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Summary: Easily the Best Suspense Novel I have ever read
Review: There are passages in this book that are more haunting and more beautiful than anything that I have ever read in a book of this genre. You simply cannot read this book one time to truly enjoy the nuances and power of Mr. Harris' words.
As anyone who has seen the movie well knows, FBI investigator Clarince Starling moves closer to a heinous serious killer via a trail of veiled clues proffered by the brilliant, horrific and locked up Hannibal Lector, who becomes her mentor and tormentor all at one time.
There is one particular passage - when Starling travels to the home of the first victim - that rates as the most compelling 10 pages of crime fiction I have ever read. The first victim has been dead nine months, and police have long since given up looking for further clues in her hometown. It is the ultimate cold crime scene. What Starling discovers just by spending 10 minutes in her bedroom is an amazing testatment to Mr. Harris' understanding of the female insight and explains very well why he chose a woman as the central character in the book.I have had several people tell me they would not read this book because they have already seen the movie. That would be a mistake. There has simply never been a better crime novel written.
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Summary: sure to become a favorite
Review: What can one say, this is a true favorite. This book has it all: psychological horror and suspense.
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Summary: Went cover to cover in 5 hrs!!
Review: I found this book in a box sent to my unit when I was in Desert Storm. It was way before the movie was released, so I had no idea what it was about. But once I started, I couldn't put the thing down!! I can't count how many times I have read this. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: book review
Review: Like some of you that are reading this , I've read "The Silence of Lambs". Others of you are probably trying to figure out if you should or shouldn't read it. Either way I'm supposed to tell you my opinion of this book. I'll just tell you straight up, if you don't like books that go into grusome detail you won't like this book at all. I,personally, read this book because of that reason, because it has grusome detail. I thought it was interesting the way that, in the book, the FBI had to trust one psychopathic killer to catch another. I also liked this book because in the last half of the book, it almost seemed like ther were two different climaxes. ....
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Summary: If you're a sucker for detail..
Review: Then this book is for you! Personally, I found that the book would get highly intriguing when Lecter and Starling were sharing thoughts but its almost like Mr. Harris wanted to lull you to sleep with high detail about whatever it was (say when he injects you with high detail & blandness about Jack Crawford & his wife). If you want to delve deeper than the movie did, then read the book (and you can do that with the sequel, Hannibal).. it gives you more detail about Starling and Lecter than the movie shares. It makes for an interesting read when you've got more detail to work with the next time you watch the movie. And if you're just morbid & looking for psychological depth, have fun!
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Summary: Just...wow:)
Review: I think this was an outstanding book and reccomend it for any young adult-adult reader. No matter who you are, you'd enjoy this book. UNLESS, you don't take kindly to gore. As you might've been able to tell from the book cover/jacket, this IS a horror suspense-thriller. That means no little kids allowed:-D
This is just an awesome book that takes you inside the mind of a serial killer on several different occasion. The only flaw I think, was the ending, which was a bit too abrupt..and I felt as if it just left you hanging there, I think it should've been stretched out a bit more. But all in all, this is a fantastic book.
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Summary: The Scream of Entertainment
Review: I have read The Silence of the Lambs five times and it is one of my favorite books. This story allows you to journey inside the mind of a serial killer. I was very interested with the way that one serial killer is the key to the capture of another serial killer. The Silence of the Lambs is a horror classic and it will remain an erie thought in the minds of its readers.
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Summary: "Suspenseful...very spooky."
Review: I haven't exactly finished the book yet, but I'm almost there. What I've read so far is great, I just can't believe how cool Harris wrote this book, I can't wait to read "Hannibal." So far, I've read that that the movie varied a little bit from the book, because in this book Clarice never tracked down a Ms. Moffet. But she was trying to find Benjamin Raspail. But when she found his head in a jar in some old garage full of Lecter's things, then she knew she couldn't find him. So then she goes back to Lecter and asks him who killed Raspail. To my surprise, Lecter had no clue. All he did was shrug and say, "who can tell?" So I guess the hunt was on again and Clarice was no closer to finding Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb. This book almost followed the movie exactly, except there were some things different. Like there were some parts in the book that were not in the movie, etc. Harris does have a way with words in this very scary nevel. Read it and find out for yourself.
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Summary: To Those Who Hate This
Review: Look, I'm kind of getting fed up with all the people who complain about the lack of detail about Buffalo Bill in this book. The focus of the novel is NOT on him or on trying to hunt a serial killer. The focus is on Clarice trying to correct horrors from her past.
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Summary: wow
Review: when I started reading this bool I was a little sceptical, because the movie was so great I couldn't belive how the book could be better, boy was I ever wrong! the book blows the movie out of the water. it was almost flawless. I say almost because there is one thing I don't like about thomas harris' writing, he doesn't take the time to introduce us to the characters. Mabey I've been spoiled by authers like Stephen King who take 30 pages to explain a character, but I think its important. If you liked S.O.L. you'll love Thomas Harris' earliar novel Red Dragon, it's even better than this book.
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