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Summary: An utter waste of time - gore with no suspense
Review: Hannibel seems to be written for the big screen, not for Harris' readers. I was very disappointed with the lack of suspense and the ending was compeltely unbelievable. Reading about ridiculous torture scenes that are written to outdo the previous one are not entertaining. Harris sold out - how sad.
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Summary: Unbelievable....
Review: that this book was so bad. Mr. Harris apparently wanted to thank Dr. Lecter for making him a millionaire by giving him another forum. The ending was laughable. Stick with "Red Dragon", which is one of the best of the genre.
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Summary: Gripping and horrifying tour de force
Review: This book held my attention to the point of obsession - despite the the unspeakable horrors Lecter inflicts on his victims you feel inexorably drawn to his defence. A masterpiece of research and understanding of the workings of the human mind, however, I do wonder if Mr Harris wouldn't benefit from some therapy - where does he draw these horrors from?
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Summary: Well, I suppose it's better than reading the dictionary...
Review: ...but just barely. I borrowed a friend's copy and STILL felt ripped off at the end! If this thing ever makes it to film, count me out of its audience; what a disappointment!
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Summary: One of the greatest books ever written!!!
Review: I thought that "Hannibal" was one of the greatest books ever written. I read "Silence Of The Lambs" and loved it. "Hannibal" is even better. Thomas Harris is an amazing writer period, all said and done. I can not wait until the "Hannibal" movie is released. I loved "Silence Of The Lambs" and I thought that Sir Anthony Hopkins was amazing. I look for "Hannibal" to be just that, and hopefully more. Look for another Oscar win for Mr. Hopkins. I give this book 5 stars and 2 thumbs way up. It was a masterpiece.
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Summary: Can I please rewrite the end??
Review: Dear Potential Reader,Please do not buy this book if you are interested in watching the Hannibal trilogy resolve in a plausible or satisfying way. After flying through an absorbing 100 chapters, the final 3 left me thinking that someone had played a joke on America and sabotaged the book at the printer. May I suggest borrowing this book from the library instead of buying it? There are definitely a lot of very terrific things about the book, but they all occur in the first 95% of the novel.
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Summary: Unexpected!
Review: I was pleasantly surprised at how unpredictable the story was andthoroughly enjoyed it. Maybe some of you expect Mr. Harris to be thetype of author who gives you what you want like all the other best selling authors. Well, bravo Mr.Harris then!. Haunting.
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Summary: Hannibal grabs you, holds you and bites you at the end!
Review: It has been years since a book has really surprised me with its end. I absolutly loved it and reccommend it to Harris and King fans alike. Hannibal is seductive and you hate yourself for loving him in his absolute evil! The one thing I can't see is Jodie Foster doing what Starling does in this excellent book.
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Summary: A Major Disappointment
Review: In "Silence of the Lambs," Thomas Harris has Dr. Hannibal Lecter tell Clarice, "The world is a more interesting place with you in it." Mr. Harris would do well to heed his character's advice. In "Hannibal," he removes Clarice from his fictional world in the worst way imaginable - not by allowing her a hero's death, but rather by subverting her until she becomes as depraved as her nemesis. Mr. Harris's world is filled with monsters. That is to be expected by anyone who has read his previous novels or seen the movies that were made from them. But in "Hannibal," unlike the other two novels, there is no heroism, no integrity, no justice. There is simply evil - everywhere, in everyone. And that, more than any monsters Mr. Harris can dream up, makes "Hannibal" a dull and disappointing read.
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Summary: A lurid and brilliant ending.
Review: Don't you see? Thomas Harris is talking to you throughout the novel. He wants the ending to be controversial, unsettling and unsatisfactory. History plays tricks. How many of you thought that Lecter's escape at the end of Silence was a little too pat? And the "having an old friend over for dinner" line a little too perfect? He compensates. This book is none of those things. Confusing, sordid, perverse, challenging, pulpish, alienating, wacked-out Grand Guignol.
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