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Summary: Pure intellectual terror.
Review: Disturbing. Not so much because of the sheer evil in Dr. Lecter, or because of the malevolent Mr. Gumb, but because we are seconds away from becoming them. The playful strategems orchestrated from within the confines of Hannibal's cell challenge us to evaluate our own choices, were we young Clarice Starling. An amazing, breathless read, The Silence of the Lambs stands out above cliched horror and worn-out suspense as the crowning achievement in an often redundant genre. Never stretching beyond the realm of the absolutely possible, Harris shows us through the eyes of FBI agents, petty politicians, and the maroon gaze of The Cannibal himself, that they are not improbable characters, and perhaps irrevocable. Thoroughly exhilirating and well worth the long night it will take you to read.
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Summary: Chilling
Review: Silence of the Lambs was a simply superb, electrifying book. What a writer Thomas Harris is and what a character the infamous Hannibal (the "Cannibal") Lector is. With Lector, Harris makes you look at the face of evil, and stare! Spine chilling novel that is truly very dark and defiantly creepy. My only problem is I felt Harris took some things a little too far and was a little "too" rough at times. Other than that, an unbelievable novel with simply beautiful, touching writing.
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Summary: Awesome psycological thriller.
Review: I like this book intensely because it shows what might go on in a serial killer's mind. The religious distortions are funny, but I have to agree totally with the reader from Alexandria, Virginia. While Hannibal is pretty cool, Buffalo Bill is simply more interesting. Some chapters it talks about what is going on in his mind and it is frightening. All in all, a frightening book. Can't wait for Hannibal.
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Summary: Harris really does his homework!
Review: While most thriller writers are content to leave the killer's motivation as a mystery or a sort of given "evil," Harris seems to genuinely understand the psychopathologies of the unfortunate individuals who, like Jame Gumb or Hannibal Lecter, find relief from their inner torment in bizarre acts of violence. Looking forward to "Hannibal." Six years of waiting should be worth it!
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Summary: The book is better than the movie, but...
Review: the movie comes pretty darn close! I read this book before I saw the movie, so I was not so swept up in the suspense of the film since I already knew what would happen. It's rare that a movie follows the plot of a novel so closely. You will find it hard to shake the dark, brooding atmosphere of the book. One of the most unforgettable scenes is when Clarice visits the storage unit - that is the ultimate in claustrophobic, insect-crawling, suffocating creepiness! I thought the sub-plot involving Jack Crawford's dying wife was very affecting. It humanized him and made him a more subtle and interesting character than in the movie. Unlike most people apparently, I was not fascinated by Dr. Lechter. I found Buffalo Bill to be much more interesting, for his chilling calculation and the fact that murderous evil can (and frequently does) hide behind such ordinary exteriors. His macabre basement "workshop" will haunt you for a long time. It's like a nightmare world unto itself. The pitch of terror at the climax of the story leaves you breathless!
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Summary: A fast-paced novel that keeps the pages turning
Review: Clarice Starling is an FBI trainee. The FBI's chief of Behavioral Science has called on her to help solve a serial murder case. She must interview Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lector, a psychiatrist jailed for killing and eating various patients, to get inside the mind of Buffalo Bill, a serial killer on the loose. Starling becomes close to Lector who helps her discover how to find Buffalo Bill, and how to find closure in her personal life.Setting is one thing that stands out in "Silence of the Lambs." The various scenes where the novel takes place help readers imagine the events really happening. As Clarice is checking a storage unit on a rainy night in Washington DC, readers can imagine her on hands and knees, soaking wet, crawling under a storage door into a musty, dark unit. As Clarice visits Dr. Lector in his cell in an asylum, readers can imagine her heels clicking down a dimly lit hall, inmates on both sides, approaching Lector's cell at the end of the hallway. Setting is what brings this book to life. Perhaps the time readers will find this true, is when Clarice meets Buffalo Bill face to face, in a setting that could very well be their next door neighbors house.
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Summary: The book is fabulous and the cassette book is also very good
Review: I love Thomas Harris. He is one of the greatest writers living. But what I would like to say is I was very impressed by the performance of Kathy Bates as narrator of this cassette book. Maybe this cassette book is better than movie.
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Summary: Nail biting suspense from beginning to end
Review: From the day I finished Silence of the Lambs (the day after I started) I have searched for other novels by Thomas Harris. Red Dragon is equally as good as Silence and Black Sunday is slightly different but just as good. Unfortuneatly there is no book about Hannibal Lecter's own life before prison. We need more entertaining, detailed and analytical authors like Thomas Harris. You thought Stephen King was evil?
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Summary: The best novel ever
Review: This novel is by far the most intricate and deeply troubeling book ever written. The illusions to the Bible and such master poets as William Blake are masterful. Harris does an excellent job of creating sympathy not only for the antagonist Clarice Starling, but also for the psychopath Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is a character that a reader will never forget and has managed to carve a niche in popular culture. The movie is fantastic, but as always the novel is ten times better! Alas it is not for the weak of heart.
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Summary: I love this book.
Review: Dr. Hannibal Lecter, what a subject for analysis! The profile of Jame Gumb is really interesting, but I think Clarice Starling should have picked up on it earlier. I love this. Know I know about flayings and moths. An amazing book.
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