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Summary: not very good
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. I didn't care for the ending at all...I thougt it was a little far-fetched. If this is really being made into a movie I know I won't go see it.
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Summary: Twisted psycho thriller with crumby ending
Review: Easy reading psycho crime drama, though pale by comparison toSilence of the Lambs. The improbable, far fetched ending left me witha very unsatisfying feeling as I concluded the book.
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Summary: Can I get my money back?
Review: Thomas Harris must have been committed to write this book, because he certainly didn't appear to want to do it. I haven't been so sincerely disappointed in a book in a very long time.
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Summary: The Inevitable Decline ... Unfortunately
Review: What a disappointing ending. Absurd. Harris flirts with the psychological background of Lecter but never gets there as in Red Dragon. The investigative work of Clarice I liked and some of the antics of Lecter but the "relationship" at the end of Hannibal was just beyond belief. How does one bring a monster together with the monster catcher? You can't, not possible. They are both just as intense at the extreme opposite ends of the spectrum. Francis and Reba form one of the most intriguing relationships in literature: the Monster and a woman who could actually love him (Red Dragon). It's hard to believe Harris wrote both books. The Hannibal dinner scene is incredibly twisted and vicious beyond all limits a la Lecter -- except one of the "willing" participants ("More!") would never have willingly been there. Lecter's treatment of the unwilling guests is nearly as depraved as the re-enactment in the Gacy biography. What's missing is the elegant treatment of question, "Why?" imho No one has come close to Red Dragon for helping us understand where the monster came from. Maybe no one ever will.
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Summary: Fantastic and a mover, never a dull moment!
Review: This book explains a lot of what happened to Dr. Lector in hischildhood. It was written to entertain you as well as enlighten youabout the backgrounds of the characters. Please keep up the good work MR. Harris.
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Summary: The Real Horror of Hannibal
Review: What a dissapointment. I don't know what has gotten into Thomas Harris' mind, but this book is a disaster. I am not sure how, but I was able to pull through the shallowness of his arid writing and finish it after 4 long weeks of dreadful reading. If I haven't checked the covers, I would have never thought this was the same writer who wrote a classic "The Red Dragon" and one of the most supsensful novels of all time, "The Silence of the Lambs." Save your time, money, and eyes and don't bother with "Hannibal." It's a boring story, with a shallow plot, filled with one dimensional characters and their cliche monologs. As I thought of Thomas Harris as specialist at "it," I waited for a page turning, and suprising climax. But once again, he failed at re-reaching the level of a master writing which has propelled his previous two novels to such heights this novel will not even come close to
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Summary: One of the most disappointing...
Review: This was definitely one of the most disappointing books I have read in a very long time. I kept going, waiting to get to the "good" part, but no such luck. I found both Lechter & Starling to be completely unlikable characters this time around -- I had always found Lechter to be quite entertaining before. Much of the gore in this novel was just there for the shock value. And the ending was the biggest letdown of the whole thing. I couldn't wait to get my hands on this, and bought it as soon as it came out. However, I found myself plodding through it, waiting for the ending. Definitely not worth the time or effort.
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Summary: El Stinko!
Review: Of the many books I've read this summer, this is by far the worst-and I've read some bad ones!Harris basically strings together as many gross-out scenes as he can think of, capping it off with the worst, most improbable ending of any "best seller" that I have ever read. Trapped on a long flight to Thailand with this book was like listening to someone in the seat next to me dragging their fingernails across a chalkboard the entire way. If this were the first book of the trilogy, no one would care about parts two and three. Save your money. Wait for the movie and hope they change the ending.
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Summary: A waste of reading time that I hope doesn't waste celuloid.
Review: I took this book to the beach with me this summer. Thank goodness I also took another book. The snobbish tone of the writing, coupled with the long-snouted man-eating pigs clashed like a Bordeaux with a Big Mac -- oops -- there I go, sounding like the king of all Cognac snifter sniffers, Thomas Harris. Then the ending. What can I -- or anyone -- say about that? This is a rediculous book that I pray never gets made into a movie.
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Summary: a great, fast read
Review: I disagree with many readers who found this book to be a disappointment. I have read all of the books in the series, and I loved this one. I found myself unable to put it down. As for the ending, I found it to be bizarre, but that is exactly why I liked it. It was different than anything I had anticipated.
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