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Summary: Are we all reading the same book?
Review: I was a huge fan of both Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs, but I simply thought this book was horrible. It was one of the silliest plot lines I have read in years. I certainly hope that this book never turns into a movie. One of the worst books that I have read in years.
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Summary: A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!
Review: In retrospect fans of Red Dragon & The Silence Of The Lambs should have been content with those two masterpieces. Hanniball, which may be the most anticipated novel of modern fiction is an absolute dud. Most true fans of Thomas Harris's books will wonder how this embarassment took 11 years to complete. The book completely lacks the psychological tension that his previous books so cleverly demonstrated. I have already wasted enough time reading this joke, so to review it in its entirity would be compounding my mistake, but I will say that the ending to Hannibal is absolutely ridiculous and an insult to fans of his two previous works.
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Summary: Disappointing followup to Red Dragon and Silence of the Lamb
Review: I admit that I awaited this book as eagerly as a million other people, and I was disappointed! I have read 17 other reader reviews before I wrote this, so I will not repeat what several of the "one star" reviews said, since I basically agreed with them. Red Dragon was a terrific book and a very underrated movie(Manhunter). I didn't like Silence as well, but obviously Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster made the book seem better than it was because of their movie performances. Hannibal is a letdown, the ending was disappointing and the last part of the book was stomach churning--Which I guess you expect with Mr Harris. I did read it in one day though!!
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Summary: avoid this book
Review: Thomas Harris seems to have lost all interest in Lecter and Starling, and instead of writing a sequel, he is written a parody. The book is more screenplay than novel, with only the visual sense employed for most of it. The new villians are frankly, terrible, not so much James Bond as Austin Powers.This book doesn't deserve to be made into a film. There's better fan fiction around than this.
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Summary: Another wonderful spine chiller from Thomas Harris
Review: An astonishing reprise of the Hannibal Lecter legend which turns all pre-conceptions of character development inside out. Thomas Harris has the ability to take literary stereotypes and imbue them with characteristics most of us only have nightmares about. Harris has obviously decided that Dr Lecter is worthy of more attention as an (anti) hero and has created an even more reprehensible monster in the form of Mason Verger as Lecters nemesis. Buy this book and buy it now, but be prepared to be unable to put it down, really.
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Summary: I'm STILL shaking!
Review: Worth the wait? Absolutely! "Hannibal" is gruesome, horrifying, beautifully written -- dang near perfect, in other words. Harris gets a little outlandish with certain elements of the plot and cast (Sardinian kidnappers? A face-deprived psycho billionaire? His musclebound lesbian sister?), but the core characters -- Lecter and Starling -- are as compelling as ever. Their lethal pursuit of one another is never less than fascinating -- and believe me, it goes in directions you would never, ever expect. Not for one second did I know what was going to happen next (which is just about the highest compliment I can pay to a thriller novel). The ending will CHILL YOU TO THE BONE. Lotsa luck sleeping afterwards. . .
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Summary: Sizzles then fizzles
Review: Great story-telling and suspenseful build-up, but the ending reads like it was pre-taylored for the silverscreen adaptation. Some beautiful scenery of Florence, Italy, but a weak follow up to the genious of "Silence of the Lambs".
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Summary: A sequel worthy of its antecedents!
Review: This book, the long-awaited sequel to _The Silence of the Lambs_, is the perfect dessert of the three-book series. It is elegant, romantic, very well-researched, unspeakably gruesome, and suffers not at all by comparison with Harris' last masterpiece. I have waited nearly seven years for this book, and I am not disappointed at all. Guten appetit!
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Summary: Clarice Reduced to Hannibal's Eliza Doolittle
Review: The good news: from the first page, this book is nearly impossible to put down. Harris' writing is incredible. However, I thought the book's ending was off-the-scales bizarre, and greatly reduced my enjoyment of the preceding 400+ pages.
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Summary: It is very good
Review: This book is very good. It is spooky and not very happy but it is a very good read . I don't think that there is ever going to be a movie made out of it. it is just to off the wass
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