Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

26 reviews

monicadee88's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Clever, tense, and thrilling, but just a hair shy of how good the movie is. Sometimes the pace is too fast, but it really is heart-pounding and engrossing from the beginning. I love a genius villain and Dr. Lecter is definitely that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

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

thursdd4y's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Confinement, Death, Grief, and Gun violence

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

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

whoisthisjan's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Great, suspenseful read! Especially well crafted suspect perspective. 
I'd recommend it to everyone interested in psychological background of certain types of criminals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Torture

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

kearneth's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Transphobia, Torture, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Stalking

squids_can_read's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism

sofiasco's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Transphobia, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Stalking, and Cannibalism

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent