Rating: 
Summary: A top-notch book
Review: It's hard to write a review of a book that has been turned into a well-known and very good film. It's easier to do so when the book itself is brilliant. "Silence of the Lambs" is a fabulous story, well-told, intelligent, gripping, thrilling and downright disconcerting in parts. It's a compulsive read, one of those books in which you truly spin the pages just to see what lies ahead.The book's use of an antihero (and, wow, what an antihero) is jarring and gives the story a foreboding feel, but is also one of its greatest strengths. You feel caught up in Lecter's mindgames and empathise strongly with Starling. Even if you haven't seen the film, you really should read this book. It is sheer entertainment. Five well-deserved stars.
Rating:
Summary: The Best Psyhcological Thriller Ever Written!
Review: Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee at Quantico, is called by Jack Crawford, special agent to go and question Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Meanwhile, a serial killer dubbed Buffalo Bill is kidnapping women, killing them, skinning some, and sticking an unknown insect down their throat. Dr. Lecter reveals information to Clarice about the killer. She uses this information with minimal sucess. Meanwhile, the killer has kidnapped the daughter of the senator of Tennessee. She makes a deal with Lecter that will give him a cell in New york if he gives the name of the killer. I will not give away any more information regarding the plot because that would ruin your reading. "The Silence of the Lambs" is one of the best books written in the genre and all books period. I must admit that the first 60 pages or so are slow but don't stop because of it (I almost did). Read this novel and be sure to read "Red Dragon" too. A definite must read. This book really whops out the movie! Happy Reading!
Rating:
Summary: Smart, Scary
Review: Unlike many horror/thriller novels, "Silence of the Lambs" is a smart, well written novel. Harris' excellent use of language and superb pacing grabs you from the start and never lets up. Of course, the centerpiece of this novel is Hannibal Lecter, truly one of the most vivid characters ever to appear in print. While he is not the "main character" his presence is overwhelming, and he is constantly lurking at the edges. "Silence of the Lambs" is a great read that will keep you up well into the night.
Rating: 
Summary: Silence of the Lambs
Review: The Silence of the Lambs, written by Thomas Harris, is a thrilling look into the eyes of a serial killer. Showing us what a person is truly capable of doing. In this book as well as Thomas Harris's pervious book, Red Dragon, the charactor Hannibal Lector is introduced, showing us the extreme evil that one person can pocess. Harris was most likely influenced while writing writing this book by the serial killers of the time, such as Ted Buddy and Jeffrey Domer. Which he used in creating Hannibal Lector, so it really touches and often grabs your inner most sence of fear. If you just watched the movie you will never understand the true terror this book contains, for the movie doesn't capture the events taking place as Harris does. The elaborate usage of description, such as how Clarice Starling, a FBI student asided to study Hannibal Lector, feels as she searches the storage room that Lector told her to look through. Harris makes you feel as if you are there with Starling and you feel what she feels, as her heart jumps so does yours. Clarice Starling, an extremely detected FBI trainee, is called by her boss, Section Cheif Jack Crawford, and asked to make an analysis of serial killer Hannibal Lector so to learn anything useful for the carture of an other serial killer still at large called Buffalo Bill. As in real life Harris shows how the FBI uses profilling to help make an assumption of how the criminal mind thinks. Starling is told to be cautious of what she reveals to Lector for he is a gifted psychopath who knows how to mulipulate people to tear them down so he may lead them to their deaths. Nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal" because he likes to eat the body parts of his victims, Starling is very apprehensive of what to exspect but reluctantly agrees to the assignment because she knows it would be very good for her career. Taken from every bit of physical contact from people, Lector is locked in a glass cell so to protect outside people from him. From here Lector is able to toy with Starling by giving her a little bit of information that she is suppose to use if she is cleaver enough to lead her to the murder. She is also faced with a struggle with time for Buffalo Bill has taken another victim. Can Starling figure out what Lector has shown her before another young woman is found dead?
Rating:
Summary: the silence of the fans ( i wish)
Review: well, i never even read it and the reason i gave it 5 stars was because everyone i ask this book about say it was the best ever, and the sequel, Hannibal, was even better. i plan on reading it in free time but till then i guess ill be someone out of the few that never read it or saw it. thank you
Rating:
Summary: This book will change your reading habits
Review: I bought this book at the airport purely because it was 50% off. Before this, I was reading PD James kind of murder books. I'd seen bits of the movie and it never grabbed me. But the book was another matter - I read from the moment I sat down to when I had to get off the plane. It was only a 3 hour flight so I could't finish the whole book - for the first and only time, I wished the flight was longer so I could go on reading undisturbed! I couldn't even put it down at mealtime, and had to eat with one hand, lucky airline food is so mushy. This book really got me started and since then I've read many, many dozens of serial killer mysteries, trying for the same thrill. There are a very few books you wish you could erase from your memory, so you can read them for the first time again - this is one of them. The only other murder books as good, that I've found: Red Dragon, and Val McDermid's The Mermaids Singing.
Rating:
Summary: A Wonderful Psychological Thriller
Review: Hannibal Lecter is the guy you love to hate. He's a brilliant, sophisticated person who would probably be quite nice socially except for that whole cannibalism thing. Clarice Starling is a promising young FBI agent in training. She's sent to see Hannibal Lecter in an attempt to get him to answer a questionaire for the Forensics department. Lecter reveals some information to Starling, which leads her discover more information regarding past and current crimes. This book is intruiging. The way Harris gets into the mind of a serial killer is wonderful. I almost felt sorry for the guy, once in s a while. Almost. This book was definitely a page turner.
Rating:
Summary: Brilliant Thriller
Review: Great writing, great characters and great dialogue (the head games between Hannibal and Clarice are extremely entertaining)! A brilliant psychological thriller of the highest order. Much better than the movie--not to be missed.
Rating:
Summary: Terrific Book!! Wonderfully suspenceful!!
Review: Reading Silence of the Lambs is like working out. As I read it I got so into it that I got frustrated just like Clarice Starling did. Thomas Harris did a wonderful job at creating a suspenceful setting that left you wondering what is going to happen next. The end was terrific and totally set up Harris' next novel "Hannibal". I was greatly pleased with this book and would recommend it to everyone. I think that Thomas Harris did a wonderful job at showing how Hannibal Lecter got into Clarice Starling's head. The mind games that Lecter put Clarice through are written wonderfully. Please, if you have the time, read this book.
Rating:
Summary: Never Seen It, Love the Book
Review: Unlike a lot of people, I have never seen the movie "The Silence of the Lambs." I have indeed seen parts of it, but never the whole thing. I decided to read the book first, and then watch the movie afterwards. So far, I love the book. It is suspenseful, I can barely put it down at night, and end up staying up until all hours reading it. Every chance I get I pick it up and read the pages, each page more thrilling than the last. A definite read, and a must buy, this book will scare even the bravest of book readers.
| 
