Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

62 reviews

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Dementia, Cannibalism, Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Dementia

directorpurry's review against another edition

3.75

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, Cannibalism

rendezvous's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Stalking, Toxic friendship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism

ashleyhubbard's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder

booksgirl456's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book is an amazing story, not only does it have diverse characters and plot, it has an ending that will haunt you for a long time. Will Graham’s internal battles with his trauma and pure empathy are well thought out and written, as well as

Francis Dolahyde’s own struggles with his battles with the “dragon” and he is a tragic character who always seems to want to stop but just can’t manage it

the introduction to Hannibal Lecter is both thought provoking and spine chilling. All in all an amazing read and a must read if you are a fan of phycological horror and mystery novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Amazing

mclachlan301003's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment

mysimas's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book tries really hard to humanize its serial killer. And it works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death

sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Torture

foreverinastory's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was boring. I expected Dr Lecter to be more involved in this than he was. I've heard he is more in the later books, but I don't really have any interest in reading more of these? I normally like murder mysteries so I don't exactly know why this one bored me so much. Maybe it was Will and how cishetero he is. Plus this book is old so the misogyny and gender roles prevail. Blegh. 

Would recommend to murder mystery fans who don't have a problem with cannibalism and rape-murder. Idk this was just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia

charlieleelee's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence