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k_walt's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bekah_beks's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
jordan03's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
nialexa's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
samsambamalam's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kaykal's review
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
spectracommunist's review against another edition
4.0
“He’s a monster. I think of him as one of those pitiful things that are born in hospitals from time to time.
They feed it, and keep it warm, but they don’t put it on the machines and it dies."
When it comes to Hannibal, my excitement rose when I saw the the 5 oscar winning 'The Silence of the Lambs' with an overwhelming performance of Anthony Hopkins as Dr.Hannibal Lecter.
All the works of Thomas Harris and the movies had made Hannibal a top pop-culture Villain. Thomas has quite a skill to blend horror in a classic mystery thriller.
Coming to characters: Will Graham was a damaged as once gutted by Dr.Lecter but certainly makes up his mind to catch the deranged serial killer 'Tooth Fairy' driven to save lives.
He has quite a vivid imagination to reconstruct the homicides in his mind, with this gift he is also cursed with an intrinsic fear.
By understanding their madness, Will can find the logic in their thinking, and it’s following that internal logic that allows Will to find the evidence they need.
He seeks the help of Hannibal behind the bars in catching the Red Dragon.
Hannibal not much shown in the book, was a powerful character,the manipulator, the most intelligent that no one can pick his brain, so monstrous but still so formal and classy in speech and acts.
The Red Dragon(i.e. Tooth Fairy) is so much creepy and tragic villain of this book who is rejected by her mother as being a deformed bastard and was raised by her granny on the sole purpose of revenge.
Which leds to much rip-offs.
The good part of the book was it's pretty realistic on how the Investigators solves the case which makes it pretty classic but it was a quite long read and I felt it elongated.
Overall, Hannibal is one my most favourite Villain I admire his style, dialogues, acts and class. I have also started watching the TV series by Bryan Fuller which is wonderful due to it's fascinating visuals, it's so artistic that almost feels like a poet!
Looking forward to 2nd and 3rd part.
They feed it, and keep it warm, but they don’t put it on the machines and it dies."
When it comes to Hannibal, my excitement rose when I saw the the 5 oscar winning 'The Silence of the Lambs' with an overwhelming performance of Anthony Hopkins as Dr.Hannibal Lecter.
All the works of Thomas Harris and the movies had made Hannibal a top pop-culture Villain. Thomas has quite a skill to blend horror in a classic mystery thriller.
Coming to characters: Will Graham was a damaged as once gutted by Dr.Lecter but certainly makes up his mind to catch the deranged serial killer 'Tooth Fairy' driven to save lives.
He has quite a vivid imagination to reconstruct the homicides in his mind, with this gift he is also cursed with an intrinsic fear.
By understanding their madness, Will can find the logic in their thinking, and it’s following that internal logic that allows Will to find the evidence they need.
He seeks the help of Hannibal behind the bars in catching the Red Dragon.
Hannibal not much shown in the book, was a powerful character,the manipulator, the most intelligent that no one can pick his brain, so monstrous but still so formal and classy in speech and acts.
The Red Dragon(i.e. Tooth Fairy) is so much creepy and tragic villain of this book who is rejected by her mother as being a deformed bastard and was raised by her granny on the sole purpose of revenge.
Which leds to much rip-offs.
The good part of the book was it's pretty realistic on how the Investigators solves the case which makes it pretty classic but it was a quite long read and I felt it elongated.
Overall, Hannibal is one my most favourite Villain I admire his style, dialogues, acts and class. I have also started watching the TV series by Bryan Fuller which is wonderful due to it's fascinating visuals, it's so artistic that almost feels like a poet!
Looking forward to 2nd and 3rd part.
rottedrapunzel's review against another edition
4.0
The writing throughout the book was twistedly captivating and provided insight into the inner workings of some very twisted (yet somehow also very fictional???) characters. Brilliant horror. My only possible critique I could offer was that the ending was a little predictable. But with such iconic status in the horror community, I was shocked to find so much of the book 'new'as it were, or expressed in a way where the tropes were nuanced. I will be reading the next book by Harris ASAP.