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Summary: Enticing!
Review: I enjoyed this book immensely! Thomas Harris leads us "tastefully" and gently through the book to the last page. The interplay between the characters is done well, although in-depth descriptions are a bit sketchy on a few characters. Suffice to say Hannibal and Clarice get their "just desserts" (pun intended!) in the end.
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Summary: Only One Word: Disappointing
Review: I enjoyed the way the book began in it's departure from the 1st two books. But after the introduction of the "Pazzi" I was finding myself a little bored and wondered were Starling was. The ending to the "Italy segment" was anticlimatic. Starling's intense investigation into Hannibals "Tastes" was good, but it makes you wonder shouldn't that have been done all the years he was missing.I can only say one thing about the ending" AWFUL". What was Harris thinking? If you find yourself wanting to put it down, go ahead, you will only be wasting more time!!!
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Summary: The joke was on me
Review: I waited eagerly for this sequel to come out and am so disappointed. The writing style is difficult to get used to, and Harris jumps from past tense to present tense in his sentence structure. Where were the editors? Characters are boring and I don't even know if I want to finish reading this book. Was Harris in a hurry to meet the deadline? Were the editors afraid to make constructive comments? Did Harris have one martini too many while he was writing? I find myself analyzing Harris instead of Hannibal. This can't be the same person who wrote Silence of the Lambs. Like another reviewer I wonder if he is on a remote beach, counting his money, and laughing his head off while drinking a martini? Dang! I wanted this book to be better. The potential was there. Where were the editors?
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Summary: Starts out strong, but the ending is just terrible.
Review: I really like Thoman Harris and like many of his dedicated readers, I awaited the release of this book with great anticipation. I actually stalked the local bookstore waiting for it to come in. I read the book with great anticipation, but when I got to the end I was horrified. The ending is a disaster. The actions of the characters are not in keeping with any rational conclusion. I would return it if I could.
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Summary: Ending was shocking, disappointing, and totally implausible.
Review: Hollywood take heed!!! "Hannibal" the movie will be a box office bust unless the screenplay deviates from the book's boring middle third (Florence travelogue) and an ending that defies 600 pages of character development.
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Summary: Fantastic story, confusing ending!
Review: I carried this book around with me for days reading whenever I had a chance. I was totally addicted up to chapter 102! The ending was really...for lack of a better word, wrong. It was like someone else wrote the ending without having read the book. I feel like I got to the top of a roller coaster then had to take the stairs down. A real let down. I LOVED the Mason and Margot Verger characters. They were very interesting. I also liked the way Harris gave each character equal parts, there was really no main character. He kept the book fast paced. I'm glad I read some of these on-line reviews right before I was finished so that I was prepared for the ending.
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Summary: It's a BOOK, not a movie script.
Review: I simply can't take any more whining about this book. It is NOT a movie, these are NOT your characters, Mr. Harris created them and can do whatever he likes. He didn't force you to wait around for 11 years. To me, Hannibal is wonderfully written (but in need of some skillful editing) and gripping from beginning to end. Ah yes, the ending: love it or hate it, it is impossible to tear your eyes away from the page. In concocting the closing scenes of Hannibal, Mr. Harris has written some of the most vivid and indelible lines in recent American fiction. The complaining and criticizing of this book amazes and amuses me. Stephen King -- who knows just a little bit more about writing than the rest of us -- gave Hannibal a rave review. That review aptly describes most of what is great about this book but does gloss over the weaknesses such as the uneven writing and the drawn-out Italy scenes. Ignore the grammatically incorrect, misspelling-laden, complaining reviews you see below (including the one from the "Mensa" member -- impressive!). Read Mr. King's review of Hannibal, and then read the book itself. You'll be happy you did.
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Summary: Very disappointed
Review: I was really looking forward to reading the sequel to "Silence...", but I was very disappointed when I read it. The author seemed to have the thought "Just how perverse and grotesque can I make this?" While that is to be expected in this genre, I felt it was done merely to gross the reader out. I did not feel that it explored the characters nearly as well as "Silence..." did. I do not think that the Starling character in "Silence..." would have wound up with Lecter, as the poor, pitiful, weak Starling in the sequel. Very disappointed.
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Summary: A THINLY DISGUISED SCREENPLAY
Review: After being thoroughly intrigued by his two previous novels, I was EXTREMELY disappointed with this one. Harris's writing style resembles a novice: short, choppy sentences, two-sentence paragraphs, and excessive chapters (103 chapters for only 484 pages). The plot development was tedious at times, particularly the numerous pedantic references to Italian art and history, which were not explained to the lay reader. I did enjoy the characterization of Mason Verger (could he more evil than Dr. Lecter?) and the explanation of Lecter's childhood trauma. This novel was not written for readers, it was written for directors, complete with the ending. Let the cameras roll!
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Summary: il monstro fini de 20th Century
Review: If anyone has taken a tour of Florence, they would appreciate Harris' cultural travelogue. This is a definite dark ride, a descent into Dante's Inferno with no Beatrice or Virgil as a guide. Perhaps the biggest circle of Hell is not lead by Dr. Hannibal Lecter, but Federal Burreaucrats lead by Willima Jefferson Clinton.
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