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Summary: Pure Crack
Review: That's what it felt like, reading this novel - like someone had just given me (or, rather, the author) a dose of some serious illegal substances. I can't say I didn't enjoy reading it - I did, actually - but in the way one enjoys something with morbid fascination. The plot is more than once extremely contrived, and the constant references to "present day" technology and ideas become entirely tedious after a few chapters. Since the characters are, after all, figments of the author's creation, I won't comment on their general actions, save to say that some of them had me either clucking my tongue, or outright laughing (try watching people look at you as you laugh aloud whilst reading a book most know is intended to be gruesome and horrifying - especially during one of Krendler's final scenes). I guess you could call it a guilty pleasure - I surely read it quickly and enjoyed the process, but the book itself made me suspect it wasn't Lecter injecting anyone with drugs, but rather Hollywood producers injecting Harris with them. Or, that Misery was stading aloft holding a large axe and threatening him to bring Hannibal back. Alas, it did give me a lot to say, which is more than some books do. ;)
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Summary: THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT!
Review: It was with great anticipation that I read the newest Hannibal Lector book. I've been a fan of the series since Red Dragon...I swear to you that I thought I was reading an Executioner book towards the end. I half expected Agent Starling to come racing into the scene with a Harley Davidson and an M-16. I can't even explain some of the premises of this dime store pulp. Awful. An insulting joke.
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Summary: Can I get an ending, please?
Review: Harris falls prey to the Grisham school of writing: compile 500 pages of build up and then just throw in an ending, knowing all the while that a screenplay writer will put more effort towards creating a palatable ending. As evidenced by this very disapointing work, Harris just took the money and ran. The only good news, paperbacks are cheap...
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Summary: If you like the genre of Stephen King, read Stephen King
Review: ...Gone are the beautiful metaphors that littered his previous works... In the whole book of 'Hannibal' I found only one phrase that was worth noting...I will think very seriously before I read anything of his again...If I'd wanted to be grossed out by banal horror I'd have read a Stephen King. He has made that genre his own and has a particular genius for it. 'Hannible' was a pale, shadowy copy and nothing more. There were some great ideas there waiting to be developed but he chose to...go for the cheap thrill.
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Summary: Harris Joins the Ranks of the Doofy
Review: For fans who have anxiously anticipated another lush, vivid thriller on par with Harris' previous novels, this rag is a bitter disappointment. Convoluted plot twists and unlikely characterizations stand in for Harris' former realism - you won't be terrified, or even alarmed. You'll be lucky if you're still awake after wading through the florid Tuscany passages...like the winding marble staircases of medieval towers, Harris' ornate, rambling metaphors require great effort and often lead nowhere. (You think that sentence was bad, try reading the book.) This story is a complete departure from anything even remotely possible, but is too lightweight to be called "fantasy" - "bogus" is more like it. Harris' half-baked allusions to the preternatural will send the Goth crowd back to the shelf for their Anne Rice, while FBI buffs and true-crime fans shouldn't even pick this book up. The silliest moments in this text are Harris' references to math and Stephen Hawking - Dude, write what you know. (At least the pseudo-science provides some warning for an utterly cheesy ending.) How odd that Stephen King wrote such a positive review - he must own stock in Random House. Prepare to work overtime suspending your disbelief if you read this book or see the movie - no wonder Jodie Foster turned up her nose. She has the right idea.
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Summary: MY ITALIAN REVIEW
Review: Here's this Italian's review, but my name is not Pazzi. Ha, ha, ha! I liked this book because I felt sick, I barfed my heart out: you see, I enjoy suffering, I'm masochistic and a book like "Hannibal" satisfies my profounder stimuli for pain and disgust. I was also delighted by "The Silence of the Lambs", but became a vegetarian soon after reading it -- all this madness, gore, cruelty, sadism is to the betterment of Man (in the wider sense). Reading this sort of books cannot but ennoble the spirit and enhance your feeling for... garbage, utter garbage! Actually, I'm a redundant butcher who's re-training as a writer -- the competition doesn't seem too strong, does it?
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Summary: Great Book...don't particularly like ending
Review: Great book! The ending is a tad bit too unlikable, reminescent of Entrapment. I cannot wait to see the movie, since they change the ending. Don't read if you are faint at heart, but if you're interested in the FBI, canibalism, and/or memory palaces, this is your book!
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Summary: A Major Disappointment
Review: That's the only way I can describe this book. I read both this and Silence of the Lambs together (both for the first time), and the differences between the two are incredible. Lambs was a taut psychological thriller, while Hannibal was a treatment for the planned movie (gee, wouldn't that murder look good on the screen? Heck yes, so put it in!) The plot is sensational to the point of camp (Lecter in a death trap! ), coincedences abound, and some areas of the book just don't hold together. Bringing Lecter to the forefront was a mistake: characters this fascinating retain their fascination for us in small doses, but by the time we're through we've seen so much of Lecter we even know why he's insane, removing much of the mystery surrounding him. A fascinating creation becomes just another psychopathic killer, and that's a shame. Additionally, what happens to Clarice Starling by the end of the book is dishartening and inappropriate as well (I can't get into details without breaking the "no spoilers" rule), but the fact that she seems to be happy with what's happened to her is totally against the strong, able character Harris created. I know that evil does win in the real world, but this was over the top. I hope that, in fewer than 10 years, Harris can work to straighten out the mess he's created with this book.
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Summary: Best Thriller in 10 years
Review: AWESOME! Behold the power of Thomas Harris` mighty pen. This was definately worth the 10 year wait. I`ve read it twice, and will always be my favorite in the series.
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Summary: Best thriller ever written
Review: Thomas Harris has done it again, showing that it really does get better than Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs, and proving that it was worth the 10 year wait. I would recommend this book to anybody that isn`t weak or fearful of graphic content.
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