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thursdd4y's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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
alpinkpaca's review
- 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
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
caidyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I only had two problems with the book. The first being how the tense switched so often; sometimes in the beginning of the chapter it would be present tense and in the end or middle it would suddenly be past. Being a writer myself, mainly sticking to private works that I don't share, it bothered me, especially since I can stay to one tense and a man who's been published multiple times and his books are very well known can't. The second problem was with the details of minor characters, such as Margot, that I didn't need or care about. Sure, hearing about how much she wanted a child with Judy was sweet but wasn't that interesting or needed. The motivation for her killing Mason could have simply been because she had hated him, but that's my own opinion.
My favorite part of the book was seeing the development in Clarice and Hannibal's relationship. Ever since they had been introduced together and Hannibal had taken a special liking to her, I had hoped that they would wind up together either as a couple in a friendship or in romance. Yes, I do know that Hannibal had her drugged but he did reach her and understand her more than even she had until the end when she seemed to have become herself but in a new way that was far more elegant. The ending of the book was very good, but, again, the part about Barney was unneeded for me. Krendler's ending was really symbolic; Clarice ate her problem, clearing it away, almost turning into Hannibal in doing so because of the sudden change in elegance as her last problem, that being Krendler, was gone.
All in all a very good book that I would recommend to people looking for an interesting read that you don't want to put down.
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape