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Hannibal by Thomas Harris

5 reviews

raginsagein's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pedophilia, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Incest, and Kidnapping

hocuscrocus's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I hadn't read this book for over a decade before picking it up again. Sadly, I was unpleasantly surprised by what I found.
Where Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs hit with beautiful, bleak poignancy, Hannibal falls entirely flat.
I know I'm being harsh. In part, it's because I genuinely love this series and find the basic plot of Hannibal to be uniquely beautiful. I still feel that way, but the plot itself is absolutely suffocated by layers of strange racism and cheap shock value. I'm no wilting flower; I enjoy gore and shocking elements. However, the details in this book shift between out-of-touch at best and needlessly disgusting at worst.
I doubt I'll ever read this again, which is a shame because there are some gems hidden among all of the awful bits.
Thomas Harris, what the fuck?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Racial slurs, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racism, Ableism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

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

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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

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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

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Incest, Death of parent, Child death, and Pedophilia

Minor: War