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Summary: I was stunned by the ending.
Review: The book started out well and then slowed to the point where I just took an afternoon to just sit and finish the book to get it over with. It dragged for a while. I agree that alot of the gore was gratuitous; very unneccesary. Some of the chracter plots were strange (ie. Margot/Judy, what was that??) I did like how Hannibal wasn't the only bad guy (this book was full of monsters!)and I also liked reading about Hannibal's background. That was interesting. The climax was pretty good, but it was the last chapter that left my jaw hanging. I don't know how I feel about that ending. It definitely caught me off guard.
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Summary: Dissapointing
Review: I love Thomas Harris's series. I also loved this book, until the end. I felt the book was too gory, even more so than his other books. Don't get me wrong, I love a certain element of gore but this was ridiculous and wasn't warrented. I was extremly dissapointed with the ending and felt that Harris had ruined terrific characters. Read it for what it is, a sequel to Silence. The first one is always the best.
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Summary: not worth listening to
Review: Frankly I found the audio cassette version fairly impossible to listen to and stopped. One's time could be definitely better spent.
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Summary: I understand why so many people does not like this book...
Review: ...but I can't agree with them. If you are looking for simple, single-level reading, Hannibal is not for you. But if you are looking for really good writing (yeah, you will get gore too for your money ;) this book is the best thing I have read in years, and I am "an omnivorous reader". Harris describes his characters without judging them. They are monsters, or they are angels. Or both. Harris seems to think he is not to judge them. And that makes the book so good. I wish my English were better you I could truly say how much I loved Hannibal. I am Spanish, sorry. But I can tell you, the book will get top marks when I write my piece about mistery books this month.
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Summary: Ghastly, bloodthirsty, engrossing
Review: This isn't really a sequal to Silence of the Lambs, except that it has some of the same characters (besides Hannibal and Starling), it's a stand-alone book. We get some insight into how Hannibal got that way, and are introduced to a character who's even worse than Hannibal. It's a page turner that invites you to imagine the worst possible things happening to the worst possible people. Then it exceeds your imaginings. I don't know whether this is a good book. I do know that it's hard to put down. If authors do indeed write what they know, then Mr. Harris is one odd man!
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Summary: Annoying Waste of Effort!
Review: I feel extreme angst that Mr. Harris would waste this much of my time anticipating that this farce would become redeemable at story's end. What surprises me even more that readers seem to be polarized in their opinions of this book. Must be like buttermilk - you either love it or hate it!!
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Summary: Quit before the end would have been my advise to Harris
Review: A disjointed and poorly flowing work by Thomas Harris could have been saved by a decent ending and used as a setup for the next novel. Instead Harris chooses to show his contempt for fans and characters alike by contriving an ending so unsatisfactory and unlikely that it tarnishes the works that came before. If not skipped entirely this book is best returned to the library before reading the ending. Any ending a reader can make up will be better than the one read.
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Summary: Fast-paced, exciting
Review: Creatively gory. More cartoonish than previous books in the series, but entertainingly so. This book actually has two climaxes; one is a conventional, action-oriented bloodbath (the film will probably end here), the other is far more macabre and disturbing. I can understand why many readers disliked the end, but I thought it underscored just how unrepentently diabolical Lecter really is.
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Summary: A one night read!
Review: As I have read Harris' previous works, I was eagerly anticipating this sequel. Suffice it to say, I was not disappointed! Moreover, I had to read the last thirty (30) pages not once, not twice but three times because of the imagery the words provided! As Harris' previous works have, also, been translated into movies, and as we, the public, tend to, at times, blur the lines of 'art imitating life', one, I think it would be difficult for someone of Jodie Foster's caliber to portray the Clarice Starling of this book and, two, I think it would be even more difficult for a director to adequately capture the last few pages on film.
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Summary: Avoid -- life is too short.
Review: What tripe. I would have given Zero stars if allowed. I honestly could not finish this sorry excuse for a thriller. That's an exceptional action to take, as my nature is to finish a book no matter what. There's no art to the writing. Yeah, it's supposed to be a potboiler thriller, but that doesn't mean the writing can't be artful. And if Harris can't achieve that, at least he could come up with some new ideas. Hannibal is just a collection of "here's something gross" scenery. A few good pages set in Italy paid for an "business travel" tax deduction, so at least Harris got something for his efforts. There is no development of character, no imagination, and no thrill. There are so many other books to read and so little time in the world for us to read them. I urge you to hasten to another book.
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