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Summary: Engrossing
Review: This book was recommended to me, but I was reluctant to read it after seeing the movie. I finally picked it up, and I never put it down again until I finished it. Completely engrossing, a page-turner.
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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!
Review: An excellent book. It started right in to the story, and didn't stop until the last word. The killer was strange and the heroes, uh, heroic, and the help of a locked-up sociopath was a great touch. When I first picked up the book, both the title and the cover confused me, but I like how both were finally explained. Hats off to Mr. Harris, and my compliments to the chef.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read.
Review: Admittedly the book isn't as perfect as it could have been. The parts with Gumb and his petty obsession are pretty weak. I wished Harris would have included more of Hannibal's dialogue and revealed more of how he thinks. His conversations and discussions with Starling are the best parts of the book. I loved the mystery overall and how it was all wrapped up; I just wished there'd been a villain more worthy of such a good book than Buffalo Bill.
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Summary: A masterpeice.
Review: Thomas Harris has provided an excellently well written horror/mystery. The details were excellent, and he was able to get inside of the characters. My only problem with it is that the movie men of Hollywood couldn't make a movie nearly as good as the book. Read the book, it makes much more sense.
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Summary: i found it hard to put the book down
Review: this was a book that hollywood did't destroy when they made it a movie. but i think that you people should watch the movie before you read the book, because the story line in the movie runs very close with the book. and the actors will give u the best vis. aid when u are reading the book. this is a great book, the thing i liked about it is that all the people in this story(the ones who were hunting and the police that were hunting them, were all regular people in the sence that they did'nt have horns or halos. and they all have demons that will not let them be. and lector the way the story was writen,pay attention to this charter he is has free in his cell just we are in our homes.... -j
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Summary: One of the scariest books ever!
Review: Thomas Harris is a bit of a creepy man himself, and I was a touch uneasy about reading his books which are basically textbooks on how to kill people. But this is a classic--it's even better than Red Dragon, which was good; this is one of the scariest books ever written, and Hannibal Lecter one of the most chilling villan/heroes ever created. I can't wait to read the sequel!
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Summary: FIVE AND A HALF STARS!
Review: I'm a Thomas Harris fan, so I enjoy all of his books. Thisnovel isn't as good as THE RED DRAGON but it is better thanHANNIBAL. I love the escape sence. I would recommend this book. *** I would also recommend a novel called, THE FIST OF GOD by A.T. Nicholas. It's a great supernatural thriller! He's signing the first three thousand copies sold through Amazon.com.
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Summary: Starts with a roar, ends with a bust
Review: Because of all its loose ends the book doesn't convey a sense of high craftsmanship. This makes its pandering to gore all the more unpleasant. Harris is playing all the ropes of a bestseller as they are these days but we miss the music. In fact," The Silence etc." is not a real book but a scenario for the movies or for TV. It reads like one (see the last page!) and it has its depth
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Summary: Secondly, well done, indeed.
Review: I read this book years ago, and was absorbed by it then. I'm about to reread it now because I've recently read Red Dragon and Hannibal, and want to go back with the dual advantages of hindsight and foresight. What a lovely treat this will be.I remember several things about this book: how cinematic it was, especially the butterfly scene; how fascinating the characters were; and how chilling Lecter's raw violence was when unleashed. Then I saw the movie, and was delighted by the actors' interpretation of the characters, the butterfly scene, and how nicely the movie followed the book in portraying the violence. It can be good to know when to look away. Do read this if you haven't. Harris manipulates both his words and his readers with rare mastery.
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Summary: An excellent read.
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend who loved it. I didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be a very interesting book, I couldn't put it down.
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