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Summary: I'll take Dollarhyde
Review: Simply put, I was disappointed with Hannibal. Harris fans waited too long, and got too little. By book's end, I thought I was reading another one of Anne Rice's gothic, semi-erotic tales. It just wasn't the Thomas Harris I admired in Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Give me Mr. Dollarhyde and Will Graham. Morose in Mississippi (havapeppa@aol.com)
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Summary: Boring,vulgar
Review: Very Disappointed,Harris did not live up to his standards. I expected a scary, on edge of seat, page turner. Had to plod along just hoping it would improve. Never did, ending was very unreal, seems left it open so he could jot off another. I liked Hannibal Lector when he was not the main character, he should have stayed as a bit player, would be reluctant to purchase a Hannibal IV.
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Summary: Sorry Thomas
Review: This one didn't do it. I was expecting a believable crime thriller, but was given a far-fetched fantasy. Further, Harris quoted from Silence of the Lambs way too much. I have to admit, though, the dinner scene towards the end of the book was memorable.
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Summary: I think I'm confused. Is that redundant?
Review: Have read the other books, loved them, and started out thinkingI liked this one, too. Purchased it and held it, unread, for a monthso I could take it on vacation with me. Was very disappointed in the immediately obvious change in Starling's character But also decided it was quite funny, and Harris can sure write some image-evoking scenes, and just some really lovely descriptions when he chooses. Then I read the very brief blurb from the reader in Denver telling us all what dopes we are not to realize the intentional parody. I guess I'm slow, and would love to know what he (she?) is referring to. Anyway, guess we'll wait for the movie, and another 8 years or so for the next installment. (sigh).
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Summary: Hannibal is no Red Dragon
Review: This book was a big disappointment. When I heard this book was due out I couldn't wait. Now having read it i'm trying to forget it completely. Not only were most of the situations contrived and unrealistic, but to make a mockery of Clarice Starling is a sin in itself. Shock ending, not nearly as shocking as the boredom that leads up to it. It's almost predictable. Harris wrote this book for Hollywood and it shows. The ruination of such great characters is unforgiving, but someone out there likes it ... I've already returned my copy due to pure disappointment.
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Summary: Major disappointment
Review: Yuck! After 150 pages, I was still terribly bored. If Iwanted a history lesson on FLorence I'd have been happier. But I waslooking for a thriller! The ending was profoundly hideous but told in such a way that it barely dented my psyche. I am usually horrified (I want to be horrified, that's not a bad comment) by the brutality and sickness of the evil characters in Mr Harris' books. I WILL NOT SEE THE MOVIE EITHER! I am so disappointed in this book - not what I expected from the author of Red Dragon and Silence, etc.
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Summary: "Hannibal" Cannibalized By Psychobabble
Review: "Hannibal" had all the ingrediants to be a worthysuccesor of "Silence Of The Lambs". The writng at timesmade you feel like you were there, including tension at key junctures that made it hard to put the book down. There did seem to be a bit too much of pyscobabble during the beginning and meat of the story, but the strength of the book overwhelmed that shortcoming. The ending was completely underwhelming. How could such a great author come up with such a ridiculous ending? I hope the movie version will change the ending. It would be a shame for such a great sequal to be-well cannibalized by psychobabble!
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Summary: FOUR AND A HALF STARS!
Review: I'm a Thomas Harris fan, so I enjoyed this book. It wasn't as good as THE RED DRAGON and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, but it was good enough that it kept me reading through the night. The ending could have been better. *** I would like to recommend another author by the name of A.T. Nicholas. He wrote a novel called, THE FIST OF GOD. It's his first book and he's signing the first three thousand sold through Amazon. It's a great supernatural thriller.
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This book blew me away. Although a little slow, I did enjoy the Italy descriptions. The ending was stunning and 180 degrees from were I thought it was going. This book had me on the edge
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Summary: Horrific morality overlaid on banal plotting
Review: Harris draws the reader into a morality trap: who deserves the reader's empathy? The answer is no one. Readers are treated to morality lessons from Hannibal Lector and forced to choose between his brand of evil and that of his sixth victim, Mason Verger. Clarice Starling, in the end, also fails as an empathetic character, and the reader is forced to wash the distaste from his or her mouth. In addition, the plotting is predictable except for the ending which lacks verisimilitude. Harris creates one character in Starling and then bends her without foreshadowing into something else just to end this screenplay treatment. It is not worth wasting your time or money on this book.
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