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Summary: Definitely a waste of time.
Review: What a serious letdown! This book read like a parody of Harris' earlier work. I expected the last page to read "Gotcha - the joke's on you!"
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Summary: A Made For The Big Screen Novel.
Review: Like Michael Crichton, Harris has let the screen potential of his amazing (overall) chronicle overshadow where this story should have gone. And this, the third Lechter installment, suffers mightily. Like he's more worried about how the movie will turn out rather than does the story, very simply, work. In this case, Harris' asking for me to suspend my disbelief is just too great a request, and he simply does not deliver. With Lechter, the story doesn't need the inclusion of another monster (Mason Verger). It needs more cat and mouse between Starling and Lechter, more of the claustrophobia that makes silence (the book, hated the movie) what it was. Needs more "Hannibal" and less (a lot less) contrivance. And the ending...please.....trying to hard to make a movie, Mr.Harris. Write a novel instead.
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Summary: A perplexing experience
Review: As a fan of the books "Red Dragon" and "Silence of The Lambs," as well as the movie version of "Silence," I eagerly anticipated the arrival of "Hannibal." Now that I've finished, I can say I came away from the experience with mixed emotions. The book, taken as a whole, was a disappointment for me. I did enjoy many sections of "Hannibal," but as I reached the climax I began to regard the characters and situations incredulously. The ending I found to be completely unbelievable. I suspect the ending of the book will be one of the biggest points of debates among readers. It's impossible to say whether or not the situations described in the ending are to be taken literally, or if they are in fact something else entirely. Thomas Harris is a talented writer, and I suspect that what happens to the characters at the conclusion of the book may not necessarily reflect the reality of the rest of the book. It also seems to me that someone like Dr. Lecter would view pop psychology as nonsense, yet Harris explains away Hannibal Lecter (and Clarice Starling) in that type of context.
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Summary: A horror novel/comic book in Lamb's clothing
Review: It seems most readers of Harris' latest are either irated and feel cheated or are ecstatic. I don't feel either way, but rather surprised. The novel feels like a radical departure from the previous Dr.Lecter saga offerings. This is a plain horror novel, written as a "literary screenplay", with the over-tones and the graphic sensibility of a comic book. That said, except for some elements in the too long ending, it works for me. I'm tempted to believe that Mr.Harris' point was to portray a society that is much more monstruous than Dr.Lecter himself, to do so in a bitter, black-comedy fashion that lambasts all he sees as putrid and repulsive in our little world with the license only a best-selling author with a 11 year waiting fan base can. No publisher would have put out this book unless this was a new Harris. No one. No editor would have let the prose, the characters, the toneof this escape. The fact that it did escape the system is a good thing. Maybe it is flawed, over the top... but it is, I feel, sincere, smart and says all those things about us we don't want too hear, not from Dr.Lecter or from Dr.Harris. Reading "Hannibal", beyond the horror house ride, is peering into the fact that maybe WE are the monsters, and if ever was a message that gets the messager killed, that's it. Read it at your own risk. I think it is worth the time and effort...
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Summary: A bad parody of a Thomas Harris book.
Review: This book couldn't get published if it had been written by anyone but Thomas Harris. It's truly awful. The first four-fifths or so of the book read like a sloppy, overheated police "thriller" -- dozens of which line the shelves of every airport bookstand. The final fifth of the book is bizarre. Imagine a couple of college freshman getting stoned and then trying to write a gothic romance, and you'll have some idea of just how bad the ending of this book is.
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Summary: Very creative and unpredictable
Review: I do not understand why people think Hannibal could follow the same path. I think Harris did an excellent job of taking the characters in a new direction. I could not put the book down as the ending was VERY unpredictable! We would have been bored with another "Lambs" this shows a lot of creativity to include another character almost as gruesome. Great read!
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Summary: The Perfect Escape
Review: Absolutely wonderful. Deep - thought provoking- different - the best
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Summary: This Book Blows!
Review: What, did Thomas Harris get sick of his own work halfway through? It seems like he gave up and just threw a bunch of crap together, bundled the manuscript up, sent it off, and called it good. What's with the garbled points of view? I found this book to be an insult direct from Harris to his fans. The plot was wooden and predictable in the beginning, moderately interesting in the Florence scenes, and then degenerated into total self-indulgent nonsense at the end. I agree: I think Harris has fixed his own wagon so he won't be expected to continue the saga of Lecter and Clarice. I see his attitude as "Hey, screw you American Reading Public. You asked for a "sequel", here you go, now leave me alone." I'm disappointed in this.
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Summary: As disappointing as can be
Review: One star because I can't give a zero (or negative) rating. I cannot express my disappointment in strong enough terms. There's no character here worth caring about, the writing is poor, the ending is ridiculous. And the grammatical errors were very distracting. Are we sure this wasn't a book created by a room full of monkeys banging away on typewriters all day?
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Summary: A horror!
Review: This is a book you can absolutely put down. In fact if you do put it down I'd respect you more. Why is America and the rest of the world getting so excited about a book about a serial killer? Is there nothing else we can get ourselves worked up over? Do the world a favor and buy any other book but this one.
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