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Summary: Never wanted it to end
Review: This is without a doubt the BEST book that I have ever read. I read the first 99 chapters non stop but then put it down for about two weeksbecause I didn't want it to end. I thought maybe I wouldn't finish it and wait for the film.I just couldn't wait anymore and I washappy that I didn't because it left me with a smile knowing that there has to be more to come. Please don't wait another seven years I couldn't stand it.
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Summary: I got bored...
Review: After "Silence of the Lambs", I expected something dark, gritty and maybe a little gory. What happened was a lot of "brainless" violence, a strange story and an ending that is too screwed up for words.I'd say pass...
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Summary: The best from Thomis Harris scince "Slilence of the Lambs"
Review: I tought that Hannibal was a thriller and a great book to read. Plenty of gore and it kept me on the edge of my seat the hole time I was reading it!!!
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Summary: Clarice Starling's character is the true victim of this book
Review: A horrible, unbelievable ending to a grotesque story. I wish I hadn't read this book.
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Summary: Waste of time and money
Review: If, a year ago, you or I had submitted a manuscript such as "Hannibal" to Delacorte Press/Random House, we'd probably gotten a reply from one of their editors suggesting we'd seek professional help. But, hey, this book is by Harris... slice'em, dice'em, savor'em Harris. He probably spent his royalty checks sampling European deli counters and growing both his pâté repertoire and his waist line. And that's OK... that's the book publishing business. If Hannibal doesn't meet expectations, and it didn't meet mine, then perhaps we ought to analyze our expectations. What on earth are we thinking Harris would do for us?
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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: I think that this is a horrible book. Thomas Harris wrote a horrible sequel. Silence of the Lambs was wonderful, along with the movie, but this book was a disappointment. I read many books but this had to be one of the worst that I have ever read. He really let you down with the characters, and with the ending.
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Summary: sweetbreads anyone?
Review: I'm amazed at the amount of negative criticism this book has gotten on the sole basis of its ending -- which, by the way, I found extremely consistent and fun. This isn't a book for the slice-and-dice crowd. Rather, it offers a wider and deeper context in which to understand that monsters can turn human -- and vice versa -- with very little help. By the way, I'm thrilled to know that at some point in the story I happen to be living four blocks away from Dr. Lecter! There goes the neighborhood...
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Summary: i had hoped for more...
Review: After Silence of the Lambs, I expected more from Thomas Harris and Hannibal. This read more like a Mad Magazine parody, with cartoonish characters. I'm especially disappointed with Mr. Harris' treatment of Clarice Starling. She deserved better...and we all deserve a better book than we're gotten with Hannibal. I can't recommend this book, but I'll recommend a better one...Deception in the RainShadows by Riley St. James...a great mystery with credible characters and a thrilling plot.
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Summary: Along with last two *Aliens* film, worst sequel EVER.
Review: Along with everything in the *Aliens* film series after *Aliens*, the most disappointing sequel ever. All of Harris's worst--it's gross for the sake of grossness--and none of his best, because he destroys the character of Starling. Jodie Foster, don't do it. A really, really, really seriously bad ending. Don't buy it; don't read it. I'm sorry I did.
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Summary: hyptnotic
Review: Thougts on the book: Enjoyed Margot and Mason quite a bit...could have done without Barney. Clarice is a much stronger, more confident character...a formidible opponent for Hannibal which is why the carnival ending left me feeling so confused, abandoned. Silly subplots. Doubtful situations. Harris is so afraid of the most reasonable ending, implies the supernatural. Like the transition between old world new world. Good exploration of clarice and hannibal pysche, that's when Harris really lets himself go...go flow. Dr. Lector's thought process extremely fascinating to observe. Except for the whole evil thing, Dr. Lector sounds like a good date. Impeccable taste, deliberate moves. However, Harris may get too intimate, personal with him. Having him give gifts ...trying to give him a soft side? Like to see how they get a screenplay out of it. Intensly hypnotic...loved visiting Hannibals mind palace, that was brilliant. Some extremely horrific unsettling scenes, a little far fetched...too much too easy for lector. Overall, good flavor.
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