Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

41 reviews

spillwater's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGG

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia and Transphobia

hesticht's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Confinement, Body horror, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, Torture, Fatphobia, Grief, and Gun violence

acogna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Better than its previous instalment by virtue of having more Lecter in it. The plot is also basically just Jonathan Demme's 1991 movie with a little more lore drops and detail. Surprisingly, a lot of the dialogue in the film is straight-up taken from this book, which is a discovery I really liked.

Hannibal and Clarice's interactions spark good banter and tension, and are easily the best part of this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Transphobia

eldritch_ace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Sexism, Death, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Medical content, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Stalking, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, and Cancer

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I liked it for the nostalgia of the movie.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

raginsagein's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Gore, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia and Torture

epeolatrist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Fatphobia, Cannibalism, and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia

lermaline's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.25

J'ai lu Le Silence des Agneaux sans avoir recherché d'autres informations sur l'auteur, les adaptations ou si le livre faisait partie d'une série car je craignais de me spoiler des éléments importants, considérant la popularité du film et du livre. Contrairement à de nombreux.se lecteur.rices je n'avais pas vu le film auparavant, mais de ce que j'en savais je m'attendais à être horrifiée par le contenu du livre et même potentiellement le terminer avec difficulté. J'ai été surprise de me plonger dans une lecture très rapide et fascinante. Cependant le contenu du livre publié en 1988 a sans surprise, très mal vieilli. 

L'intrigue démarre par une agente du FBI débutante chargée d'entrer en contact avec un ex-psychiatre cannibale incarcéré dans une prison à haute sécurité pour lui soutirer des informations dont le Bureau a besoin. En parallèle, on suit les actions d'un meurtrier en série qui capture sa dernière victime, cas qui s'avère être lié à Clarice et les informations que le Dr. Lecter veut bien lui donner. Le domaine de la psychologie a heureusement bien changé ces 30 dernières années, son appréhension de la transidentité aussi. L'enquête et la résolution de l'affaire des meurtres en série laisse un goût amer en bouche, comme les seuls personnages transgenre et gay sont des criminels meurtriers et/ou d'une cruauté sans limite. 
La représentation du personnage de Clarice, remise dans le contexte de son parcours professionnel et académique fin des années 80 dans un milieu compétitif et hyper-masculin, m'a semblé crédible. J'ai apprécié que le livre dépeigne d'autres personnages féminins divers (avec de l'humour, de l'intelligence, une position de pouvoir, des vies et des envies marquées et personnelles). 
Pour l'aspect horreur, il y a en effet des descriptions explicites de scènes de crime, de torture et de meurtre, de victimes décédées ainsi que d'autopsie. 
J'aurais préféré que ce thriller ne fasse pas partie d'une série et que la fin soit bouclée sans l'évasion de Lecter car selon moi - alerte avis personnel - le récit aurait pu rester complet et épouvantable sans le faire bouger de sa cellule.

Je ne pense pas lire les livres suivants et précédents celui-ci, même si j'ai apprécié sortir de ma zone de confort et m'immerger dans cet univers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Stalking, Transphobia, Violence, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

eliza_eperon's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Misogyny and Homophobia

annatan's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Terminal illness

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Classism, and Cannibalism