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Summary: Truly amazing...a must read!
Review: In Hannibal, Thomas Harris makes Lecter almost loveable. Those that gave it "one star" just don't get it. I found the ending fascinating and unpredictable. I hope TH hasn't put his typewriter, cigarettes and whiskey away yet...I don't know how long I can stand to wait for Book IV!
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Summary: A great followup to a classic
Review: i thought that this book would have the theme that books that are sequels to the originals do not live to the hype this book proves it wrong i don't read much but i couldn't put this book down it was mesmorizing and i hope they make a movie out of it like the original the only thing i found lack was the ending but i will leave that to the reader to find out
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Summary: a great book until the end.
Review: This book was great, until it ended, or should i say crashed. at least the doc has a new pal to savor. i'm hoping that he eats her liver with some pork and beans and an icy cold zima. we need to get this story back on track with some gratuitous evil so that will graham can come out of retirement (again) and save us all (again).
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Summary: Many remarkable elements and a couple of odd choices
Review: The exposition in Hannibal is a beautiful thing: from the isolated wealth and depravity of one of Lector's victims, to Florence, Italy, and flesh eating pigs, the novel abounds in the craft of description. More so here than in the other two novels, Harris also roots Dr. Lector's behavior, as Clarice describes it, in "whimsy" more than psychological disturbance, even though there is plenty of that, too. It's intended to be a funny book, and it is, as it also is horrific, gruesome to an extreme, as would be expected, and truly suspenseful almost throughout. The end? Without giving detail, it seems inconsistent with the rest. My guess is that Harris had a helluva fun time inventing this fiction, from exploring the settings to the inner workings of almost all of the characters. I had a helluva good time, too.
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Summary: Selling the book to the used bookstore today...
Review: Anticipating and then reading Hannibal was like biting into a luscious, golden puff pastry and then finding it has been filled with Cool-Whip which has gone slightly past the expiration date. The scenes of Lecter in Florence, lurking in his digs like Mephistopheles, were well done, but the book slowly went downhill.
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Summary: A truly consuming book........
Review: I was not disappointed in this book. Hannibal really gets into your head...it's amazing just how you start pulling for the monster!!!! The ending was awesome!!! and unexpected...I liked it so much that I ordered the first in this series, Silence Of The Lambs.
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Summary: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is, quite simply, the best novel I have read in a long time. To the reader who brags of his Mensa membership: Don't mistake IQ with intelligence and experience. You have neither, and thus cannot appreciate the true wonders of this book. For all others I recommend you read it as soon as possible. It is the greatest horror novel of the past few years. Stephen King is a piker compared to Harris.
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Summary: What a good and disturbing read!!!
Review: I enjoyed this book very much. His characters, Hannibal, Clarice, Mason . . . are priceless and complex. I feel guilty because as I was reading this book I kept imagining what the film would be like. I hope Jodi Foster and Sir Anthony are able to act together in Hannibal if it is made into a movie. I would love to see these Academy Award winning actors bring Hannibal and Clarice to life in this very disturbing book. I would recommend this book to others with the caution to expect the unexpected at the book's end or it will be quite the heart stopper. No one told me about the ending and I am glad of it because the impact was very startling and fascinating, enough to imagine the film ending to this good book.
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Summary: Too many monsters
Review: I enjoyed reading the latest instalment of the Lecter trilogy. Although it lacked the crackling pace of Silence of the lambs it was no less a cracking read. I was a little dissapointed with the plot which became a little "whimsy" towards the end and left me wanting something more substantial. I still don't know who was more ahborrant, Lecter or Verger. And yet we still know very little about DR lecter. I eagerly await the next book.
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Summary: I should have listened to the tv critics.
Review: When I heard terrible reviews of this book on television, myreaction was "It can't be that bad." Even as I read throughthe pages, which kept my attention thoughout most of the book, I couldn't see what the critics had to complain about. There were some rather gross sections, mainly focusing in on the character of Mason (He's more dangerous than Hannible.), but nothing that seemed over the edge. Then I hit page 435, and the novel collapsed into total unbelievablility. I won't give away the ending, but all the people who loved Silence because of the strong female character of Clarice will be extremely disappointed. I wasn't necessarily one of those persons, but I was disappointed by the lack of keeping with the character created within the 2nd novel in this trilogy. The ending ruined the entire rest of the book. If you must read it, The first 434 pages are fairly enjoyable, borrow it from some. A book whose ending appears to be nothing more than a joke at best. All I can say is that I should have listened to the critics.
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