Hannibal : Movie Tie In

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Summary: Wasted words, wasted time
Review: Starling, Lecter and many other characters (especially the Italians and the Swiss, as far as I can judge) are nothing more than caricatures and clichés. Harris must have read too many books on popular psychology after The Silence of the Lambs. What a waste! (If you want vivid characters with lots of psychological insight, read James Ellroy's books!)

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Summary: It was so boring,I have yet to finish it.
Review: There are times when I'm reading several books at a time. I eventually finish all, but have not been able to complete "Hannibal". A book must really be a page turner to hold my interest. And frankly, I have better things to do.

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Summary: Mind-numbing trip to nowhere at a very tedious pace
Review: Don't waste your time or money on Hannibal. There are a lot of good books out right now that don't insult the reader's intelligence like Harris does on almost every page in this turkey, and when he's really rolling, several times per page, sometimes two or three times in one paragraph. Try Black Notice. Try The Devils Teardrop. Try The Target. Try Blind Man's Bluff. Try The Triumph and the Glory. Try watching old episodes of Mr Ed on Nick at Night. But if you have any regard for your poor overworked brain cells avoid Hannibal at all costs.

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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: Thomas Harris spent too much time describing things that were not essential to the plot. The ending was ridiculous. I wish I had not wasted my time reading the book.

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Summary: The third but not the best
Review: Sorry folks. Just about every reviewer in the U.K hated the third in the series and for once I'm inclined to agree. 'Red Dragon' scared the pants off me, 'Silence of the Lambs' showed what a really good Author Robert Harris can be but 'Hannibal' just wasn't up to the job. I suppose the ending was the clincher. Without giving too much away it was in a word 'preposterous'. It's a word that no-one uses much these days. Maybe if Robert Harris writes some more novels it may come back into the English language.

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Summary: blurring the lines of good and evil
Review: I think those that disliked Hannibal wish to see the world in bright lines of good and evil, and to know that evil can be easily identified and that "good" and "evil" are always on opposite sides of the battlefield. In Hannibal, good, evil and perverse are comingled to such an extent that the mind is baffled into simultaneously disliking and liking every character. I tire greatly of the noble and good FBI agent who is out to stop the monstrous evils of the world. Hannibal is one of the few creations of popular fiction which left me scratching my head and questioning my own concepts of good and evil.

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Summary: Waste of time
Review: This was a horrible , boring, unsatisfying,book. The ending was totally out of character and ridiculous. DO NOT READ THIS !!!!!!

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Summary: Lighten up on the ending!
Review: I don't understand all the aggrevation about the ending. It may not have been as good as Silence of the Lambs, but given Clarice's psychological issues and Hannibal's, I don't see how impossible it would be for her to end up under his control. In Silence of the Lambs, the author never hid the fact that she was somewhat intrigued with him. As far as how he dealt with her, with careful planning, he provided her with the psychological security that she was looking for. She was a strong woman externally, but had many unresolved issues and insecurities internally. Someone like that could do a number of surprising things with a powerful enough individual slowly weaving her in by working on her vulnerability. Even though I have had better reads, this book held my interest and I enjoyed the fact that the ending was completely unexpected. A psychopath who is very bright can be very capable of combining strange and evil with normal behavior and a strong, normal woman with deep psychological issues could just as easily fall victim to someone like Hector as not. The dinner scene was a little unbelievable, but that was just showing Hannibal's way of getting revenge for Clarice and appeasing her. This was supposed to be a creepy book! Not everything has to be scientific fact or plausible to be entertaining. That is what is great about fiction!

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Summary: Slow start, great middle, improbable ending.
Review: I had trouble getting started on this book, too broad too start. The middle was very good and had some of the old page turner aspects. The ending was very improbable and every woman I've spoken to about it agrees.

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Summary: Still waiting for the climax........
Review: Naturally, after reading TSOTL my expectations were very high. However, despite Harris' brilliant penmanship it NEVER satisfied me. Various descriptions are world-class, but the book as a whole is very dissapointing. I do NOT understand the end, just tell me why - someone please! One of the worst endings I have ever read - I just couldn't believe it.