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Summary: Thomas Harris, where are you???
Review: I have a theory. The "good" Dr. Lecter actually exists. The reason we haven't heard from Mr. Harris for so long is, he no longer does. Hannible has had him over. For dinner..
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Summary: WOW!!!!! ONE OF THE MOST FRIGHTENING BOOKS I HAVE READ
Review: Thomas Harris is one of the best crime fiction writers in the business today, with the fast pace, and great developement of the characters in such a short a amount of time, incredible. This is of course the book that made Dr. Hannible Lector one of the most well know names in fiction today, but the one question I have about the Lecter series is this. When is the next one going to be published? C'mon Mr. Harris we have been good, please let us know what is going on with our favorite psychopath
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Summary: A shocker for the ages!
Review: When alone on a desert island, you'll never long for fava beans after reading this page turner! Thomas Harris has written
a scary, horrific story that will make you glad you're a vegetarian. The young heroine in this novel is an FBI rookie who is enlisted to find a serial killer. The thrill
ride starts from the first chapter and doesn't let up. Like
Harris' other books, Black Sunday and The Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs is highly readable with multi dimensional
characters. To be enjoyed with your favorite bottle of
Chianti!
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Summary: Time running out
Review: There are only a handful of books that I've read from cover to cover in just one sitting. Thomas Harris' SILENCE OF THE LAMBS was one of them. And for good reasons: his story was completely absorbing and he wrote it well. You all know the story, especially because of the hit movie. But if you haven't read the book, I urge you to do so. While the film successfully conveyed the psychodrama between Starling and Hannibal, what I thought was missing was the sense of urgency, the suspense that a life was hanging in the balance. The book is a rush because its suspense is so compelling from cover to cover.
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Summary: must go through one to stop the other... Best book EVER!!
Review: This is seriously one of the best books ever conceived. Thomas Harris superbly brings together suspense, drama and probably the most recognizable and original characters EVER!! This book incorporates material of a technical nature from the nature of moths to established psychological methodology, this book thrives with chills, it has a protagonist, a woman (different maybe) Federal Agent/Student Clark Starling who is assigned to talk to renowned cannibal/serial killer and
ex-psychiatrist Dr Hannibal 'the cannibal' Lecter, to help her try and catch another killer on the loose - Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb who is quite content on abducting women and using their skins to make an outfit - Gruesome. He is clever to leave no traces and the FBI have a real battle on their hands when the U.S. Senators daughter, young Katherine Martin falls prey to the killer, she is trapped in his basement lair and fed scraps of food, as the plot thickens and Clark has a few more visits to Hannibal maximum security prison the plot finally reveals that the nutter on the loose is in fact a sort of practicing transsexual and the FBI are now in a race against time to save Katherine Martin's life, before the monster flays her body for the skin.
With magnificent dialogue and build up to the tense stuff, including Hannibal's miraculous escape, this book is a serious candidate for best book EVER!! In my opinion. The fundamentals of psychiatry are very well explained and the actual simplisity of the final lesson on how to find the killer is quite revealling, " What does he covet" - " we covet what we see every day" - he knew her, quite easy to figure out funny how they missed that detail.
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Summary: Another solid psychological thriller from Harris
Review: Few can give readers the veiw from inside the head of a serial killer like Harris, and from deliciously evil Hannibal Lector to demented Jame Gumb, this is a psychological thrill ride.
Whether you need a good book to read or liked the movie and want more detail, this is the book to you. It is as fast as it is gruesome, and engaging as it is original. The characters are beleivable and interesting, the buildup wonderful and the payoff rewarding. I have no qualms with this book whatsoever, and highly reccomend it to everyone aside from those with a weak stomach. 9/10
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Summary: Engrossing read
Review: 'The Silence of the Lambs' is my favourite book and film of all time; I love the eerie chemistry between Agent Clarice Starling and Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lector and the opportunities to delve deep into a psychopath's mind. If you've seen the film, you'll know how good it was; well, the book is better. If you haven't seen it, read the book before watching the movie; I did it that way and was really pleased I did, because having read the book gave me a greater appreciation of the film. Thomas Harris writes about Hannibal in such a subtle and clever way that it's possible you'll find yourself, as I did, liking the cannibalistic psychopath. As for Clarice Starling, her enigmatic past is pieced together at just the right pace, so there aren't whole chapters devoted to her past, but snippets here and there that keep your mind on the ball. All in all, though the movie was fantastic and, in my opinion, one of the best thrillers of all time, the book is unequalled, and when you've finished it, you'll find yourself wanting to start all over again.
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Summary: The Silence of the Lambs
Review: In my habit, I insisted on readin 'The Silence of the Lambs' before seeing the movie. While the movie is great, the book is even better.
In this book, we meet Clarice Starling, a student at the FBI academy. She is a very bright, driven woman, but is haunted by memories of her past: The death of her beloved father, the sound of lambs scraming before they are slaughtered that she cannot erase from her head.
Hannibal is an intelligent, charming criminal who feeds on bad feelings and will happily kill those who are rude to him. Although he is made out to be a villian, I don't know anybody who has read the book without growing to like him.
Clarice is sent to interview 'Hannibal the Cannibal', at first just to see if they could get a psychological test done on him. Soon Clarice learns that Hannibal has knowledge involving the brutal killings of several young women that have been occuring recently. Soon, she is plunged into to search, frantically trying to rescue the next young woman. But there are some people who will do their best to make sure that she does not succeed.
'The Silence of the Lambs' is a brilliantly written psychological thriller, with great insights into the human character, characters will cannot help but have feelings toward(be the feelings love or hate), and a good amount of tension. I would recommend this book to everyone who is not extremely squeamish.
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Summary: Slightly better than the movie
Review: It's certainly a better book than Black Sunday or Red Dragon but it's still so ridiculously improbable. I know Lecter is supposed to be the glue that holds the book together but honestly he bugs me. He's an unneccessary distraction from an otherwise interesting thriller/mystery.
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