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mlovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Homophobia, Cannibalism, and Drug use
Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape
hocuscrocus's review
- 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
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?
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
danimacuk's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Incest, Gore, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Torture, Chronic illness, Medical content, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Sexism, Gun violence, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Incest, Alcohol, Abandonment, Pedophilia, and War
directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
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