Hannibal

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Summary: Not What I Expected.
Review: I'm not going to blame Harris for my own expectations about what this sequel should be. After digesting this novel for almost a week, and with only slight cramps lingering, I now realize that this book was wonderful. I was really scared. It was creepy, surreal, a slow motion nightmare. I've had more than one bad dream about it. That's my criteria for a good horror novel. So calm down, get over it. Harris gave us better than we deserved - some originality. Glad I read it. It'll make a great movie.

Rating:
Summary: not bad but desapointing
Review: I tought that after the critics review I would read a masterpiece but I was disapointed, the story is kind of ok but I was expecting a lot more, and that's the problem you dont get more...

Rating:
Summary: Interesting but disappointing.
Review: After reading the first 100 pages, it dawned on me that this book is like reading a movie script. Thomas Harris knew before he wrote the book that it was going to be made into a movie, so why would he want to rewrite the book into a script?? I was lost in the Florence section, but thought it was an important piece. Silence of the Lambs was a much better story. I was extremely disappointed with the ending. This is one time where I hope the movie is better than the book!

Rating:
Summary: A promising begining that goes nowhere.
Review: Having read the first two installments in this series I was ready for another thrilling roller coaster ride. Sadly this installment only proves that Harris is either unclear or totally unaware of why his two previous efforts worked so well. The book opens with promise but soon spirals down into a ridiculous conclusion that makes you wonder if Harris even understands the very characters he has created. Don't bother.

Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I was so disappointed!..I expected to love this book, this author's name like some of my other favorites is enough to sell me on a book, site unseen..Sadly, I wish I had my money back, and I have learned my lesson...A reader in Denver suggests this book was a parody, and if we did not get it, the joke was on us, well, I am not laughing, and I bought what I thought was a 'thriller', not a parody...I am not a happy consumer..

Rating:
Summary: It's OK -- not great -- not horrible -- just OK
Review: Unlike many of the reviewers who have reviled the book, I enjoyed it. It was not engrossing or terrifying or anywhere near as good as "Silence of the Lambs." The key here is to not compare it to either "Silence" or "Red Dragon." The ending -- well, it certainly is not expected, although sadly predicted. It definitely is not of the caliber of Thomas Harris' two previous books.

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Summary: One of the best-written books of the decade
Review: Thomas Harris has taken Hannibal Lecter out of the pages and into the inner depths of your mind. You might not want him there, but you won't be able to resist. This is, without doubt, Harris' finest work to date, and is so well written you are genuinely entranced into reading further. The plot twists and turns, is beautifully developed, and allows you not a moment's breath as it plunges ever onwards towards it's dramatic, and spectacular, climax. If you only read one book this year, make it 'Hannibal'.

Rating:
Summary: Highly disappointing with a ludicrous ending!
Review: The Red Dragon thoroughly intrigued me and left me eager to read Silence of the Lambs. That was equally as good. I was therefore eagerly awaiting the advent of Hannibal and rushed to buy the hard copy. What a disappointment! All the characters disintegrated into ridiculous caricatures of their former selves. What was Thomas Harris attempting to do? Destroy himself along with his characters? He has, of course, set himself up to write another sequel. Who in the world would waste time and money reading it? How unfortunate that no one appeared to critique this book before it went to final publishing--perhaps with some major rewriting Harris would have been able to redeem himself!

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Summary: Very suspensful story leading up to a terrible ending
Review: I plowed through this book at a quick pace because I was so energized by the story. Clarice and Hannibal are finally back. The story starts with the energy of "Speed" (the Movie). It unfolds quickly with no laboring to build a plot.

However, the ending I found horrible. So unbelievable and just not "in character" - I almost put it down without finishing it.

If you LOVED Silence - then get it. The first 3/4's are well worth it. Otherwise, wait for the movie (where HOPEFULLY the Director will take some license with the ending).

Rating:
Summary: Wow! Great book!
Review: This was probably the best of Harris' books. It was very intense with a great ending. I can not believe the people that are writing some of the negative comments about this book!