforts were real page-turners...this one is just his way of getting a payday.
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Summary: The Lambs are screaming.
Review: For all of those complaining about the ending of Hannibal, I just have this to say. Are you upset because your brain has been pumped so full of Hollywood cliches and formula bestsellers, where the characters are paper thin and the plots are predictable, that you can't handle it when you are surprised by an ending and you actually have to THINK about the motives, intent, and psychology of the characters. The prose in Hannibal was full of poetic images and insight. Harris has played a joke on all of you worshippers of American cliche. The book is not about some serial killer, but it is about challenging our notions on what is good and what is evil, and about the defamation of Women in the 20th century. It's brilliant. Reading the reviews here has shown me that Thomas Harris has kept all of you lambs screaming. It's beautiful.
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Summary: very, very disappointing sequel
Review: A terribly disappointing effort that in no way measures up to either of its predecessors. Grotesque without being suspenseful. Proves the truth of Arendt's observation about the banality of evil. Save your money.
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Summary: Not credible
Review: The story is simply unbelieveable, especially the end, as many readers have pointed out. Actually it could easily have been a bit MORE gruesome - why did Hannibal kill the fellow after eating half his brains? Why not just put his skull-top back on and turn him loose (still scrape the plates back into it if he wanted to get his jollies that way)? And there is NOT a large gypsy population in Australia. Clarice is unattractive from beginning to end. Mason Verger is impossible to visualise. I am grateful to the reader from Oxford of 13 August for putting me onto "Telepath's Dance" in "The Man-Kzin Wars." As he says, a much better "Beauty and the Beast" story.
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Summary: this book is boring
Review: I could not even get through the excerpt it was so boring
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Summary: STINKOLA! A huge disappointment for a Harris fan-ME!
Review: Several reviewers have beat me to the best lines about how bad this book is....but it is amazing that any book could be so gross and so boring at the same time. I loved Silence of the Lambs and was afraid that the sequel would not measure up....but the ending to this book is soooo awful and downright silly I don't know if to laugh or cry! I will definitely not be lined up for any more Harris books if this is the future of his writing. Save your money and time folks..there are a lot of books more worthy than this hunk of junk.
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