Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hannibal by Thomas Harris

13 reviews

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Incest, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

ee_comins's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility

miamoo1004's review

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed, it is a long read but many things are going on for each character which keeps the book really interested. I was hesitant to read this because I watched the movie before reading the book and I still found it an incredible and there are  details missing out in the movie so it doesn’t feel like I’m reading the movie (if that makes sense) and I’m the book you have a lot more backstory to some of the characters.

<SPOLIERS>
 reading some of the comments on the ending. Like yes the ending was unexpected but not at the same time in a way? Starling always had conflicted feelings I feel like they got together straight away instead of a more slow burn kinda thing? I can’t really explain it but it was always bound to happen, The 2 only things that I dislike and this is me being nit picky is Hannibal’s weird thing with his sister I was just kinda of confused why he was relating her to starling and 2 was how quick they got together I know the slow burn was happening over the silence of and as well but I feel like something was missing??? But honestly the book had so much stuff I really enjoyed I can look over it

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Infertility, Sexism, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.5

i really loved red dragon and silence of the lambs but this was just a disappointing ending to the trilogy. struggled for the first ~200 pages to get in to this and then when the pace began to pick up i was enjoying it a lot more but then the ending was just insane to me. 

clarice’s character just suddenly changed and the nuanced relationship between her and hannibal just suddenly shifts into full romance. this honestly all read like fan fiction it was just surreal and so unnecessary<\spoilers> 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Body horror, and Incest

alpinkpaca's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Everytime I read Thomas Harris' books I always forget it's horror and not a cute romance. This one reminded me more than I expected. Even if it was really slow at the beginning it was worth to read it in the end! 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Torture, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Death, Drug use, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

frmeden's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Stalking, Transphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Infertility

milda_mark's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Sexism, Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Stalking

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Abandonment, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs

Minor: Animal death, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

sweetsandlo's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Infertility, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

alicew's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence