Hannibal

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Summary: Welcome to the Exhibit of the Instruments of Torture
Review: When I re-read RED DRAGON and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS shortly after seeing the movie of SILENCE, it frightened me more than anything in either of the books that Thomas's Harris's identification somehow had shifted from being with the FBI to being with Hannibal the Cannibal.

HANNIBAL more than bears this feeling out. The key to understanding this book is the scene in which Dr. Lecter visits the exhibit on instruments of torture. He doesn't give them much attention but watches the reaction of the visitors with disgust and his usual sense of superiority.

We, dear readers, are the visitors to the torture show and this book is Harris's one-in-the-eye, over-the-top offering to us thrown as though to a pack of jackals who are hungry for anything dead.

If the reading public can't get enough of sickos and pyschos, then he's given us what we deserve.

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Summary: A Satiric Blockbuster
Review: A worthy successor to Silence of the Lambs. Imaginative, extensively researched, and skillfully executed. A great satire with a smashing denouement. The lobotomy dinner is a tour de force. Clarice and Hannibal dancing in each others arms; who would have imagined such a finale? Fred and Ginger must be disinterred if the film is to be perfect.I loved it.

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Summary: A real suspense builder with a disappointing climax.
Review: From the beginning of the book, your hooked. You actually find yourself at times cheering Hannibal on trying to escape from Mason Verger's madness. But the ending between Hannibal & Clarice Starling was just unbelievable. The relationship between the two in the Silence of the Lambs would not allow me to believe the ending in Hannibal.

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Summary: An utter waste of time - gore with no suspense
Review: Hannibel seems to be written for the big screen, not for Harris' readers. I was very disappointed with the lack of suspense and the ending was compeltely unbelievable. Reading about ridiculous torture scenes that are written to outdo the previous one are not entertaining. Harris sold out - how sad.

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Summary: Unbelievable....
Review: that this book was so bad. Mr. Harris apparently wanted to thank Dr. Lecter for making him a millionaire by giving him another forum. The ending was laughable. Stick with "Red Dragon", which is one of the best of the genre.

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Summary: Gripping and horrifying tour de force
Review: This book held my attention to the point of obsession - despite the the unspeakable horrors Lecter inflicts on his victims you feel inexorably drawn to his defence. A masterpiece of research and understanding of the workings of the human mind, however, I do wonder if Mr Harris wouldn't benefit from some therapy - where does he draw these horrors from?

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Summary: Well, I suppose it's better than reading the dictionary...
Review: ...but just barely. I borrowed a friend's copy and STILL felt ripped off at the end! If this thing ever makes it to film, count me out of its audience; what a disappointment!

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Summary: One of the greatest books ever written!!!
Review: I thought that "Hannibal" was one of the greatest books ever written. I read "Silence Of The Lambs" and loved it. "Hannibal" is even better. Thomas Harris is an amazing writer period, all said and done. I can not wait until the "Hannibal" movie is released. I loved "Silence Of The Lambs" and I thought that Sir Anthony Hopkins was amazing. I look for "Hannibal" to be just that, and hopefully more. Look for another Oscar win for Mr. Hopkins. I give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs way up. It was a masterpiece.

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Summary: Can I please rewrite the end??
Review: Dear Potential Reader,

Please do not buy this book if you are interested in watching the Hannibal trilogy resolve in a plausible or satisfying way. After flying through an absorbing 100 chapters, the final 3 left me thinking that someone had played a joke on America and sabotaged the book at the printer. May I suggest borrowing this book from the library instead of buying it? There are definitely a lot of very terrific things about the book, but they all occur in the first 95% of the novel.

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Summary: Unexpected!
Review: I was pleasantly surprised at how unpredictable the story was andthoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe some of you expect Mr. Harris to be thetype of author who gives you what you want like all the other best selling authors. Well, bravo Mr.Harris then!. Haunting.