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Summary: Thrills and chills on every page!
Review: Thomas Harris takes you on a journey that is unimaginable. This book makes Silence of the Lambs seem gentle. As I read more and more, I could feel myself tensing up and scared to read on, yet afraid not to. If you get wrapped up in a book when you read, the way I do, then I guarantee that you will be in for a treat.
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Summary: extremely disappointing
Review: After waiting such a long time to read this book I was very disappointed. Had this book not been written by Thomas Harris I believe it would have gone totally unnoticed and unread. His previous books had you turning the pages as fast as you could to see what was going to happen next. The tone of this book was very weird and I kept wondering: OK, when will this start? There is very little action involving Clarice Starling and all of a sudden we are expected to see Dr. Lechter as a romantic idol? This was totally BIZARRE and just AWFUL. What a waste!!!!!
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Summary: Thank God I got this book from the library!
Review: I am so glad I didn't put one red cent in the hands of Thomas Harris for this piece of drivel he probably wrote in one day. I have never been so disappointed in a book. The novel seemed to have been written by a different author about different characters. Where is the strong Starling we all loved and cheered? Where is the creepy Hannibal? Shacked up in South America? I don't think so!!!
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Summary: A major disappointment
Review: Thomas Harris catches us up with the life and times of Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling and leads us down the path towards a conclusion that's guaranteed to keep the reader on pins and needles the whole way. Unfortunately, this book was a disappointment for a couple of reasons. First, the writing aspect. I expected a better crafted, well-written story. Harris switches from a traditional narrative pov describing the story, it's actions, etc. (e.g.- John Doe walked through the cathedral, wondering what lurked in the shadows [not words from the book] to the present tense (e.g., He walks through the cathedral, he wonders what lurks. . .). I found it distracting and confusing, and continually re-read earlier sections to see if I had missed the entrance of another narrator. Second, it seems that in an attempt to preserve or perhaps redeem the character, Mr. Harris' attempt to resolve the story was greatly contrived and was nowhere close to any of the possible resolutions he leads the reader to consider. A touch of "deus ex machina." In short, I felt let down. If and when a movie is made, I hope this will be changed. On the positive side, however, up to the point of resolution and ignoring the distractions described earlier, I enjoyed the character development and was drawn into the various scenarios, especially those of Verger and his sister. It was disappointing that more was not done with Jack Crawford.
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Summary: Disgusting & vile - how about ZERO STARS
Review: 10 year sabbatical for Harris brings nothing forth here. Can't believe how bad it is - serial killer books now are an effort to make the next book even more "over the edge" in creative gore. Don't even bother to get this trash at the library (where I did). A waste of time and a crime it was written and published.
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Summary: couldn't put it down, ending was disappointing
Review: A huge fan of The Silence of the Lambs, I anticpated the next installment. Harris is an excellent writer and I was up late at night reading Hannibal. However, the ending had much to be desired and I was very disappointed. I'll stick to Silence of the Lambs, a truely five star thriller and Harris's best.
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Summary: Title should be HORRIBLE not Hannibal!
Review: A poorly written, (passages are actually repeated word for word) underimagined and subpar effort. Like much of modern cinema, this novel substitutes excess for inspiration. And, I'm sure this was written with 'screenplay' in mind. I was very, very disappointed. Save your bucks for the film, which , and I don't say this often, has to be better than the book. Instead read: Dan Simmons or Robert McCammon for an adventure, horror, fantasy ride that never dips.
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Summary: Disappointing ending
Review: I agree with the readers who said that the first 400 of so pages were good. Yes, the descriptions of food and sights in Florence did tend to get a little tedious, but I felt it revealed something of Hannibal's character. However, the ending was very condescending and "out-of-character." I actually reread the last few chapters trying to figure out what I had "missed"-- did Clarice perhaps have the same "surgery" as Krendler? What exactly happened between them? I did not like the ending, and almost felt rushed through the ending. What happened to the warrior that Hannibal respected so much?
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Summary: where's the beef?
Review: This is one of the worst books I've ever read....second only to the one I haven't read yet. Given that Mr. Harris had a decade to cook up this mess, he should be ashamed of himself. It took Joyce a decade to write "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man". It took Harris that long to write an incoherant book with incomplete sentences, thoughts, and an ending that makes no sense at all!!! Where on earth is the editor who let this stuff pass??? And did Stephen King read the same book I did? Kathy Bates should make Harris rewrite this mess. After forcing myself to read "Hannibal", I was the one in Misery!!! Save your money and save a tree.
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Summary: A good book book but clearly not Harris's best.
Review: The book was a great horror-fiction book. The end was a little to be desired, I mean Lecter and Starling that is gross. Harris did great on the overall plot though Hannibal does not even come close to matching The Silence of the Lambs. Overall Hannibal was good but nowhere near great.
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