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Summary: 11 years and still waiting.....
Review: The long awaited sequel seems to be Harris' attempt to live and love vicariously through Hannibal. The narcissistic Hannibal is borish and unbelievable. The few moments of true suspense are few and far between, what should be more rare is the excessive rehashing of Silence Of the Lambs storyline. In the end Harris mearly sets himself up for another book. I will wait for some reviews before shelling out for another example of Harris selling out!
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Summary: Imagine a world where you root for Hannibal Lecter.
Review: For the first time in my life, I had to put a book down while eating. If/when they make the movie, they'll have to cut about a third to avoid the dreaded NC-17. Terrifying, paralyzing, with a bit of tongue (whose?) in cheek humor. Yet, it begs the question, "We waited ten years for this?" I would recommend it, but not for the squeamish.
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Summary: good read, but very srange
Review: After reading this book, I've decided that it was okay...a good time-passer, but definitely not written up to the standards set by The Silence of the Lambs. In exploring the characters of Hannibal and Starling, I feel Harris has not gone in the direction he should have. IN this book, he has turned Lecter into a romanticized lead character and not the epitomy of evil that he once was. Harris tries to explain him as a human being and gives us the background we need as readers to understand him. If I had written this book, I would have left Lecter as he was...not insane really...just someone who plays by a different set of rules. Also, Starling becomes almost a stereotype of her previous character in this book. In closing, this book was an entertaining read. It just didn't go in the direction I would have liked to see it go.
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Summary: What a disappointing ending.
Review: After Red Dragon, which I considered exceptionally well written, and the best of the three, (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal) about Hannibal Lecter, I was hugely disappointed. While I'm sure that Italy is a fascinating country, I really don't need to read 250 pages of detail I can get from Fodor's...And the ending is really disappointing. I can't believe Harris let's it end that way. What a bummer.
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Summary: Nuts! I was hoping for a book - not a sequel to a movie!
Review: I was VERY disappointed in this book. I agree with the person who wrote that Clarice was wimpy and so is Dr. Lecter. The ending is dumb - putting it mildly! I was hoping that Mr. Harris would not stoop to writing a movie sequel and passing it off for a book - my mistake. It is definitely not a book I care to re-read! What else can I say? Don't waste your time - and don't buy it - get it at the library for free if you must! I'm sorry about the gruffness of this review but I'm just so disappointed! Oh, well....
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Summary: Superior psycho thriller
Review: I feel a bit odd saying I enjoyed a book with such brutality in it, but once again Thomas Harris has written a superior thriller. Adding to the "enjoyment" of the book were the images of Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins reprising their roles as I read each dialogue.I was not happy with the ending, which is why I rated the book four stars. I would have preferred Lecter escaping, being killed or even the demise of Starling to the ending portrayed in the book. Otherwise, it was a fabulous read...
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Summary: Great start, but bad ending!
Review: I just finished the book and I must say the conclusion was disturbing and unexpected. Harris started out great; the action and suspense was right on target. It was interesting seeing Hannible on the loose; although some of his abilities were at times a little too extraordinary to believe. While I can't discuss the ending too much I will say that, given the past of both characters from the "Silence of The Lambs", it did not make since. Part of the problem may have been that Harris put all of his effort into fleshing out the Hannibal character and not enough into Clarice, this might explain the inexplicable ending. Perhaps Harris should have re-read the "Silence of the Lambs" to stay on track. If this book were ever made into a feature film the ending will have to be rewritten.
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Summary: Great Book, Not-So-Great ending
Review: Unlike most Harris fans, I haven't been waiting 11 years for this book. I'm only fifteen,and I read "Silence of the Lambs" last year. Still, I was looking forward to this book. I loved it until the last two chapters... I can understand the ending, but I really wish there had been more description of what Clarice was thinking. She went insane, but It was so fast, and out of character, that I had to re-read the chapter again. Except for the ending, I thought it was good. Mason seemed more evil than Lecter, and it was interesting to see some of the landmarks from earlier books so twisted, like the institution. I'm not afraid of Lecter anymore though. I appreciated learning about his history, but now he's too human to fear. Still, I wish there was more explanation for the ending.
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Summary: Boring, Boring & More Boring!!!!
Review: Thomas Harris forgot how to write! Silence of the Lambs was impossible to put down! Hannibal is impossible to get through. I could do without Harris' anti-christian politics at every turn!
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Summary: Ending made me so unhappy I couldn't go to sleep
Review: I loved Silence of the Lambs (the novel much more than the movie). When I saw "Hannibal" staring at me from a bookstore shelf this weekend I grabbed it and headed for my porch swing late Sunday afternoon. While I didn't like the characters as much as I did in SOTL, I did find it a very good book until the last 40 pages or so. I kept thinking that Thomas Harris was really going to have to put a lot in very few pages to explain the Clarice/Hannibal pairing. When he left it that way I sat dumbfounded for several minutes and then started telling a friend the entire plot to see if he was as incredulous as I was over the ending. He was. I went to work today and told everyone I knew that they would want to know how the book ended before they started reading, just in case they felt it wasn't worth the let down at the end! Unless the ending is changed, I can't imagine anyone liking the movie either!
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