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Summary: A major disappointment
Review: Thomas Harris catches us up with the life and times of Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling and leads us down the path towards a conclusion that's guaranteed to keep the reader on pins and needles the whole way. Unfortunately, this book was a disappointment for a couple of reasons. First, the writing aspect. I expected a better crafted, well-written story. Harris switches from a traditional narrative pov describing the story, it's actions, etc. (e.g.- John Doe walked through the cathedral, wondering what lurked in the shadows [not words from the book] to the present tense (e.g., He walks through the cathedral, he wonders what lurks. . .). I found it distracting and confusing, and continually re-read earlier sections to see if I had missed the entrance of another narrator. Second, it seems that in an attempt to preserve or perhaps redeem the character, Mr. Harris' attempt to resolve the story was greatly contrived and was nowhere close to any of the possible resolutions he leads the reader to consider. A touch of "deus ex machina." In short, I felt let down. If and when a movie is made, I hope this will be changed. On the positive side, however, up to the point of resolution and ignoring the distractions described earlier, I enjoyed the character development and was drawn into the various scenarios, especially those of Verger and his sister. It was disappointing that more was not done with Jack Crawford.
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Summary: Disgusting & vile - how about ZERO STARS
Review: 10 year sabbatical for Harris brings nothing forth here. Can't believe how bad it is - serial killer books now are an effort to make the next book even more "over the edge" in creative gore. Don't even bother to get this trash at the library (where I did). A waste of time and a crime it was written and published.
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Summary: couldn't put it down, ending was disappointing
Review: A huge fan of The Silence of the Lambs, I anticpated the next installment. Harris is an excellent writer and I was up late at night reading Hannibal. However, the ending had much to be desired and I was very disappointed. I'll stick to Silence of the Lambs, a truely five star thriller and Harris's best.
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Summary: Title should be HORRIBLE not Hannibal!
Review: A poorly written, (passages are actually repeated word for word) underimagined and subpar effort. Like much of modern cinema, this novel substitutes excess for inspiration. And, I'm sure this was written with 'screenplay' in mind. I was very, very disappointed. Save your bucks for the film, which , and I don't say this often, has to be better than the book. Instead read: Dan Simmons or Robert McCammon for an adventure, horror, fantasy ride that never dips.
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Summary: Disappointing ending
Review: I agree with the readers who said that the first 400 of so pages were good. Yes, the descriptions of food and sights in Florence did tend to get a little tedious, but I felt it revealed something of Hannibal's character. However, the ending was very condescending and "out-of-character." I actually reread the last few chapters trying to figure out what I had "missed"-- did Clarice perhaps have the same "surgery" as Krendler? What exactly happened between them? I did not like the ending, and almost felt rushed through the ending. What happened to the warrior that Hannibal respected so much?
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Summary: where's the beef?
Review: This is one of the worst books I've ever read....second only to the one I haven't read yet. Given that Mr. Harris had a decade to cook up this mess, he should be ashamed of himself. It took Joyce a decade to write "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man". It took Harris that long to write an incoherant book with incomplete sentences, thoughts, and an ending that makes no sense at all!!! Where on earth is the editor who let this stuff pass??? And did Stephen King read the same book I did? Kathy Bates should make Harris rewrite this mess. After forcing myself to read "Hannibal", I was the one in Misery!!! Save your money and save a tree.
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Summary: A good book book but clearly not Harris's best.
Review: The book was a great horror-fiction book. The end was a little to be desired, I mean Lecter and Starling that is gross. Harris did great on the overall plot though Hannibal does not even come close to matching The Silence of the Lambs. Overall Hannibal was good but nowhere near great.
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Summary: Man-Eating Pigs? Need I say more?
Review: Tsk, Tsk, Tsk! What a sad waste of an audience's attention; and a poor ending to interesting characters. The story line was so rediculous as to actually have succeeded in making me angry! Heaven forbid this should be made into a movie!
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Summary: WONDERFUL MADNESS!!
Review: This was one of the most bizarre and exciting books I've read lately. The ending was unexpected and, therefore, delicious. I even enjoyed what one reader referred to as the "Florentine travelogue section"; as I may never get to visit Florence, I found it interesting. Maybe most readers wanted Mr. Harris to rehash "Silence" and have all the characters do the predictable. Too bad. It's a good story and I for one give it two thumbs up. My friend, Mary, gave this to me as a birthday present. I've thanked her a million times!
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Summary: Did Thomas Wolfe have a STROKE?
Review: Harris attempts Wolfe-esque description of Florence, Dante, and Renaissance art... and falls completely flat. And I wasn't aware that Hannibal was the evil version of superman: faster than a speeding bullet, able to kill massive quantities of highly-trained professionals in a single swoop. Nor was I aware that Hannibal was the genetic recombination of James Bond and Dante. THIS BOOK IS COMPLETELY REDICULOUS AND WORTHLESS. Pull $20 our of your wallet and burn it... at least that way you will get your money's worth.
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