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Hannibal

Hannibal

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good, over-the-top comic book gothic
Review: The novel is just a dark, satiric ride through the moral wasteland we're living in, playing against reader's expectations. I had one hell of a time with it. Clever, fast and mean. And 100% unadulterated by editors, agents or "market" expectations. Harris just published what he wanted, and he's one hell of a thriller writer.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: spellbinding, but unsatisfactory at the end
Review: i revel at Harris' ability to make the reader feel sypathetic for Hannibal. He truly is a monster, but i was rooting for him all the way through. interesting that both mason and hannibal have younger sisters, but it is the very "monster"-Hannibal, who is tender and loving toward his sister even after her horrible death, whereas mason abused his sister and enjoyed watching her suffer. There are lots of interesting parallels in this book. The part with the dinner did make me slightly urpy, but made me cheer at the same time. the only dim spot is the end. It leaves the reader unsatisfied, almost like having dinner and no dessert. other than that a most addicting an enjoyable read.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The monkey is off his back...
Review: I didn't read "Silence of the Lambs", nor the first part of this trilogy. I was only familiar with it via the films, which captured a perfectly horrifying set of images. I am now fully prepared to hand over all of that credit to the filmmakers. After reading "Hannibal" I can only assume that Thomas Harris is happier than I am. With this book he can finally put an end to the "when's the sequel" question that has popped up for years. It seems as though that was the sole purpose to this book, to end a series as ridiculously as possible as to guarantee no demands for a new installment. Yes, at times you are sufficiently spooked, and yes also, you spend far too much time reading about entrails. In the last act, you can almost imagine Harris at the keyboard clickly madly as he tries to come up with the most outlandish and absurd finale. I do hope that this truly is the last we see of Hannibal.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What a dissapointment!
Review: Harris-please work on your endings. This book was the prime example of why you should just leave a good story alone and not bother writting a sequel. Silence of the Lambs was fabulous but Hannibal ruined everything Clarice is and made her a weakling.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Like having to look at a car wreck....
Review: I just couldn't help myself. After getting about half-way through, I found myself compelled to read on to the silly end. The plot loses its way and gets messy. Giving Lecter's character a reason for his behavior served no purpose other than pandering to the human need to give motives to horrific acts. Lecter was better as a personality mutation making an artistic statement than a victim who's damaged childhood drives him to kill.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I anxiously await the follow-up to this mystery ...
Review: I enjoyed this book and found it to be scary and suspenseful. The story ends on a perfect note, leaving the reader wondering if Clarice will ever escape ... and into what the offspring of Margot Verger (via Mason Verger) develops. I hope that Mr. Harris will write again ... and not make us wait for 7 years!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I waited ten years for this?!
Review: Never before has the ending of a book totally ruined my reading experience before Hannibal. I got to the point where I couldn't wait for it to end. It just seemed to get more and more ridiculous as it went along.

The best thing I can say about the book is that Harris certainly has a way with character development. Whether you like them or not, the characters in Hannibal are well developed, interesting and memorable, even if the story wasn't.

Where have you gone Thomas Harris?

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Disappointing
Review: While some parts of the story werecompelling, the central plot was contrived. It was like Harris rackedhis brain for a sadistic torture that he could incorporate into the story to top "Silence of the Lambs". The ending of the story was preposterous. It's a shame, first Larry McMurtry sells out to write pure gore, now Harris.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great book with odd (as in unbelievable) ending
Review: I stayed up until 1:30 to finish reading the book, and am still not quite sure if it was worth my time. On the whole, i thought the book was well written, and the story was interesting. Most interesting was Mason Verger who actually seemed to upstage Hannibal as the guy you love to hate. I actually found myself pulling for Hannibal towards the end. The end was a shocker, and it will be interested to see if the movie will take the same turn...

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: VERY disappointing
Review: I realize Thomas Harris takes a long time between books, but this one seems to have been written in a very short time, particularly the ending. It's almost as if he wanted to get people to quit asking him what was going to happen next, so he tossed something together.

I was very disappointed in the way he seemingly ran out of ideas at the end of the novel, and I thought many of the characters were of the throwaway variety. Without the added dialogue and activities revolving around Barney (why was he even here?) and Margot, as well as other wasted characters, this book could have been much shorter, which is a shame to say, because it was an easy read.

The major characters were not handled much better. Mason Verger was a caricature (drinking the tears of children? Come on!), and the way Harris treated Starling is the biggest shame of the book. Lecter's underlying reasons for his criminal life were not convincing, either, although they were painful to read.

On the other hand, the portion of the book that took place in Italy was good. It was interesting to see the way ancient history carries over into everyday life, and how Lecter immersed himself in that culture. I was actually able to understand the motivations behind the police official trying to catch Lecter; his character was one of the few "real people" in the book.

I hope that if Mr. Harris delves into Lecter again, it will be from early in his career. Otherwise, I think it would be best to just let sleeping (or is that stinking) dogs lie.


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