Hannibal

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Summary: wait for the paperback...or check it out at the library
Review: i read the whole book it three days...disappointing, but better than what's on TV. i found the ending ridiculous, because i'd honestly expected more from starling. again, a male writer who "doesn't get it" when it comes to writing women.

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Summary: Slightly Disappointed
Review: I consider this book to be confusing. Too many new characters I can't relate with, maybe because I did not read Silence of the Lambs, I saw the movie. I have had to go back to re-read chapters because I am lost. The book has gore it's just not what I expected. I am very diappointed. I was expecting more. I would not recommend this read to anyone.

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Summary: Terribly disappointed!
Review: I really was disappointed with this book. I found it lesssuspenseful and just more shocking than Silence of the Lambs. And theending was absolutely ludicrous. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: Excellent...
Review: I could not put this book down... I didn't know about Red Dragon, but am reading it now. Hannibal was an attention grabber. In Lambs, I found myself (for some reason) rooting for Hannibal and also in part of Hannibal... but it twisted and turned into a very dark place and I was very surprised at the end... not what I expected. I wish Harris had written a book about Hannibals whole life, from child hood to when Graham caught him.

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Summary: dissapointing yet engrossing
Review: As a fan of the original Silence of the Lambs I thought there would be a lot more to come. However I was dissapointed after reading Hannibal. While engrossing as the original it lacks what the first one had. Realism mainly.

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Summary: About as bad as it gets!
Review: I hadn't read a piece of fiction in several years. Because most novels are so weak. When I read that the third installment of the Hannibal Lecter trilogy was coming out this summer I got really excited. Since I had enjoyed both Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs in my fiction reading days. After reading Hannibal I'm going back to fiction. I don't have time to waste on this c**p!

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Summary: If you can get past the Italy chapters, the book is great..
Review: I agree with most of the other comments. The first half is a little slow trying to get through all of the Italian history and language. It took forever to read these parts. But, the second half was great. I flew through the book. The suspense was great and I could picture everything in my mide so vividly. Only the ending was truly awful. Read it, you'll see.

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Summary: Where's Bruce Willis?
Review: This book is a big disappointment. The Silence of the Lambs was not great art, but it was a good beach read. Hannibal is neither. The plot has predictable action-movie sequences, and the prose reads like a script treatment for a film. Honestly, I'm surprised Harris just didn't admit that he wrote this for the big Hollywood bucks, and stick in "camera pans left," "fade in to cheesy overhead shot of Rome, with tourists," etc. That would have been a lot more honest of him. Skip the book and wait for the Bruce Willis blockbuster. Also, I just read in the paper that this book is going be made into a film starring Jodie Foster and Sarah Michelle Gellar. So there you go. Save your money.

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Summary: This book ate me up
Review: I loved this book. I can't believe that Harris actually had me sympathizing with this abhorrent character, Hannibal. But there I was. The subtleties that Harris includes from beginning to end were not lost on me. This book must be read slowly and purposefully or volumes will be missed. Take your time, cook up some brains and curl up next to a hot fire...

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Summary: Fascinating, but ultimately diasppointing.
Review: Like many of you, I bought it the first week it was out, rushed home with it, and like Dr. Lecter might do with a new acquaintance, I devoured it. Maybe I ate too fast, maybe I need to go back and eat it again, or maybe I just need to let it go. Did anyone but me think the Italian cop was worth saving just because of his decadence? Did anyone but me think the ending was over wrought and, well, contrived? Did Harris get tired of writing, or thinking? Good book? Hell yes. Anything more? No. Wonderful characters and characterization, MTV plot.