Hannibal

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Summary: You won't put this book down!
Review: I was petrified that this would be a disappointment, and clearly, the story and the ending are not to everyones liking. However, I found myself captivated, excited and amused by how the story unravels. It is a must for anyone who read Silence of the Lambs.

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Summary: Exciting - gripping - tough!!!
Review: I enjoyed the book very much. Although it was less believable and realistic than Silence of the lambs and Red Dragon, I read to be entertained and boy did it do that!!! It had parts that obviously would be offensive to some faint of heart, but was still one of those stories that are hard to put down. My only problem was that I finished it late one nite and had trouble sleeping for the next several hours!!!

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Summary: Humanizing Hannibal Lecter
Review: I had a lot of expectations when I purchased this book. Who wouldn't? I didn't read "Silence" but I have read "Red Dragon" and thoroughly enjoyed it. Hannibal Lecter, the personification of evil, back in the world, has actually become a mild, mannered curator until he is disturbed, and then he spends the rest of the time running from his pursuors. This was not what I had hoped for. It's an interesting read if you enjoy the Lecter character, but the true nature and personality of the man is not what I thought. I want him to remain evil, not someone to be admired and respected. One of his victims who is obsessed with exacting his revenge on Lecter is made out to be the villian, leaving you to wonder what Lecter's real role is. Starling's character is juxtaposed in the story, but is not essential to the plot. If you've only seen "Silence" on the big screen, I'm sure you have an idea of where "Hannibal" is going to pick up and where it will go. But it doesn't...Harris should have stuck to what the people want.

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Summary: Wasted words, wasted time
Review: Starling, Lecter and many other characters (especially the Italians and the Swiss, as far as I can judge) are nothing more than caricatures and clichés. Harris must have read too many books on popular psychology after The Silence of the Lambs. What a waste! (If you want vivid characters with lots of psychological insight, read James Ellroy's books!)

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Summary: It was so boring,I have yet to finish it.
Review: There are times when I'm reading several books at a time. I eventually finish all, but have not been able to complete "Hannibal". A book must really be a page turner to hold my interest. And frankly, I have better things to do.

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Summary: Mind-numbing trip to nowhere at a very tedious pace
Review: Don't waste your time or money on Hannibal. There are a lot of good books out right now that don't insult the reader's intelligence like Harris does on almost every page in this turkey, and when he's really rolling, several times per page, sometimes two or three times in one paragraph. Try Black Notice. Try The Devils Teardrop. Try The Target. Try Blind Man's Bluff. Try The Triumph and the Glory. Try watching old episodes of Mr Ed on Nick at Night. But if you have any regard for your poor overworked brain cells avoid Hannibal at all costs.

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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Thomas Harris spent too much time describing things that were not essential to the plot. The ending was ridiculous. I wish I had not wasted my time reading the book.

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Summary: The third but not the best
Review: Sorry folks. Just about every reviewer in the U.K hated the third in the series and for once I'm inclined to agree. 'Red Dragon' scared the pants off me, 'Silence of the Lambs' showed what a really good Author Robert Harris can be but 'Hannibal' just wasn't up to the job. I suppose the ending was the clincher. Without giving too much away it was in a word 'preposterous'. It's a word that no-one uses much these days. Maybe if Robert Harris writes some more novels it may come back into the English language.

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Summary: blurring the lines of good and evil
Review: I think those that disliked Hannibal wish to see the world in bright lines of good and evil, and to know that evil can be easily identified and that "good" and "evil" are always on opposite sides of the battlefield. In Hannibal, good, evil and perverse are comingled to such an extent that the mind is baffled into simultaneously disliking and liking every character. I tire greatly of the noble and good FBI agent who is out to stop the monstrous evils of the world. Hannibal is one of the few creations of popular fiction which left me scratching my head and questioning my own concepts of good and evil.

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Summary: Waste of time
Review: This was a horrible , boring, unsatisfying,book. The ending was totally out of character and ridiculous. DO NOT READ THIS !!!!!!