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Summary: Take it for what it's worth
Review: I was so disappointed with the ending! Agent Starling eating brains? Come on. Mr. Harris made her into a nut case at the end. She's portrayed as strong and independent through The Silence of the Lambs and most of Hannibal and then-Wham! It was so unbelievable. From her rescue in the barn to the opera at the end, the book kind of went off onto another plane.
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Summary: Bold in attempt but shallow in delivery.
Review: While the plot of Hannibal proved both searing and intriguing, the writing was script-like in nature and, thus devoid of feeling. Climactic scenes and tense moments were left empty without the exploration of the human mind and heart. Though much of the writing was masterful, there was no depth or probing into the characters. Quite a disappointment. Buy this one only if you're mind thirsts for the answers to the questions left from SOTL. I can think of no other reason to spend the money.
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Summary: Although shocking, but overall superb ending
Review: The book has its own life, not knowing what will happen next. Truely a masterpiece. The part I liked about the book was its ending, how Clarice Starling and Dr. Lecter come together. Starling's character perfectly fits her character from The Silence of the Lambs. I loved the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Looking forward to the movie.
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Summary: Disturbing in its depiction of evil as something pure
Review: Certainly the ending of this book was a great disappointment but not because the writing was poor or the ball was dropped with the plot. Those attributes are coincidental. The real disturbing element in this book was that evil triumphs over good. And I mean -- real evil. The descriptions of death and cannibalism border on the pornographic particularly when the main character is given elegance and grace to a level that approaches attractiveness. I wonder when the next serial killer will emulate what he or she learns from this book about eating people. Don't read this abomination on a full stomach and don't be taken in (as I was) by a fascination for the macabre. The plot is predictable and there is little mystery here.
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Summary: Starts with a bang and ends with a bust
Review: It was a dissappointment to go through this gripping book forcing myself to put it down now and then only to find out the ending justs dies and sets you up for a sequel you probably won't want to read.
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Summary: Harris went one book too far with Hannibal
Review: Harris should have stopped at Silence of the Lambs. This book was a major disappointment to me. No real suspense, no real excitement. Disappointing ending. They will make a movie and at least the movie writers will be able to clean it up, show some good Florence scenes and make it a fun show. They sure will throw out a lot of the book and just use the name. One star is too much.
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Summary: not very good,disturbing
Review: I can not believe the ending.The book was well written,but the ending was unbelievable.Would not recommend.
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Summary: Utter trash...
Review: This book is utter trash, a huge disappointment, and borders on psycho-pornography. Harris must of had a screw loose when he penned this poor excuse for a book.
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Summary: The final chapter is the book Harris wanted to write.
Review: The final chapter of this book contains what I think is Harris' best writing in the book. Reading it, I felt as though I was seeing through a delirium, spacey, feverish, in clouded fragments.In the chapter, we learn about the culmination of Hannibal and Clarice Starling's relationship, why they're drawn to each other and how their mutual psychological scars can only be healed this way. (I don't want to give anything away.) After reading that last chapter, I realized the whole rest of the book was a mess. To get there, Harris needed to fill several hundred pages and so we get a meandering narrative where we see what Starling's been up to, what Lecter's been up to complete with some psychobabble about his past, and we meet some really bad guys that we hope will meet a horrible end, and then they do, and BOOM we have the last chapter which is not about anything that came before. On its own, the last chapter really is wonderful, except for the soup tureen. I think Harris might have made himself a sequel in Barney (not the purple one).
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Summary: Yeah, baby!
Review: This novel degenerates into an Austin-Powers sort of ending, so ludicrious that it was easy for me to imagine Lecter looking up from his harpsichord and saying, "Good evening, Clarice. You look so..shagadelic! Rowrrr..oh, behave, you naughty thing!" Thomas Harris has been a fine novelist up to now. What happened?
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