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Summary: I waited how long for this trash?
Review: As a huge fan of Thomas Harris, I had waited forever for his next book following the Silence of the Lamb. What a heart wrenching disappointment! The book moves very slowly and reads more like a tour guide or an arts history textbook on Italy than a psycho thriller.In my opinion, it seemed that Harris got tired of writing about 2/3 through and just threw some ending together. I wish that he would have called me to write the ending, because I certainly could have done better. I can't imagine what happened to Harris's creativity when it came to the ending, perhaps he let Clive Barker finish it, or maybe his grandson. This book in no way resembles his previous masterpieces. Save your time and choose another.
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Summary: Pure gore
Review: From the sublime terror of Silence of the Lambs Hannibal sinks to the level of simply pandering to those fans of the gory "B" flic horror genre such as Jason and Freddie. The gloss of sophistication is belied by the stereotypical characters that are all too predictable. Sorry, but for me this sequel is a bust.
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Summary: Review for Hannibal by Lyndsi J.
Review: This book by Thomas Harris is a very intense and wonderful book. Just when you are ready to set it down something new happens and you don't dare put it down. The ending is very shocking and you have to read the whole book to get it. You might even want to read Silence of the Lambs before this one because then you get the whole story. This is definitely the best book I have ever read!
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Summary: Get thee to thine bookstore
Review: Left wanting more from The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal arrives complete with a quasi-fleshing out of Doctor Lecter. The reader descends into the depths of Harris' mind, and there finds an even more vile creature than Lecter, namely Mason Verger. Complete with the requisite scars from his prior meeting with the good doctor, Harris creates Verger as the perfect antagonist. This novel escapes from the pedestal of five stars only because we are left wanting to know more about Lecter. Harris has an exquisite talent for creating ambiance and his knowledge of Florence, Italy adds accurate detail to the reader familiar with this region. Enough said. Get thee to thine bookstore, before Dr Lecter appears again on the silver scrren.
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Summary: Clearly a festive comeback...
Review: Hannibal is back and kicking! I consumed the book in one night. The narrative is impressive, and the plot exuberating. Harris proved himself once again. The twist at the end is magnificent.To all the fans of Dr. Lecter, this is a must!
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Summary: zzzzzzzzzz
Review: i am an avid book reader, and have read more books than i can remember. i must say though, this is the first book that has ever challanged me to stay awake.....needless to say, i couldn't manage to get through it! i hope to goodness the movie is better, because "Silence of the Lambs" was and will always be one of my favorite movies.
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Summary: Fine gastronomie.
Review: Don't let the chance to read this wonderful book pass just because most of people haven't loved it. I am sure the point is it's not they haven't liked the story, it's just they are horrified by the way the story ends. Forget everything you suppose to be normal. Open up your mind on what makes Hannibal such a genial monster. The story gives many details on who is Hannibal, what makes a normal person becomes a marginal. That story is so well-written I couldn't stop reading until the end. I must confess I was very shocked but I just had a couple of porto and then I understood many things. Now, you have read many reviews, you know something very weird will happen. Just think that the thin line between madness and genius is something normal for a person as Hannibal. Don't expect the Hollywood sauce. Just try to understand... Amazing and disturbing !
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Summary: Good, but unfaithful, rendering of great characters
Review: Yes, the boook is meticulously researched and has Harris' patented dense style of storytelling all through it. Yes, it makes you want to turn page after page in a rush to see what happens next, all the while feeling just a little bit smarter as you make your way through it. Yes, the story moves once you get past the first 50 pages or so, and has some fairly graphic spots. Yes, the gang is all here...but what the heck are they doing! Without revealing anything about the book that would spoil it for anyone out there, let me just say that while these characters looked, sounded and walked like the characters we've all come to know from Harris' books (and the faithful-enough movies "Silence of the Lambs" and "Manhunter"), the ending spoils the whole, wickedly delightful journey for me. Hundreds of pages of powerhouse storytelling culminate in a dissapointing and totally untrue-to-form ending for all involved, and had I not been a fan of the characters anyway, I would have felt it was total money wasted. It is for this very reason - and not so much the gore of it all - that Jodie Foster doesn't want to do the movie as it stands: the character ends up untrue to what we've been led to believe she was capable of all along. I got the sense that Harris felt as if he: a) was tired of the characters anyway b) didn't want to have to go through the pressure of doing ANOTHER book after this one with these characters c) was rushed (even though it took 10 years to see this one come through the gates) d) was tired of the character Hannibal. I recommend it for fans of the characters/movies, since your curiosity won't let you NOT get it, but beware: it's a great investment of time and energy with little payoff in the end.
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Summary: the worst book ever
Review: I am not one who reads as many books as others, and I am sad to say that out of all the books out there, I gave this one my time that I will never get back. This is a warning. This book falls very short of anything worthwhile.The plot is thrown together in an attempt to fill the pages. The characters are destroyed from what they have been worked up to from the previous book. With all the reference work done on police procedures, he has forgotten to look back and reference his own work. The book leaves the reader very disappointed as you watch everyone act out of character. You are very aware of the rush to put this one the market and get the movie cracking(which none of the actors or director want any part of). This, if nothing else, should tell you how the book is. Forget the other reviews. When you can't pay people to be in your movie forget the book. All and all, a very thrown together, get paid, rush with the biggest drop of an ending. This book is for anyone who likes to have the characters rewritten in a sloppy way, in a quick rush at unthoughtout story telling. Go repaint the house or go to the dentist, do anything else than read this book.
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Summary: Is Harris trying to kill off his Sherlock Holmes?
Review: Arthur Conan Doyle was trapped into writing his Sherlock Holmesstories by a voracious populace who wanted more of the detective'sexploits. It became so burdensome that eventually the author killed off his character, much to the dismay of his public. I think that this is what Harris is trying to do here. He's saying, "I may be contractually obligated to write another Lecter novel, but nobody said it had to be a *good* one." He's also saying, "Never again," by writing his characters into such a box that basically they are unusable for any future books. This book is not without merit, but it is so dreadfully below the standard established by the author in his works "Black Sunday", "Red Dragon", and "Silence of the Lambs", I'm almost inclined to believe he had a ghost writer. (Almost, but not quite) The tone is *completely* different from the other two serial killer novels, which can not hope but to fail to please his fans. He must have known this. I refuse to believe that this was anything but an intentional effort to kill off his characters so he wouldn't have to write any more about them. Well, he's succeeded. I sure as heck don't want to see what happens next to Lecter or Starling. The only recourse, should he choose to pursue it, would be an "Exorcist 3". If you recall, after the incredible success of "The Exorcist", they made a *really* awful sequel, "Exocist 2", not written by Blatty. Then later, they made "Exorcist 3" after Blatty's sequel, and pretty much assumed that "Exorcist 2" never happened. Maybe we can pretend that "Hannibal" never happened. My girlfriend felt so cheated when *she* read the book that she said that she had been "Hanniballed". END
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