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Summary: Complexity and ambiguity rule
Review: Creepy and complex, this is a haunting work whose sustained mood builds to a remarkable and unseen sending. Wonderful writing and marvelous plotting.
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Summary: 3/4 Description, 1/4 action
Review: I enjoyed SOTL the novel very much, as I read it in one sitting. However, Hannibal was disappointing, As it Mr. Harris spent 450 pages of the book describing Italy, and 30 telling the events in the book. Even though it had a good climax, it was mostly a boring read. Only a very very hardcore Harris fan/Lecterite should buy this book.
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Summary: RUN - DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS TRASH.
Review: I couldn't wait to read Harris's new book - THINKING it would be as great as Silence of the Lambs. Boy, was I mistaken. What a waste of my time. The ending is totally unbelievable - well actually the whole book was unbelievable, predictable - except the ending. What a great disappointment. If you haven't read it yet, don't waste your time. Total garbage.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I found this very disappointing. Rather pretentious and not a good effort, in my opinion. Don't bother.
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Summary: Excellent book, but the narrator makes a very bad choice
Review: Another excellent Thomas Harris book and most rewarding for fans of Lechter and Starling. The audiobook is badly marred, though, by the narrator's ill-advised decision to perform the voice of a major character with severe facial injuries in a "dialect" that renders his (many and important) lines practically unintelligible. This is doubly annoying as Mr. Harris did not write these lines in a crippled speech "dialect" in the book, probably precisely because it makes it so hard to read (with apologies to writers like William Faulkner). This looks like another example of audiobook narrators and producers deciding to "improve" upon the author's work with a contribution that ends up hurting it. When will they learn? Sorry it had to happen to you, Mr. Thomas.
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Summary: what a let down!!!!!
Review: I spent the first 100 pages on the edge of my seat, the next 200 trying to stay awake, and the last 50 laughing uncontrollably. The ending of this book gave me the impression that Harris gave up on the characters and just wanted to finish. The ending is ludicrous. Other than as a guide to pig breeding or a roadmap of Florence, the book is a waste of time.
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Summary: Interesting in a very wordy, terribe ending sort of way.
Review: The very first review sums this book up really well. I had no trouble getting into this book and was hooked after the completion of the first chapter. The small amount of emphasis on Starling was a little disappointing. When we were in Italy with Lecter, there was too much information and terms that are beyond most people's understanding. And I think we spent too much time with the Italian officer and his plans to get Lecter. The end was terrible and ridiculous. It left me sitting for hours asking, "What the heck? Who would ever think that one up?" It's a good read, but set yourself up for disappointments in Italy and the end.
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Summary: Stunningly brilliant.
Review: I have a thousand things to do; deadlines yap at my heels like wolves learning to hunt. But all was set aside this Monday morning, so I could finish this book. It is brilliant. It is terrifying. And finally it is satisfying. The plot is well-known to anyone reading the reviews. The narrative moves along swiftly, always compelling you to read one more page, one more page before you finally sleep. Not since the Old Testament have good and evil flowed together so finely, the basic ideas of justice and injustice been so woven so tightly together that one can no longer decide what is right and what is wrong. A wonderful, if terrifying, read. Jerry
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I keep hoping that this book would live up to its two predecessors, Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Every once in awhile it offered a glimmer of hope in that direction but sadly it never came even remotely close to making the mark as it was often labored and the ending absolutely pathetic!!!!!! Please spare us a movie sequel!!!!
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Summary: A delicious twist
Review: Thomas Harris takes the reader where they would never willingly go. While I was surprised at the ending, after much thought it is the logical conclusion of the whole process. Neither character has anyplace else to go. Harris methodically leads the characters into this web and they can't escape. The book surprised me. For that I give it four stars. It certainly avoids the formula ending.
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